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Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Reports On Medical Malpractice Arbitrations In 2020

July 9, 2021

The Kaiser Foundation Health Plan’s Office of the Independent Administrator (OIA) recently issued its annual report for 2020 regarding the mandatory arbitration system between Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., or its affiliates (Kaiser), and its members. The OIA received 490 demands for arb[...]

$1,335,000 Federal Medical Malpractice Verdict For Missed Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis

July 8, 2021

On June 17, 2021, a federal judge in Pennsylvania awarded a 46-year-old woman $1,335,000 after a jury found that the defendant doctor negligently failed to diagnose her ovarian cancer at a stage when it was treatable. The Maryland woman’s medical malpractice lawsuit alleged that she was referr[...]

$3.3M Defective Vein Filter Verdict Against C.R. Bard

July 7, 2021

On July 17, 2021, a federal jury in Wisconsin found in favor of a woman who claimed that a vein filter manufactured by C.R Bard fractured and caused her serious injuries, awarding her $3.3 million in damages after a nine-day trial. In 2013, plaintiff Natalie Johnson was implanted with a Bard “Me[...]

New York Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment Inappropriate In tPA Medical Malpractice Case

July 6, 2021

In April 2017, New York medical malpractice plaintiff E. Ann Holland was delivered by ambulance to defendant Cayuga Medical Center symptomatic of a stroke. After a CT scan revealed that she was indeed suffering a stroke in the left cerebral artery and that it was ischemic in nature, the physician on[...]

Alabama Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Neurosurgeon Performed Wrong Brain Surgery

July 5, 2021

An Alabama neurosurgeon who was charged with manslaughter in the death of a third-year medical student is now being sued for medical malpractice for allegedly performing the wrong brain surgery on his patient. The patient died four days after the wrong brain surgery. The patient had reportedly conse[...]

Washington State Agrees To Pay $3.25M To Settle Prison Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuit

July 4, 2021

Washington State has agreed to pay $3.25 million to the family of a 57-year-old prison inmate who died from an abdominal incisional wound following cancer surgery that the prison medical staff failed to properly treat and for which he was only provided over-the-counter Tylenol for his excruciating p[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Discusses Recoverable Damages In Delayed Diagnosis Of Terminal Cancer Case

July 3, 2021

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland, which is Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, summarized the facts of a Maryland medical malpractice wrongful death case that it decided in a published opinion dated July 1, 2021, as follows: A patient sees an oncologist in April 2013 at a point wh[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms No Insurance Coverage Under Employment Practices Insurance For Patient Claims Involving Therapist

July 2, 2021

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) stated in its Opinion filed on June 17, 2021: “This is an appeal from an order dismissing an insurance coverage action brought by Penn Psychiatric Center, Inc. (Insured) against United States Liability Insurance Co[...]

Rhode Island Supreme Court Reinstates Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict

July 1, 2021

In its Opinion dated June 9, 2021, the Rhode Island Supreme Court stated in a medical malpractice case that had resulted in a defense verdict after which the trial judge granted the plaintiff a new trial, “Viewing the entirety of the evidence, therefore, in the light most favorable to Dr. Cass[...]

Federal Appellate Court Reinstates Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit Despite Plaintiff’s Noncompliance With Discovery

June 30, 2021

The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) held in its precedential Opinion dated June 15, 2021: “Victor Mondelli sued Berkeley Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (“Berkeley Heights”) and several of its employees for violating th[...]

New York Appellate Court Overturns $2.5M Nursing Home Wrongful Death Pain And Suffering Award

June 29, 2021

In its Decision and Order dated June 15, 2021, the Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, First Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Ciourt”) stated: “The trial court correctly granted plaintiff’s motion for a directed verdict on liability and causation on[...]

$2M Colorado Medical Malpractice Settlement For Teen Who Died Following Breast Augmentation Surgery

June 28, 2021

The family of an 18-year-old woman who died after breast augmentation surgery two years ago has settled their Colorado medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit for $2 million. The medical malpractice insurance companies for the defendant plastic surgeon and the defendant certified registered nurse[...]

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