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Today’s 1,600th Consecutive Daily Blog Posting

July 8, 2015

Today’s blog posting is our 1,600th consecutive daily posting. In reflecting back on our previous 1,599 medical malpractice lawyers’ blog postings, we note several underlying trends: Medical Malpractice Lawyers Are The Dedicated Warriors For Medical Malpractice Victims We have reported[...]

July 4th Reminds Us That Many Medical Malpractice Victims Cannot Obtain Justice And Equality

July 4, 2015

July 4th, Independence Day in the United States, is the national holiday when we celebrate the birth of the United States and our precious Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence states, in part: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, [...]

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

July 3, 2015

In its opinion filed on July 1, 2015, the District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida Fourth District (“Appellate Court”) held that the caps on noneconomic damage awards in personal injury medical malpractice cases are unconstitutional, extending a prior Florida Supreme Court cas[...]

California Appellate Court Refuses To Overturn MICRA Cap

June 19, 2015

In its decision filed on June 9, 2015, the Court of Appeal of the State of California First Appellate District (“Appellate Court”) refused to overturn a lower court’s ruling that reduced a California medical malpractice jury’s verdict for noneconomic damages from $1 million t[...]

New York Legislature Considers Date Of Discovery Rule In Medical Malpractice Cases

June 15, 2015

New York is one of the few U.S. states where the medical malpractice statute of limitations begins to run from the date of the alleged negligent act or omission rather than from the date that the patient discovered the medical malpractice or a reasonable person should have discovered the medica[...]

Florida Supreme Court: Medical Malpractice Cap Does Not Apply Retroactively

May 24, 2015

In its decision dated May 21, 2015, the Supreme Court of Florida (“Florida Supreme Court”) held that Florida’s cap on noneconomic damages in Florida medical malpractice cases does not apply to a cause of action that arose before the cap became effective on September 15, 2013. The[...]

Missouri Medical Malpractice Damages Cap Signed Back Into Law

May 10, 2015

On May 7, 2015, the Governor of Missouri signed into law caps on noneconomic damages in Missouri medical malpractice cases after a three-year lapse following the Missouri Supreme Court finding that the prior medical malpractice cap was unconstitutional because the flat $350,000 cap violated the co[...]

Maryland’s Highest Appellate Court Discusses Reasonableness Of Damages Caps

April 1, 2015

In its decision rendered on March 30, 2015, the Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), Maryland’s highest appellate court, had to decide the extent to which the Maryland General Assembly intended, and was within its authority, to limit a local government’s financial [...]

In The Medical Malpractice Debate, Words Do Matter

March 31, 2015

There has been a intense battle in the United States for more than four decades over so-called medical malpractice “reforms” that has received insufficient press coverage and inadequate public outcry, especially since anyone may become an unsuspecting victim of medical negligence at an[...]

medicalmalpracticelawyers.com Celebrates Its 1,500th Consecutive Daily Blog

March 30, 2015

medicalmalpracticelawyers.com, a free website that connects medical malpractice victims with medical malpractice lawyers in the United States, celebrates its 1,500th consecutive daily blog posting. When we began posting daily blogs more than four years ago that discuss current medical malpractice [...]

Wisconsin Medical Malpractice Reforms Have Led To Injustice For Medical Negligence Victims

March 28, 2015

The Yiddish term “chutzpah,” which means shameless audacity, can be best explained by the following example: after a young man was found guilty of brutally killing his parents, he begged the sentencing judge for leniency, noting that he was an orphan. Chutzpah may best describe the Wi[...]

Pending Proposal Would Triple Maryland Cap On Noneconomic Damages For Catastrophic Injuries

March 17, 2015

A bill pending in the Maryland House of Delegates, if approved and signed into law (a big “if” in Maryland), would triple Maryland’s limit on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases for catastrophic injuries. House Bill 398 defines a catastrophic injury as death, or per[...]

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