Blog - Page 172 of 491 - Medical Malpractice Lawyers

Avanos Medical Inc. Pays $22M To Resolve Criminal Charge Related To Fraudulent Misbranding Of Its MicroCool Surgical Gowns

August 13, 2021

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on July 8, 2021 that Avanos Medical Inc. (“Avanos”), a U.S.-based multinational medical device corporation, has agreed to pay more than $22 million to resolve a criminal charge relating to the company’s fraudulent misbranding of its MicroCool su[...]

St. Jude Medical To Pay $27 Million For Allegedly Selling Defective Heart Devices

August 12, 2021

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on July 8, 2021 that St. Jude Medical Inc. (“St. Jude”) has agreed to pay $27 million to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that, between November 2014 and October 2016, it knowingly sold defective heart devices to health care facilitie[...]

Cancer Statistics For The United States (2013 – 2018)

August 11, 2021

An article published on July 8, 2021 in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute entitled “Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, Part 1: National Cancer Statistics” reported: “Cancer death rates in the United States continue to decline overall and for many cancer[...]

German Court Awards $535,000 For Delay In Brain Tumor Surgery Due To Easter Holiday

August 10, 2021

A German court on June 23, 2021 ordered Hamburg-Eppendorf University Clinic to pay a now 23-year-old man $535,000 in compensation for pain and suffering, and to pay all future medical expenses, due to a surgeon’s delay in operating on his brain tumor because of a medical staff shortage during [...]

Indiana Appellate Court Rules No Subject Matter Jurisdiction Where Medical Negligence Theory Not Presented To Medical Review Panel

August 9, 2021

The Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Indiana Appellate Court”) stated in its July 8, 2021 opinion, “we are asked to determine whether a medical malpractice plaintiff’s proposed complaint encompassed a particular theory of negligence, such that the plaintiff can be said to have prese[...]

California Homeopathic Doctor Arrested For Fake COVID-19 Immunization And Vaccination Card Scheme

August 8, 2021

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on July 15, 2021 that a homeopathic doctor licensed in California was arrested for her alleged scheme to sell homeoprophylaxis immunization pellets and to falsify COVID-19 vaccination cards by making it appear that customers had received the U.S. Food and Dru[...]

Washington Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment In Informed Consent Medical Malpractice Case

August 7, 2021

The Court of Appeals of the State of Washington (“Washington Appellate Court”) held in its published opinion filed on July 12, 2021: “Viewed in the light most favorable to Davies, as we must, her experts agree that had she undergone a CTA, she would have been diagnosed with a verte[...]

Ohio’s University Hospitals Transplanted Kidney Into Wrong Patient

August 6, 2021

Ohio’s University Hospitals has acknowledged that a kidney intended for one patient was wrongly implanted into another patient, leaving the intended recipient waiting for a kidney transplant and remaining one of almost 1,100 other people in Northeast Ohio who are waiting for kidney transplants[...]

Utah Supreme Court Says Climbing Injury During Wilderness Hike Was Medical Malpractice Claim

August 5, 2021

The Supreme Court of the State of Utah (“Utah Supreme Court”) held in its opinion dated July 9, 2021, “We conclude that an injury sustained while climbing a rock formation during a “wilderness therapy” excursion can, depending on the circumstances, “relat[e] to or aris[e] out[...]

The Doctors Company CEO Discusses Current Medical Malpractice Issues In Recent Interview

August 4, 2021

Dr. Richard E. Anderson, Chairman and CEO of The Doctors Company, the largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer in the United States, was recently interviewed and provided the following insights, from his perspective: Q: Health care workers were on the front lines during the pandemic. How[...]

Medical Malpractice Or Ordinary Negligence? Michigan Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Nursing Home In Choking Death Case

August 3, 2021

The State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Michigan Appellate Court”) stated in its unpublished opinion dated June 17, 2021: “Turning to plaintiff’s remaining claims, these essentially entail an allegation of negligence premised on the theory that despite defendants’ awareness th[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Addresses Forum Non Conveniens In Medical Malpractice Case

August 2, 2021

In its unreported opinion dated July 7, 2021, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (Maryland’s intermediate appellate court) held in a Maryland medical malpractice case where the trial court granted the defendants’ motion to transfer the case from the Circuit Court for Baltimore City[...]

Daily Blogs