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California Appellate Court Overturns JNOV In Medical Malpractice Case But Does Not Reinstate $4M Verdict

June 7, 2023

Court Does Not Reinstate $4M Verdict: In its Opinion filed on April 19, 2023 in a medical malpractice wrongful death case in which the patient died shortly after having a Brazilian butt lift surgical procedure, the Court of Appeal of the State of California Second Appellate District Division Five (&[...]

Ohio Appellate Court Rules Patient Cannot Sue For Damages For Hospital’s Failure To Produce Medical Records

June 6, 2023

Patient Cannot Sue For Damages For Hospital’s Failure To Produce Medical Records: The Court of Appeals First Appellate District of Ohio (“Ohio Appellate Court”) stated in its April 20, 2023 Opinion: “Frank argues that UCMC was negligent in failing to produce his mother’s me[...]

U.S. Department Of Justice Undertakes Nationwide Coordinated Law Enforcement Action To Combat COVID-19 Health Care Fraud

June 5, 2023

Coordinated Law Enforcement Action To Combat COVID-19 Health Care Fraud: On April 20, 2023, the United States Department of Justice announced criminal charges against 18 defendants in nine federal districts across the United States for their alleged participation in various fraud schemes involving h[...]

Two Florida Doctors Sentenced For Stealing $31M From Medicare

June 4, 2023

Two Doctors Sentenced For Stealing $31M: On April 20, 2023, two Florida doctors were sentenced for their respective roles in a scheme to defraud Medicare by submitting over $31 million in claims for expensive durable medical equipment (DME) that Medicare beneficiaries did not want or need and that w[...]

Texas Appellate Court Orders Recording Of Defense Expert’s Exam Of Child

June 3, 2023

Court Orders Recording Of Defense Expert’s Exam Of Child: In a three-sentence order filed on April 19, 2023, the Court of Appeals for the Fourth District of Texas ordered the recording of the neuropsychological examination of a four-year-old child by the defense expert in a pending premises li[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Allows Medical Malpractice Plaintiff An Opportunity To Prove Common Law Marriage In Pennsylvania

June 2, 2023

Court Allows Plaintiff Opportunity To Prove Common Law Marriage: Margaret Conway died on April 12, 2017, due to colon cancer. In February 2021, Thomas Zadnik filed a wrongful death complaint against Dr. Ambinder and Johns Hopkins Medicine, Dr. Ambinder’s employer. The Maryland medical malpractice [...]

South Carolina Appellate Court Reverses Directed Verdict For Defendants In Medical Malpractice Case

June 1, 2023

Court Reverses Directed Verdict: In South Carolina medical malpractice actions, the plaintiff must use expert testimony to establish both the required standard of care and the defendant’s failure to conform to that standard, unless the subject matter lies within the ambit of common knowledge a[...]

Idaho Medical Malpractice Case Claims Pathologist’s Cancer Misdiagnosis Resulted In Hysterectomy

May 31, 2023

Cancer Misdiagnosis Resulted In Hysterectomy: On April 12, 2023, a woman filed an Idaho medical malpractice lawsuit against a pathologist who reported that a biopsy showed she had cancer which then led to an unnecessary hysterectomy. The woman alleges that she was initially told by her nurse practit[...]

$31.6 Million Michigan Medical Malpractice Birth Injury Verdict

May 30, 2023

$31.6 Million Birth Injury Verdict: On May 25, 2023, a Michigan medical malpractice birth injury jury returned its verdict in the amount of $31.6 million after a three-week trial and nine hours of jury deliberations. The now four-year-old child suffered hypoxia during labor that caused severe perman[...]

$9M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Child’s Hand Injury Due To Too Tight Splint

May 29, 2023

$9 Million Dollar Verdict For Child’s Hand Injury: A Georgia medical malpractice jury deliberated for two days after a six-day trial in early April 2023 before returning its verdict in the amount of $9 million for the serious and permanent injuries a 7-year-old suffered as a result of a splint[...]

$30M Medical Malpractice Award Involving Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii

May 28, 2023

$30 Million Dollar Award Involving Army Medical Center: On May 22, 2023, a federal judge in Hawaii awarded $29,479,308 in a federal medical malpractice lawsuit involving the deficient medical care provided to a one-month-old baby who was brought to the Tripler Army Medical Center’s emergency r[...]

$2.23 Million Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Wrongful Death From Sepsis

May 27, 2023

$2.23 Million Verdict For Wrongful Death From Sepsis: On April 3, 2023, a Virginia medical malpractice wrongful death jury returned its verdict in the amount of $2.23 million after a five-day trial and five hours of jury deliberations, beating the defense’s top settlement offer in the amount o[...]

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