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Filshie Clip Migration Lawsuit Alleges Wrongdoing By Manufacturer, Distributor, And Others

April 20, 2023

Filshie Clip Migration Lawsuit Alleges Wrongdoing By Manufacturer, Distributor, And Others: A recently filed Filshie clip migration lawsuit in Connecticut alleges on behalf of eleven women plaintiffs that one or more of the defendants (COOPERSURGICAL, INC., COOPER COMPANIES, INC., FEMCARE, LTD. – [...]

$43M False Claims/Kickbacks Verdict Against Ophthalmology Practice

April 19, 2023

$43M False Claims/Kickbacks Verdict Against Ophthalmology Practice: On February 28, 2023, a federal civil jury returned a verdict in favor of the United States for more than $43 million for violations of the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute. During the six-week jury trial before U.S. Distr[...]

$82M Verdict Against Correctional Healthcare Cos. LLC For Oklahoma Jail Death

April 18, 2023

$82M Verdict Against Correctional Healthcare Company: It took just over ten years but a Tulsa Oklahoma jury determined in February 2023 that Correctional Healthcare Cos. LLC, the private for-profit correctional medical services provider that provided medical services for inmates at the Tulsa County [...]

Georgia Appellate Court Holds Supervising Physicians Not Liable For Negligent Acts Of Their Physician Assistants

April 17, 2023

Supervising Physicians Not Liable For Negligent Acts Of Physician Assistants: In its opinion dated February 24, 2023, the Court of Appeals of Georgia held: “the language of the PAA [Physician Assistant Act] does not expressly impose vicarious liability on supervising physicians for the neglige[...]

$8.5M Settlement Reached With Surgeon And Others For Simultaneous Surgeries

April 16, 2023

$8.5M Settlement Reached With Surgeon And Others: It was announced on February 27, 2023 that the United States has finalized a Settlement Agreement with James L. Luketich, M.D., University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (“UPMC”), and University of Pittsburgh Physicians (“UPP”), to resolve the [...]

Connecticut Filshie Clip Migration Lawsuit Filed

April 15, 2023

Filshie Clip Migration Lawsuit Filed: On April 3, 2023, a Filshie clip migration lawsuit was filed on behalf of eleven women in Connecticut state court that alleged, in part: “It should go without saying that it is of the utmost importance that women know all risks associated with a particular[...]

$12.5M Wrongful Death Judgment Against Florida Assisted Living Facility

April 14, 2023

$12.5M Judgment Against Assisted Living Facility: In January 2023, a $12.5 million default judgment was entered against A Place to Grow, which was an assisted living facility located in Brandon, Florida until in closed in September 2022, in favor of the family of a 59-year-old resident who resided i[...]

Study: More Medical Malpractice Cases Being Filed Against Vascular Surgeons Involving Aortic Pathologies

April 13, 2023

More Cases Being Filed Involving Aortic Pathologies: More Medical Malpractice Cases Being Filed Against Vascular Surgeons: A study published online on December 19, 2022 entitled “An Analysis of Malpractice Litigation of Vascular Surgeons in Cases Involving Aortic Pathologies” that analyz[...]

New Mexico Governor Signs Into Law Medical Malpractice Reforms Extending Protections To Independent Outpatient Health Care Facilities

April 12, 2023

New Mexico Governor Signs Medical Malpractice Reform Law: New Mexico Senate Bill 523, which was signed into law on April 7, 2023, amends the New Mexico Medical Malpractice Act to cap claims for independent healthcare facilities, such as urgent care, ambulatory surgical centers, and free-standing eme[...]

$500,000 Physical Therapy Malpractice Settlement In Virginia

April 11, 2023

$500,000 Physical Therapy Malpractice Settlement: An unidentified woman who was wheelchair bound due to a spinal cord injury was admitted into a health care facility for physical therapy treatments. During one of her physical therapy sessions, the physical therapist had the woman attempt to stand be[...]

$15.7M Arkansas Verdict Against Troubled Nursing Home Chain

April 10, 2023

$15.7M Verdict Against Troubled Nursing Home Chain: In February 2023, an Arkansas nursing home malpractice lawsuit resulted in a verdict in the amount of $15,706,166 against an Arkansas nursing home that included $4,706,166 in compensatory damages ($206,167 in medical expenses, $1.5 million for the [...]

Texas Supreme Court Applies One-Satisfaction Rule In Reducing Medical Malpractice Verdict

April 9, 2023

Court Applies One-Satisfaction Rule In Reducing Verdict: The Supreme Court of Texas stated in its opinion dated February 17, 2023: “This medical malpractice case presents two principal questions about how to calculate the trial court’s judgment: (1) whether to credit a settlement by a family[...]

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