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Minnesota Supreme Court Medical Malpractice Decision Highlights Unfairness Of Mandatory Physician-Patient Waiver

February 20, 2017

In Minnesota, a medical malpractice claimant is required to waive the physician-patient privilege so that the medical malpractice defendants may informally discuss the claimant’s medical history and treatment, whether related to the medical malpractice claim or not, with all of his health care[...]

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 [...]

Kentucky Republican Senate Members Try Again To Harm Medical Malpractice Victims

January 13, 2017

The Republican-controlled Kentucky Senate has repeatedly tried to introduce and pass legislation that would require Kentucky medical malpractice victims to suffer additional costs and delays in obtaining just compensation for their injuries from medical providers who breach the standard of care and [...]

Wisconsin Supreme Court Affirms $1.75M Brachial Plexus Injury Verdict, Discusses Daubert Challenge

January 11, 2017

In its decision filed on January 6, 2017, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin (“Wisconsin Supreme Court”) affirmed a Wisconsin medical malpractice jury’s verdict in the amount of $1,750,000 in favor of a baby who suffered a permanent brachial plexus injury during his delivery that the [...]

Baltimore Sun Commentary: “Ban Medical Malpractice Lawsuits”

December 28, 2016

On December 27, 2016, the Baltimore Sun published a commentary entitled “Ban medical malpractice lawsuits” that was written by someone whose qualifications to propose such included his PhD in chemical engineering and his retirement from Dupont in 1985. The commentator wrote, “Aboli[...]

Two Recent Studies Show Medical Malpractice Tort Reforms Have No Impact On Medical Malpractice Insurance Premiums

December 5, 2016

Two studies published in late November 2016 by the Americans for Insurance Reform, a coalition of nearly 100 consumer and public interest groups representing more than 50 million people, concluded: “Severe rates hikes experienced by doctors during the three past insurance crises were not the r[...]

Congressman Tom Price As Secretary Of HHS: A Disaster For Medical Malpractice Victims?

December 1, 2016

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Congressman Tom Price, M.D. (GA-06) to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) in his administration. What is Dr. Price’s position on medical malpractice reform and the rights of medical malpractice victims to seek and c[...]

Second Florida Appellate Court Holds Caps On Noneconomic Damages In Medical Malpractice Cases Unconstitutional

November 23, 2016

In its opinion filed on October 26, 2016, the District Court of Appeal of Florida Second District (“Appellate Court”) agreed with the 2015 opinion of the District Court of Appeal of Florida Fourth District that held that the section 766.118 caps on noneconomic damages are unconstitutiona[...]

What Is President-Elect Donald Trump’s Position On Medical Malpractice Tort Reform?

November 16, 2016

Now that Donald Trump is the President-Elect of the United States, the innocent victims of medical negligence whose lives have been disrupted and whose hopes and aspirations for the future have been destroyed, and the medical malpractice attorneys who represent them, are wearily wondering the effect[...]

$4M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Cardiologist For Wrongful Death

October 10, 2016

On September 30, 2016, a Baltimore County medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of nearly $4 million against the defendant cardiologist for the wrongful death of a man as a result of the cardiologist’s negligence that the jury determined cau[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Affirms Striking Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice Expert

October 3, 2016

In its opinion filed on September 28, 2016, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), which is Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, affirmed the trial court’s striking of the plaintiff’s medical malpractice expert because the expert failed to sat[...]

$10M Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict Will Be Reduced By More Than 90 Percent

September 30, 2016

A Baltimore medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a widow and her eight children in the amount of $10 million on September 22, 2016, due to the medical negligence of the medical malpractice defendants that led to the husband/father’s death, but the Baltimore medical malpra[...]

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