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$5M New York Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Radiologists For Failure To Diagnose Chiari Malformation

May 20, 2019

On April 8, 2019, a New York medical malpractice jury in Queens County, New York announced its unanimous verdict in the amount of $5 million in favor of the plaintiff against two radiologists whom the plaintiff alleged had failed to report an abnormality on two successive MRI scans of the brain (Chi[...]

Ohio Appellate Court Upholds New Trial For Medical Malpractice Plaintiff

April 21, 2019

The Court of Appeals of Ohio (“Ohio Appellate Court”) upheld a lower court’s grant of a new trial to the Ohio medical malpractice plaintiff in its opinion filed on April 11, 2019, stating: “Based on the inconsistencies in [the defense expert’s] testimony relating to [th[...]

$2.35M Medical Malpractice Settlement For Death Due To Delayed Diagnosis Of Aortic Aneurysm

April 8, 2019

On March 6, 2019, three defendant physicians agreed to settle a medical malpractice case in which they were alleged to have failed to timely diagnose and treat a hospital patient’s aortic aneurysm in the emergency department, which led to his death. The defendant emergency room attending physi[...]

Federal Appellate Court Upholds $15M Medical Malpractice Verdict Based On Apparent Agency Of Radiologist Who Missed Cancerous Mass

March 13, 2019

The United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) held in its decision filed on February 27, 2019 that “given the nature of health care services today … a medical center cannot hold itself out to the public as offering health care services[...]

Colorado Supreme Court Holds Plaintiff Must Prove Collectibility In Legal Malpractice Case

February 20, 2019

In its opinion filed on January 28, 2019, the Supreme Court of the State of Colorado (“Colorado Supreme Court” ) held that in a legal malpractice action based on the defendant attorney’s alleged failure to timely file the plaintiff’s underlying medical malpractice case before[...]

New Guidelines For Management Of Incidental Pulmonary Nodules Detected On CT Images

November 25, 2018

It is not uncommon for medicalmalpracticelawyers.com to receive inquiries from potential medical malpractice victims who question whether an incidental lung nodule finding on a chest CT that was not subsequently clinically investigated caused a delay in diagnose of a serious treatable medical condit[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Applies Res Judicata To Dismiss Some Medical Malpractice Claims

November 23, 2018

In an Order dated November 7, 2018, the Appellate Court of Illinois First District Second Division (“Illinois Appellate Court”) applied res judicata in dismissing some of the plaintiff’s Illinois medical malpractice claims. The Illinois Appellate Court held that the involuntary dis[...]

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 [...]

Oregon Supreme Court Rules Treating Radiologists’ Testimony Regarding Imaging Studies Not Impermissible Expert Testimony

October 9, 2018

The Supreme Court of the State of Oregon (“Orgeon Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on August 23, 2018 that the questions that the Orgeon medical malpractice plaintiff asked two radiologists employed by the defendant radiology group about what they saw in the plaintiff’s imagin[...]

$12M Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict In Misdiagnosed Lung Cancer Case

August 19, 2018

On July 19, 2018, a Cook County, Illinois medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $12 million in a medical malpractice case against a radiologist and two family practice physicians for their alleged medical negligence in failing to diagnose a patient[...]

$15M Indiana Medical Malpractrice Verdict For Misread CT Scan

July 28, 2018

On June 15, 2018, an Indiana medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $15 million ($14 million for the patient and $1 million for her husband) against a radiology group for a radiologist’s negligent misreading of the wife’s CT scan that mi[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms $5M Medical Malpractice Verdict For Wrongful Death Caused By Misplaced Feeding Tube

February 24, 2018

In its opinion filed on January 30, 2018, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) affirmed a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury’s award in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $1.5 million for the wrongful death claim and $3.5 million for the consc[...]

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