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Manufacturers Of Ozempic And Mounjaro Sued For Alleged Stomach Paralysis Issues

August 3, 2023

Manufacturers Of Ozempic And Mounjaro Sued: A federal lawsuit filed on August 2, 2023 in the United States District Court Western District of Louisiana Lake Charles Division alleges, in part: “Ozempic and Mounjaro [are] two injectable prescription medications that are used to control blood sug[...]

Should Filshie Clips Be Recalled In 2023? (Part One)

August 3, 2023

Should Filshie Clips Be Recalled In 2023? We have been receiving increasing calls and inquiries from women throughout the United States regarding their experiences with the Filshie clips implanted in them for birth control purposes. Some of the Filshie clip procedures were done immediately after del[...]

Nevada Enacts Law Allowing Cameras In Nursing Homes

August 2, 2023

Law Allows Cameras In Nursing Homes: On June 7, 2023, Governor Joe Lombardo of Nevada signed into law Assembly Bill No. 202, which is described as “AN ACT relating to medical facilities; authorizing a patient in a facility for skilled nursing or his or her representative to request the install[...]

Federal Appellate Court Reinstates Deliberate Indifference Medical Malpractice Claim

August 1, 2023

Court Reinstates Deliberate Indifference Claim: Shelly Kaye Stevens (“Appellant”), as personal representative of the estate of James Allen Leslie Stevens (“Decedent”), filed a second amended complaint alleging Decedent suffered deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs while in cu[...]

Percutaneous Coronary And Peripheral Intervention Medical Malpractice Statistics

July 31, 2023

Percutaneous Coronary And Peripheral Intervention Statistics: A recent study of medical malpractice claims involving percutaneous coronary and peripheral intervention analyzed 89 such cases and found that procedural errors and complications were the most common allegations; vessel perforation was th[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Denies Hospital Vicarious Liability For Medical Malpractice Claim

July 30, 2023

Court Denies Hospital Vicarious Liability Claim: On November 5, 2013, Josef Stelzer saw his regular physician, Dr. Carl Lang, for his annual exam. Dr. Lang practiced through NCH Medical Group, an entity that is separate from but related to NCH. When Stelzer’s electrocardiogram results came back ab[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Refuses To Enforce Optional Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement

July 29, 2023

Court Refuses To Enforce Optional Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement: Under Illinois law, if a nursing home arbitration provision is required for admission to a care facility then it becomes part and parcel of the health-care decision to admit the patient to the facility. In a prior appellate case, [...]

Defense Verdict In Virginia Medical Malpractice Case Against Anesthesiologist

July 28, 2023

Verdict In Malpractice Case Against Anesthesiologist: On February 2, 2023, a Virginia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the defendant anesthesiologist after a four-day trial and less than two hours of jury deliberations in a Virginia medical malpractice case that sought $4 mi[...]

Federal Appellate Court Holds Baby, Mother Entitled To Separate Noneconomic Damages Cap In California Birth Injury Case

July 27, 2023

Court Holds Baby, Mother Entitled To Separate Noneconomic Damages Cap In California Birth Injury Case: At the time a federal medical malpractice birth injury case arose, section 3333.2(a) of the California Civil Code provided that “[i]n any action for injury against a health care provider based on[...]

Tennessee Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Patient Caught On Fire During Medical Procedure

July 26, 2023

Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Patient Caught On Fire During Procedure: A Tennessee medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed by the wife of a hospital patient who allegedly caught on fire during a medical procedure, after which he died. The wife’s Tennessee medical malpractice wrongful death lawsu[...]

Missouri Appellate Court Holds Biomechanical Engineer’s Opinion As To Specific Causation In Shoulder Dystocia Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Case Was Inadmissable

July 25, 2023

Shoulder Dystocia Birth Injury Malpractice Case: In a Missouri birth injury medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleged that her baby suffered a permanent brachial plexus injury during delivery after the baby experienced shoulder dystocia during delivery and the delivering OB used excess[...]

Lawsuit Alleges Physician Responsible For Husband's Death

Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Alarm Fatigue Contributed To Patient’s Hospital Death

July 24, 2023

Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Alarm Fatigue Contributed To Patient’s Hospital Death: A Pennsylvania medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit filed on May 18, 2023 alleges that so-called alarm fatigue contributed to the death of a patient who was brought to the hospital with shortness of breath[...]

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