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Georgia Surgeon Still Operates Despite Recent $3M Medical Malpractice Verdict, Settlements, And Pending Cases

May 10, 2021

A Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) surgeon who was the subject of a recent $3 million medical malpractice verdict also settled a medical malpractice case in December 2019 and has two pending medical malpractice cases against him (one filed in March 2019 and another that was filed in May 2020) [...]

New York Appellate Court Refuses To Extend Liability To Physician Who Treated Mental Health Patient Who Later Killed Her Son

May 9, 2021

The New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”) held in its Memorandum And Order dated March 19, 2021: “it is well established that the law cannot provide a remedy for every injury incurred . . . Were we to extend defend[...]

Kentucky Nursing Home’s Experience With COVID-19 After Vaccinations

May 8, 2021

A study released on April 21, 2021 in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) entitled “COVID-19 Outbreak Associated with a SARS-CoV-2 R.1 Lineage Variant in a Skilled Nursing Facility After Vaccination Program — Kentucky, March 2021” reported: “In a COVID-[...]

Kaiser’s Medical Malpractice Arbitration Win Overturned Due To Arbitrator’s Ex Parte Joke About The Claimant

May 7, 2021

The California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District Division One held in its unpublished opinion filed on April 19, 2021: “The arbitrator committed misconduct on several levels. At least one requires vacating the arbitration award. A neutral arbitrator has a continuing duty to disclose a[...]

Florida OB Loses Medical License After Death Of Mother Shortly After Giving Birth

May 6, 2021

It has been reported that 62-year-old Dr. Berto Lopez, 62, who had practiced obstetrics and gynecology in West Palm Beach, Florida for 38 years, had his medical license revoked after he was found liable for the death of Onystei Castillo-Lopeza, who bled to death after giving birth in July 2017. Dr. [...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Orders New Trial On Damages For Pain And Suffering For Medical Malpractice Plaintiff

May 5, 2021

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”), in its opinion filed on April 16, 2021, granted a new trial to the Pennsylvania medical malpractice plaintiff in a case where the jury determined that the defendant physician acted negligently in performing the plaintif[...]

Texas Supreme Court Holds Mental Health Section 1983 Claim Subject To Texas Medical Liability Act’s Expert Report Requirement

May 4, 2021

The Supreme Court of the State of Texas (“Texas Supreme Court”) stated in its opinion delivered on April 16, 2021: “The questions before us are (1) whether claims asserted against a state mental health facility and its employees arising from the death of a patient, pleaded as claim[...]

Kansas Supreme Court Upholds Statutory Ban On Wrongful Birth Claims

May 3, 2021

The Supreme Court of the State of Kansas (“Kansas Supreme Court”), in its opinion dated April 30, 2021, stated: “This case considers the constitutional validity of a statute abolishing a medical malpractice claim commonly known as a “wrongful birth” action. See K.S.A. 2[...]

New Book Sheds Light On Failed Medical Malpractice Tort Reforms

May 2, 2021

The Cato Institute released a new book on April 29, 2021 entitled “Medical Malpractice Litigation How It Works — Why Tort Reform Hasn’t Helped” that “compiles decades of real‐world data to shatter persistent myths that surround the debate over “med mal” reform.”[...]

$29.5M Nevada Medical Malpractice Verdict For Negligently Treated Anaphylaxis Leading To Brain Damage

May 1, 2021

On April 9, 2021, a Nevada medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $29.5 million, which included $15 million in compensatory damages for past and future pain and suffering, $12.5 million for future medical expenses, and $2 million for the plaintiff[...]

Mizzou BioJoint Settlements Announced

April 30, 2021

The University of Missouri has reportedly settled personal injury and false advertising lawsuits filed from 2018 through 2020 that allege that the “BioJoint” surgeries pioneered by two university employees, orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Stannard and veterinarian Dr. James Cook, which involved[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement Was Unconscionable

April 29, 2021

In denying a nursing home’s motion to enforce an arbitration against one of its residents, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) stated in its non-precedential Decision field on March 5, 2021: “the Facility offered a classic contract of adhesion [...]

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