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$8.5M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict Affirmed On Appeal

July 23, 2023

$8.5M Malpractice Verdict Affirmed On Appeal: In its decision dated May 31, 2023, the Court of Appeals of Georgia affirmed a Georgia medical malpractice wrongful death jury verdict in the amount of $8,520,182.60 for the death of a woman who had an abdominal mass that she was not advised about that l[...]

Study Finds Nearly 800,000 Americans Are Permanently Disabled Or Die Annually From Misdiagnosis Of Disease

July 22, 2023

Nearly 800,000 Americans Are Permanently Disabled Or Die Annually From Misdiagnosis: A study entitled Burden of serious harms from diagnostic error in the USA published in the medical journal BMJ Quality & Safety in July 2023 reported: “An estimated 795 000 Americans become permanently d[...]

$2M Arkansas Assisted Living Wrongful Death Settlement

July 21, 2023

$2M Assisted Living Wrongful Death Settlement: On May 25, 2023, a wrongful death lawsuit filed against an Arkansas assisted living facility was settled for $2 million. The wrongful death lawsuit alleged that Brookfield Assisted Living LLC, which operated an assisted living facility in Bella Vista, A[...]

$18.8M Talc Cancer Verdict Against Johnson & Johnson

July 20, 2023

$18.8M Talc Cancer Verdict: On July 18, 2023, a California jury returned its verdict in the amount of $18.8 million in favor of a 24-year-old California man who alleged that he developed mesothelioma as a result of heavy use of Johnson & Johnson baby powder containing talc that was allegedly con[...]

New York City Medical Malpractice Statistics For Fiscal Year 2022

July 19, 2023

New York City Medical Malpractice Statistics For Fiscal Year 2022: In FY 2022, 12,188 claims and lawsuits against New York City were resolved for $1.5 billion, the highest amount in the City’s history. For the last 10 fiscal years, the City has paid on average approximately $1 billion per fiscal y[...]

$2.6 Million Indiana Medical Malpractice Verdict For Botched Cardiac Catheterization

July 18, 2023

$2.6 Million Verdict For Botched Cardiac Catheterization: On May 25, 2023, an Indiana medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $2,670,000 in favor of a woman who suffered a serious injury to her leg as a result of a cardiac catheterization procedure in 2012 that took place at t[...]

New Hampshire Department Of Justice Calls For Greater Transparency For Board Of Medicine

July 17, 2023

Calls For Greater Transparency For Board Of Medicine: The New Hampshire Department of Justice (“DOJ”) reviewed the practices and procedures of the New Hampshire Board of Medicine (“BOM”) during the two-plus decade period from approximately 1994 through 2019 (the “Review[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Applies Virginia Law In Affirming Liposuction Maryland Malpractice Verdict

July 16, 2023

Background Facts Maryland Appellate Court Applies Virginia Law: The plaintiff underwent a six-and-a-half hour liposuction procedure in Virginia by a cosmetic surgeon who resided in Maryland. The plaintiff suffered a severe infection that she contended through her experts was introduced into her abdo[...]

Megadyne Recalls MEGA 2000 And MEGA Soft Reusable Patient Return Electrodes For Risk Of Serious Burn Injuries To Patients

July 15, 2023

Megadyne Recalls MEGA 2000 And MEGA Soft Reusable Patient Return Electrodes: MEGA 2000 and MEGA SOFT Reusable Patient Return Electrodes are soft pads used during electrosurgery. In electrosurgery, an electric current is used to heat or cut tissue or to stop bleeding. The electric current is gene[...]

Illinois Hospital Not Liable For Father’s Intentional Infliction Of Emotional Distress Claim

July 14, 2023

Hospital Not Liable For Father’s Intentional Infliction Of Emotional Distress: Background Facts Clarisa Figueroa lured a young expectant mother to her home on the pretense of selling her baby clothes and, instead, murdered the mother, cut her unborn son from her womb, and claimed the baby as h[...]

Changes To Maine’s Wrongful Death Law

July 13, 2023

Changes To Maine’s Wrongful Death Law: Maine’s Governor Janet Mills allowed a new law to take effect on July 6, 2023 without her signature that changes Maine’s Wrongful Death Statute by increasing the cap on damages in accordance with the annual inflation rate and expanding the sta[...]

Another Filshie Clip Migration Federal Court Partial Preliminary Win

July 12, 2023

Filshie Clip Migration Preliminary Win: The Filshie Clip, created by Marcus Filshie in the late 1970s, is a component of the “Filshie Clip System” for laparoscopic tubal ligation, which involves applying a titanium clip with silicone rubber lining around each fallopian tube. In short, the clip e[...]

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