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Alabama Supreme Court Denies Discovery Regarding Prior Suicides Committed By Jumping From Hospital’s Parking Garage

February 15, 2020

The Supreme Court of Alabama has denied a husband’s request for discovery regarding prior suicides committed by patients jumping from the defendant hospital’s parking garage in the husband’s Alabama medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit against the hospital for his wife’[...]

New York Judge Strikes $10M Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict Against Doctor For Patient’s Suicide

January 12, 2020

A New York trial judge has stricken the almost $10 million medical malpractice verdict against a prominent primary care physician that a jury had determined breached the standard of care in his treatment of his patient, which led to the patient’s suicide during the night of June 6 to June 7, 2[...]

New York Appellate Court Discusses Continuous Treatment Doctrine In Medical Malpractice Suicide Case

December 20, 2019

The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”), in its opinion dated December 4, 2019, discussed the application of the continuous treatment doctrine in a New York medical malpractice case and held in a split-decisio[...]

Baltimore Hospital Found Not Liable For Inmate’s Suicide Death

October 11, 2019

After a nearly two-week trial and three hours of deliberations, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury determined on September 24, 2019 that a Baltimore hospital was not liable for the death of a prison inmate who broke the glass in the window of his hospital room and jumped five stories to his death.[...]

$630K College Student Suicide Malpractice Verdict Involving Iowa State’s Counseling Center

October 2, 2019

On August 14, 2019, an Iowa medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $630,000 for the negligence of Iowa State University’s Counseling Center, which was reduced by 50% for the negligence of the Iowa State student who committed suicide after obtaining mental health counsel[...]

Massachusetts Appellate Court Rules Boston Public Health Commission May Be Held Liable For Decedent’s Suicide

September 18, 2019

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Appeals Court (“Massachusetts Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished Memorandum And Order dated August 27, 2019 that “the factual allegations in the plaintiff’s complaint plausibly suggest that the plaintiff may be entitled to relief under[...]

Investigation Finds Suicide Crisis In U.S. Jails

August 1, 2019

Suicide is reported to be the leading cause of deaths in U.S. jails, peaking at 50 deaths per 100,000 inmates in 2014 (data is unavailable for the years after 2014 but there were more than 300 suicides in local jails reported in nine U.S. states from 2015 to 2017). Federal statistics for 2014 report[...]

$3.5M South Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict For Suicide By Drowning

June 27, 2019

After a five-day South Carolina medical malpractice wrongful death trial, the jury returned its verdict in the amount of $3,500,250 against the defendant medical practice that employed the two defendant physicians (the two defendant physicians were found not liable by the jury) for the wrongful deat[...]

CDC Reports Drug Overdose Deaths Tripled From 2011 To 2016; Fentanyl Now Ranked Number One For Drug Overdose Deaths In U.S.

December 13, 2018

The CDC’s National Vital Statistics Report issued on December 12, 2018 entitled Drugs Most Frequently Involved in Drug Overdose Deaths: United States, 2011–2016 reported: “From 1999 through 2016, the age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths in the United States more than tripled from [...]

$10M New York Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Family Physician For Preventable Suicide

October 26, 2018

Earlier this month, a New York medical malpractice jury returned its verdict against the defendant family medicine doctor whom the jury found to have negligently treated a patient who had become increasing depressed and anxious, leading to the patient committing suicide, which the jury determined wa[...]

Federal Appellate Court Overturns $3M Verdict Against Paxil Manufacturer For Suicide Death

September 17, 2018

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) overturned a $3 million Illinois state verdict against GlaxoSmithKline LLC (“GSK”), which marketed paroxetine under the Paxil brand name in the United States using the FDA‐approved label [...]

Maryland’s Highest Appellate Court Applies Immunity In Overturning Suicide Medical Malpractice Verdict

July 14, 2018

The Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), which is Maryland’s highest appellate court, held in its opinion filed on July 12, 2018 that “the process of involuntary admission begins with the initial application for involuntary admission of an individual and[...]

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