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$1.6M Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict Affirmed

April 8, 2023

$1.6M Malpractice Verdict Affirmed: The Court of Appeals of Virginia (“Virginia Appellate Court”) upheld a $1.6 million medical malpractice verdict against an emergency room physician in its Memorandum Opinion dated February 7, 2023. The plaintiff had suffered a traumatic brain injury (T[...]

Delaware Federal Court Refuses To Enforce Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement

April 7, 2023

Court Refuses To Enforce Nursing Home Arbitration: What happens when the representative of a nursing home resident signs an arbitration agreement on behalf of the resident at the time of the admission, the resident later leaves the nursing home and returns home, but the resident returns to the same [...]

Maryland Eye Bank Keeps Its $606,415.49 Verdict In Contaminated Eyewash Case After Appeal

April 6, 2023

Eye Bank Keeps Its $606415.49 Verdict: In its published opinion dated February 15, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) stated: “In this appeal, we consider whether the district court erred in awarding summary judgment to plain[...]

North Carolina Doctor Indicted For $11 Million Durable Medical Equipment Scheme

April 5, 2023

Doctor Indicted For $11 Million: The U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of North Carolina announced on June 23, 2022 that a Charlotte, North Carolina doctor has been indicted for her alleged role in a durable medical equipment (DME) scheme that defrauded federal benefits programs of more than[...]

$34 Million Maryland Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

April 4, 2023

$34 Million Birth Injury Verdict: On March 28, 2023, a Baltimore County Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of nearly $34 million for the catastrophic injuries suffered by a baby who allegedly was unnecessarily delivered at 23 weeks of preg[...]

$20 Million Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Verdict For Missed Blood Clot Leading To Amputation

April 3, 2023

$20 Million Verdict For Missed Clot Leading To Amputation: A Massachusetts medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $20 million for the avoidable amputation of his left leg above his knee due to DVT not being timely diagnosed. The verdict was rendered [...]

$13.5M Idaho Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misdiagnosis Of Stroke In Hospital ER

April 2, 2023

$13.5M Verdict For Misdiagnosis Of Stroke: Earlier this year, an Ada County, Idaho medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $13.5 million (the second largest Idaho medical malpractice jury verdict) against Emergency Medicine of Idaho LLC and one of its physicians for the allege[...]

Connecticut Appellate Court Applies Wrongful Conduct Rule To Preclude Medical Malpractice Claim

April 1, 2023

Wrongful Conduct Rule Court Applies Wrongful Conduct Rule To Preclude Claim: The generally articulated common-law wrongful conduct rule provides that a plaintiff cannot maintain a tort action for injuries that are sustained as the direct result of his or her knowing and intentional participation in [...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Reinstates Medical Malpractice Case Dismissed On Jurisdictional Grounds

March 31, 2023

Court Reinstates Medical Malpractice Case Dismissed On Jurisdictional Grounds: New Jersey medical malpractice plaintiffs Lou Anne Hiles and her husband Rodney Hiles are residents of Pilesgrove, New Jersey. On August 14, 2019, Lou Anne appeared at the emergency department of defendant Crozer Chester [...]

New York Enacts Nursing Home Law To Protect Nursing Home Residents From Infection And Keep Loved Ones Informed

March 30, 2023

New York Enacts Nursing Home Law: On December 7, 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation that will require residential health care facilities to swiftly update residents as well as their family members and guardians when an infection is detected within the facility. It also requires [...]

$40 Million Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

March 29, 2023

$40 Million Birth Injury Verdict: On March 23, 2023, an Illinois medical malpractice birth injury jury awarded compensatory damages in the amount of $40 million to a now 19-year-old woman who suffered permanent brain damage during her delivery that the jury determined was due to the unnecessary dela[...]

Maine Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Patient Died After Given Wrong Medication

March 28, 2023

Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Patient Died After Given Wrong Medication: The widow of a hospital ICU patient who was given medication intended for another ICU patient has filed a Maine medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit against Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center (“EMMC”) in B[...]

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