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Florida To Receive More Than $870 Million For Opioid Abatement From Settlements With CVS, Teva, Allergan, And Endo

January 26, 2023

CVS, Teva, Allergan, and Endo have settled with Florida for 870 Million: The Florida Attorney General announced on March 30, 2022 the securement of more than $870 million for opioid abatement from CVS Health Corporation, CVS Pharmacy, Inc., Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd., and Allergan PLC. CVS[...]

South Carolina Appellate Court Applies Emergency Situation Law In Shoulder Dystocia Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Case

January 25, 2023

Emergency Situation Law Applied In Shoulder Dystocia Birth Injury Case: Section 15-32-230 of the South Carolina Code (Supp. 2022) requires gross negligence to impose liability in certain emergency and obstetrical care situations: Section 15-32-230 provides:(A) In an action involving a medical malpra[...]

Iowa Clinic Found Liable For $97.4M Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict Files For Bankruptcy

January 24, 2023

Clinic Found Liable For $97.4M Birth Injury Files For Bankruptcy: An Iowa medical clinic that is facing a multimillion-dollar medical malpractice judgment has filed for bankruptcy. The Coralville clinic that was named as a defendant in an Iowa birth injury medical malpractice lawsuit that resulted i[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Rules United Heathcare Need Not Pay For Patient’s Orthodic Device

January 23, 2023

United Heathcare Need Not Pay For Patient’s Orthodic Device: In its unreported opinion dated January 5, 2023, the Appellate Court of Maryland ruled that United Healthcare Insurance Co. (“United Health”) need not pay for a patient’s (insured’s) orthotic device to help him regain[...]

1 In 4 Patients Admitted To U.S. Hospitals Are Harmed

January 22, 2023

1 In 4 Patients Admitted To U.S. Hospitals Are Harmed: The results of a study entitled “The Safety of Inpatient Health Care” published on January 12, 2023 in The New England Journal of Medicine concluded: “Adverse events were identified in nearly one in four admissions, and approxi[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Rules Expert’s Deficient Affidavit Doomed Medical Malpractice Case

January 21, 2023

Expert’s Deficient Affidavit Doomed Malpractice Case: On August 3, 2017, Penny Korakis was in an automobile accident and was taken to the Hospital for emergency care. Among other things, Korakis reported pain extending from her left hand to her left shoulder. She received medical careand treat[...]

Cost Of Nursing Home Care Rose 27.4% To $95,400 By First Quarter 2021

January 20, 2023

Cost Of Nursing Home Care Rose 27.4% To $95400 By First Quarter 2021: The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) reported in its November 2022 Insider Newsletter: In late 2019, the price per nursing care bed averaged $80,000 before slipping 1.8% to $78,600 in the first quart[...]

How Often Do Filshie Clips Migrate?

January 19, 2023

How Often Do Filshie Clips Migrate? — In applying for premarket approval of the Filshie Clip System in 1993, the applicant reported clip migration or expulsion as an adverse event at the rate of 0.13%. (See pages 11 and 49 of 85). “Of the 5454 women who were enrolled in the ten prospecti[...]

Filshie Clip Litigation Early-Stage Victory!

January 18, 2023

Filshie Clip Litigation Early-Stage Victory! — In its Order filed on January 17, 2023, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia DENIED the Filshie clip Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss. Background Plaintiffs are three women and one of their spouses who allege t[...]

Nevada Supreme Court Remands Nursing Home Claim To Determine If It Was For Medical Negligence

January 18, 2023

Nursing Home Claim: Was It Medical Negligence? – In its opinion dated October 27, 2022, the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada (“Nevada Supreme Court”) stated: “In this opinion we both clarify the relationship between Nevada’s professional negligence statutes, NRS Cha[...]

Massachusetts Appellate Court Affirms Defense Win In Nursing Home Hoyer Lift Claim

January 17, 2023

Defense Wins In Nursing Home Hoyer Lift Claim: In Massachusetts, the plaintiff brought a nursing home medical malpractice action as the administrator of the estate of his father, John B. Satiro, who died from complications of an injury to his inner thigh that he sustained while being transferred by [...]

Florida Settles Opioid-Related Claims With Walmart

January 16, 2023

Florida Settles Opioid-Related Claims With Walmart: On October 20, 2022, Florida’s Attorney General announced a statewide agreement with Walmart to dispense naloxone to first responders across Florida. Walmart agreed to dispense 672,000 naloxone kits the state procured as part of an earlier ag[...]

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