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West Virginia Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Emergency Room PA After Patient Lost Her Leg

July 28, 2019

On Friday, July 12, 2019, after a five-day jury trial, a West Virginia medical malpractice jury deliberated for three and a half hours late into the night before determining that an emergency room physician assistant did not breach the standard of care when he attempted to surgically drain a drug ad[...]

New York Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Physician Assistant In Failure To Diagnose Stroke Medical Malpractice Case

January 28, 2019

In its December 21, 2019 Memorandum And Order, the Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Circuit (“New York Appellate Court”) reversed summary judgment granted in favor of the defendant physician assistant (“PA”) and the other defendants, [...]

$4.2M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Diagnose Kidney Failure In A Child

November 13, 2018

A now 22-year-old woman from Pennsylvania obtained a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury verdict in her favor in the amount of $4,242,573 on October 26, 2018, eight years after she required a kidney transplant (her mother was the living donor) due to the defendant pediatrician’s failure to d[...]

$728K Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death After Visiting Primary Care Physician For Chest Pain

November 3, 2018

A Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict on October 30, 2018 in the amount of $728,612.35 in favor of the plaintiffs for the death of a 34-year-old man who was seen by his primary care physician for chest pain and shortness of breath that had lasted several days before the visit. Des[...]

Connecticut Supreme Court Applies Continuous Course Of Conduct Doctrine In Medical Malpractice Appeal

October 12, 2018

The Connecticut Supreme Court held in its opinion filed on September 25, 2018: “although we conclude that the trial court correctly determined that the record in the present case does not support application of the continuing course of treatment doctrine, we agree with the plaintiffs that the [...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Rules Spilling Of Acid On Child Would Be Medical Malpractice Claim, Not Ordinary Negligence

September 3, 2018

The August 9, 2018 non-precedential decision of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) ruled that the plaintiff’s allegation that a dermatology physician’s assistant’s (“PA”) alleged spilling of acid on a seven-year-old’s s[...]

$2.9M Utah Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Medical Clinic For Misdiagnosed Cardiac Condition Resulting In Death

March 20, 2017

A Utah medical malpractice jury returned its verdict against the defendant medical clinic for its failure to diagnose a patient’s cardiac condition on two separate occasions, resulting in the patient’s death from an aortic dissection. The Utah medical malpractice jury found the defendant[...]

Guam Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed For Baby’s Death

December 3, 2016

The parents of a 5-week-old baby who died allegedly as a result of medical negligence have filed a federal medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit in the District of Guam against a health center, a physician’s assistant, and other unnamed defendants after the physician’s assistant dia[...]

$1.1M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misread CT Leading To Unnecessary Surgery

October 5, 2016

On September 23, 2016, a Maryland medical malpractice jury in a conservative Maryland county returned its verdict in the amount of $1.1 million in favor of the plaintiff, who had his CT scan misread by the defendant radiologist, which led to unnecessary surgery that has left the man with severe chro[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Death Claim Settled Against Former Physician

June 3, 2015

It has been reported that a former Maryland physician, who lost his Maryland medical license last year after it was discovered that he had previously been convicted of rape in Florida, has settled a Maryland medical malpractice case (Maryland wrongful death case) filed against him by the family of [...]

Delaware Medical Malpractice Case Involved Altered Medical Records

March 29, 2015

The Superior Court of Delaware issued a decision on February 17, 2014 in a Delaware case where it had been previously determined that the Delaware medical malpractice defendant physician and her physician’s assistant had altered their medical records for a four-day-old patient to make the[...]

Appellate Court Affirms Colorado Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict

December 31, 2014

In an unpublished opinion filed on December 24, 2014, the Colorado Court of Appeals upheld a Colorado medical malpractice defense verdict, finding that any error in the jury instructions regarding comparative negligence and mitigation of damages that were given by the trial judge was harmless erro[...]

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