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Report Finds Nursing Home Administrator Hours Down 20% Since Pandemic

May 2, 2023

Nursing Home Administrator Hours Down 20% Since Pandemic: The Long Term Care Community Coalition (“LTCCC”) reported: “nursing home administrators are providing less time in their facilities compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic. According to payroll-based journal data, nursing h[...]

New Utah Law Bans Gender-Affirming Surgery And Hormonal Transgender Treatment For Minors

May 1, 2023

Law Bans Gender-Affirming Surgery And Hormonal Transgender Treatment For Minors: On January 28, 2023, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed into law S.B. 16 entitled “Transgender Medical Treatments and Procedures” that bars minors from receiving gender-affirming treatments such as surgeries a[...]

$4.2M Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Verdict For Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

April 30, 2023

$4.2M Verdict For Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: On March 15, 2023, a Massachusetts medical malpractice jury awarded the plaintiff $4,196,126 for the serious and permanent injuries she suffered as a result of the defendants failure to diagnose and properly treat her aneurysm that led to a subarachnoid hem[...]

$19M Wisconsin Medical Malpractice Verdict For Undiagnosed Meningitis Leading To Permanent Brain Damage In Newborn

April 29, 2023

$19M Verdict For Undiagnosed Meningitis In Newborn: On April 20, 2023, a Wisconsin medical malpractice jury determined that Duluth, Minnesota-based Essentia Health was 100% liable for its employees’ medical negligence in treating Johnny Galligan when he was eight days old in 2013. Johnny’[...]

$8.5M Connecticut Medical Malpractice Verdict

April 28, 2023

On April 25, 2023, a Connecticut medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $8.5 million for the surviving wife and the estate of a man who died after total knee replacement surgery at a private surgical practice. The jury determined that the defendant, Orthopaedic Sports Special[...]

$500K Michigan Anesthesia Malpractice Verdict

April 27, 2023

$500K Anesthesia Malpractice Verdict: On February 27, 2023, a Michigan medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $500,000 for disability and pain and suffering the plaintiff suffered after he aspirated the contents of his stomach into his lungs during s[...]

Federal Appellate Court Sends Medical Malpractice Case Back To State Court

April 26, 2023

Appellate Court Sends Malpractice Case Back To State Court: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) stated in its March 7, 2023 decision: “Plaintiff Zachary Solomon sued Defendants St. Joseph Hospital and Catholic Health System of Long [...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Reduces Cancer Malpractice Verdict

April 25, 2023

Court Reduces Cancer Malpractice Verdict: A Pennsylvania medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit alleged that the decedent’s primary care physician failed to timely follow up on an abnormal PSA test that subsequently led to the diagnosis of metastatic stage IV prostate cancer two years late[...]

Iowa Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center Failed To Treat Patient’s Bacterial Blood Infection

April 24, 2023

Lawsuit Alleges Medical Center Failed To Treat Bacterial Blood Infection: An Iowa medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit filed in February 2023 by the widow of a man who died as a result of a bacterial blood infection alleges that while he was at Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center (SEIRMC), [...]

$6.5M Connecticut Medical Malpractice Verdict For Stillborn Baby

April 23, 2023

$6.5M Malpractice Verdict For Stillborn Baby: In April 2023, a Connecticut medical malpractice wrongful death jury awarded a 37-year-old woman $6.5 million in damages for wrongful death and medical malpractice in her lawsuit against Yale University for the death of her baby during delivery at 37 wee[...]

Almost One-Third Of U.S. Nursing Homes Overdue For Inspections

April 22, 2023

One-Third Of U.S. Nursing Homes Overdue For Inspections: Newsweek reported in early March 2023: “About 4,500 of the nation’s more than 15,000 nursing homes were reported overdue for an inspection as of mid-February, federal health data shows. Of those, more than 1,500 facilities’[...]

Landlord And Former Owner Of Closed New York Nursing Home Agree To Pay Over $7.1M To Resolve False Claims Allegations

April 21, 2023

Closed New York Nursing Home Agrees To Pay Over $7.1M: The United States Department of Justice and the New York State Office of the Attorney General announced on February 27, 2023 that the United States and New York State have entered into settlement agreements with the landlord and several individu[...]

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