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West Virginia Medical Malpractice Jury Sides With Hospital In Newborn’s Death Claim

January 9, 2016

On January 7, 2016, a West Virginia medical malpractice jury took one and a half hours after a three and a half day trial to find that a local West Virginia hospital was not medically negligent in the death of a newborn baby just a few days after his birth in 2012 due to undiagnosed Hypoplastic Le[...]

West Virginia Supreme Court Rejects Wrongful Conduct Rule In Pill Mill Case

September 5, 2015

The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (“West Virginia Supreme Court”) recently ruled that the so-called wrongful conduct rule does not apply in an alleged pill mill case in West Virginia that was brought by the plaintiffs who alleged that the defendants were responsible for [...]

West Virginia Supreme Court Upholds Punitive Damages Award In Medical Malpractice Case

July 2, 2015

In its wide-ranging opinion filed on June 16, 2015, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (“West Virginia Supreme Court”) upheld and affirmed a West Virginia medical malpractice jury’s verdict in favor of the plaintiff that included an award of punitive damages in the a[...]

West Virginia Radiologists Sued For Failure To Diagnose Spine Fracture

May 2, 2015

In March 2015, a West Virginia couple field a West Virginia medical malpractice case against two radiologists and others for their alleged failure to timely diagnose the man’s T-8 fracture from radiology studies taken at a local hospital. As a result, the plaintiffs allege that the man was[...]

West Virginia Legislature Moving Forward With Expanding Medical Malpractice Limits

February 16, 2015

The West Virginia Legislature is quickly moving forward with its efforts to expand and extend West Virginia’s restrictive medical malpractice liability laws to further insulate and protect a growing list of health care providers whose negligence harms West Virginians, at the expense of[...]

New Trial Motion Denied For $2M Vaginal Mesh Verdict Against Bard

February 5, 2015

On January 20, 2015, the judge who oversaw the first federal transvaginal mesh trial against C.R. Bard Inc. (“Bard”) that resulted in a $2 million jury verdict for the plaintiffs ($250,000 in compensatory damages and $1.75 million in punitive damages) in federal court in West Virgin[...]

$38M Settlement Approved Following $91.5M West Virginia Nursing Home Negligence Jury Verdict

October 28, 2014

On October 20, 2014, a West Virginia judge gave final approval to a settlement reached in a nursing home negligence case in which a jury had awarded $91.5 million to the plaintiffs in 2011. The judge approved the distribution of the $38 million settlement funds as follows: $20.5 to the family member[...]

West Virginia Medical Malpractice Case Filed For 4-Year-Old’s Undiagnosed Ruptured Spleen

September 1, 2014

The parents of a four-year-old child filed a West Virginia medical malpractice case on July 16, 2014 against a physician, a radiology practice, and a local hospital, alleging that their medical negligence in failing to diagnose their son’s ruptured spleen led to his serious injuries. The fam[...]

West Virginia Suspends License Of Pain Management Doctor

August 2, 2014

An osteopathic doctor who was the sole doctor at a pain management clinic in West Virginia has had his medical license suspended after a finding that the pain management clinic reused syringes on more than one patient and that the doctor failed to wear a surgical mask when he performed epidural inj[...]

West Virginia Supreme Court Nails Nursing Home For Understaffing/Harming Resident

June 20, 2014

In its decision filed on June 18, 2014, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (“Supreme Court”) upheld a substantial portion of the compensatory damages and the punitive damages awarded by a West Virginia jury against a nursing home and the various ownership and management compan[...]

$91.5M Nursing Home Malpractice Verdict In West Virginia Challenged

March 8, 2014

On March 5, 2014, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (“the Court”), West Virginia’s highest court, heard oral arguments with regard to the appeal of a nursing home malpractice jury verdict in the amount of $91.5 million that was rendered in 2011. $80 million of the verdict[...]

Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections In Hospitals

November 12, 2013

Between 250,000 and 500,000 central line-associated blood stream infections (“CLABSIs”) occur in hospitals in the United States annually. CLABSIs cause serious complications leading to longer inpatient stays, increased costs, and higher risk of death. It is estimated that the non-infl[...]

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