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Texas Appellate Court Hands Medical Malpractice Plaintiffs A Rare Win

February 23, 2017

In its opinion filed on February 16, 2017, the Court of Appeals Second District of Texas Fort Worth (“Appellate Court”) handed the medical malpractice plaintiffs a rare win in Texas, which is one of the most difficult states in the United States for victims of medical malpractice to obt[...]

Texas Appellate Court Affirms That Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Expert Report Was Sufficient

January 21, 2017

In a case decided by the Court of Appeals Eighth District of Appeals El Paso, Texas (“Appellate Court”) on December 9, 2016, the Appellate Court held that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in finding that the plaintiff’s expert in her Texas medical malpractice case was [...]

Three Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Filed Against Texas OB

October 20, 2016

On October 13, 2016, three birth injury medical malpractice lawsuits were filed against a Texas OB, alleging that the defendant OB’s medical negligence caused their newborns to suffer catastrophic injuries. One of the newborns died and the other two newborns suffered severe permanent neurologi[...]

Statutory Cap Reduces $10M Texas Medical Malpractice Verdict To $750,000

September 14, 2016

A newborn’s skull was crushed by the alleged negligent use of forceps during delivery but the child’s mother will not be able to collect the Texas medical malpractice jury’s $10 million award for her noneconomic damages because of Texas’ $250,000 cap on noneconomic damages in[...]

$19.7M Texas Medical Malpractice Verdict For Breathing Tube Death

September 5, 2016

On August 31, 2016, a Texas medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $19.7 million against a Texas physician and the physician’s employer for the catastrophic injuries and death suffered by a former surgical technician as a result of medical negl[...]

$6.8M Texas Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Hospital For Patient’s Blindness

August 20, 2016

A Texas medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the 50-year-old plaintiff in the amount of $6,844,543 to compensate him for his total blindness that he developed over the course of two days while in the hospital following his heart surgery. The jury’s award of $1.7 million fo[...]

Texas Supreme Court Holds That Post-Mortem Fraud Claim Is A Health Care Liability Claim

June 7, 2016

In its opinion filed on May 20, 2016, the Supreme Court of Texas (“Texas Supreme Court”) determined that claims that the defendant hospital improperly obtained approval from the decedent’s widow for a private autopsy were health care liability claims. A Texas jury had decided that the [...]

14-Month-Old Died After Dental Treatment In Texas

April 10, 2016

A 14-month-old girl from Texas died on March 29, 2016, two hours after she underwent a Texas anesthesia dental procedure. A relative of the little girl alleges that the child was brought to the dentist office to have a cavity filled and was placed under anesthesia in the dental office, at the reco[...]

Battle Continues In New Mexico Medical Malpractice Case Filed Against Texas Surgeon

March 24, 2016

The New Mexico Supreme Court is scheduled to hear an appeal regarding a New Mexico medical malpractice case filed against a Texas surgeon involving the plaintiff’s claim that her gastric bypass surgery performed in Texas in 2004 by a Texas surgeon was performed negligently, thereby causing gas[...]

Conscious Sedation During Dental Procedure Leads To Child’s Death

December 24, 2015

A four-year-old child in Texas died three days after he was given conscious sedation medications by a pediatric dentist on December 30, 2013 at the dentist’s office located in a strip mall before having extensive dental work. The child’s general dentist had recommended four crowns to t[...]

Texas Supreme Court To Decide If Autopsy Is Health Care

November 17, 2015

The Texas Supreme Court will likely decide whether an autopsy is health care covered under Texas’ medical malpractice laws that make it more difficult for medical malpractice victims to recover compensatory damages for the harm they suffered as a result of medical negligence and limits (ca[...]

Arrested Texas Neurosurgeon Remains In Jail

August 29, 2015

On August 21, 2015, a Texas judge refused to lower the $600,000 bail set for a neurosurgeon who had practiced in Texas before his medical license was revoked in December 2013 as a result of the Texas Medical Board determining that the neurosurgeon had exhibited a pattern of failing to follow appro[...]

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