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$75 Million Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Radiologist And ER Physician For Locked-In Syndrome

October 26, 2022

$75 Million Verdict For Locked-In Syndrome: Earlier this month, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a medical malpractice plaintiff who suffered locked-in syndrome due to the medical negligence of the ER physician and a radiologist who failed to timely diagnose his br[...]

Texas Appellate Court Holds Claim By Doctor Shocked By Medical Device Was Medical Negligence Claim

October 25, 2022

Doctor Shocked By Medical Device Was Medical Negligence Claim: The Court of Appeals Thirteenth District of Texas Corpus Christi – Edinburg (“Texas Appellate Court”) held in its Memorandum Opinion dated August 4, 2022 that a doctor’s claim that he was shocked and seriously inj[...]

Texas Appellate Court Rules Medical Malpractice Expert’s Report Was Timely Under Emergency Order

October 24, 2022

Expert’s Report Was Timely Under Emergency Order: A claimant asserting a health care liability claim against a physician ordinarily must serve on the physician an expert report not later than the 120th day after the physician files an original answer. TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE § 74.351([...]

Recoverable Damages In Negligent Reproductive Health Care Cases

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Rules Defense Lawyer Cannot Represent Nonparty Treating Doctor During Deposition

October 23, 2022

Defense Cannot Represent Nonparty Treating Doctor During Deposition: On August 17, 2014, Bobbi Ann Mertis (Mertis) underwent knee surgery at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital performed by orthopedic surgeon Dr. Eugene Kim (Dr. Kim). At the beginning of the procedure, Dr. Oh administered a femoral nerve [...]

Ohio Nursing Home Wrongful Death Lawsuit Claims Resident Died After Tracheostomy Tube Removed

October 22, 2022

Lawsuit Claims Resident Died After Tracheostomy Tube Removed: After caring for her husband at home for more than 20 years after he suffered three strokes and an aneurism two years after they were married in 1990, Luana Mowery could no longer provide her husband with the level of care he needed and t[...]

350 Florida Lawsuits Allege Orthopedic Surgeon With Progressive Neurological Disorder Harmed Patients

October 21, 2022

350 Florida Lawsuits Allege Orthopedic Surgeon Harmed Patients: Lawsuits filed in Florida allege that patients of orthopedic surgeon Richard David Heekin, M.D., who specialized in hip and knee replacement surgeries, noticed between 2016 and 2020 that Heekin was slurring his words and he was having d[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Revives Dismissed Medical Malpractice Case Due To Misconduct And Serious Illness Of Plaintiff’s Lawyers

October 20, 2022

Court Revives Case Due To Misconduct; Serious Illness Of Lawyer: The Appellate Court of Illinois First Judicial District Second Division (“Illinois Appellate Court”) stated in its Order dated February 1, 2022 in an Illinois medical malpractice case where the plaintiff’s first lawye[...]

Virginia Appellate Court Affirms Prison Doctor Immune From Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

October 19, 2022

Court Affirms Prison Doctor Immune From Malpractice Lawsuit: Background Facts: Langston Patterson died a few months after suffering from cardiac arrest while an inmate in the Danville Adult Detention Center (“DADC”). The personal representative of Patterson’s estate sued the DADC physician, Dr[...]

Texas Appellate Court Rules Claim For Wrongful Death Occurring During Pending Medical Malpractice Case Was Timely

October 18, 2022

Court Rules Claim For Wrongful Death During Pending Malpractice Case Timely: In her original petition filed on March 5, 2013, Juana Laguna alleged that appellees negligently treated a fracture in Regino Gonzalez, Jr.’s left femur, which he suffered spontaneously while he was engaged in routine[...]

Ontario Superior Court Proposes To Certify Class Action Against Endoscopy Clinic For Unsanitized Scopes

October 17, 2022

Court Proposes To Certify Class Action Against Endoscopy Clinic: The Alleged Facts: The plaintiff is a former patient of an endoscopy clinic operated by the defendants in Ottawa between 2002 and 2011. Following an inspection by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) it was determin[...]

California Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Fails to Rebut Defendant’s Medical Expert Declaration, Loses Summary Judgment

October 16, 2022

Plaintiff Fails to Rebut Defendant’s Medical Expert: Normally, the question of whether a medical professional’s care and treatment of a patient fell within the standard of care or caused the plaintiff’s injuries is a matter that can only be established through expert testimony. California [...]

Texas Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case Based On Deficient Expert Report

October 15, 2022

Court Reverses Dismissal Of Case: The Court of Appeals Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo (“Texas Appellate Court”) held in its May 9, 2022 Opinion that the trial court erred in dismissing the Texas medical malpractice case when it failed to consider the plaintiff’s amended expe[...]

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