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AARP: “Who’s To Blame For The 100,000 COVID Dead In Long-Term Care?”

February 3, 2021

AARP, in an article published in December 2020 that is entitled, “Who’s to Blame for the 100,000 COVID Dead in Long-Term Care?” stated, “The single greatest error of America’s response to the pandemic in nursing homes, most agree, was the failure to provide early and vast a[...]

New York Attorney General Issues Report Critical Of Nursing Home COVID-19 Neglect

February 2, 2021

The New York State Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) issued a report in late January 2021 entitled “Nursing Home Response to COVID-19 Pandemic” that found: » A larger number of nursing home residents died from COVID-19 than DOH [New York State Department of Health] data[...]

New York Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment Granted To Some Medical Malpractice Defendants In Gallbladder Surgery Case

February 1, 2021

The New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, Second Department (“New York Appellate Court”), in its decision dated January 13, 2021, reversed the lower court’s granting summary judgment in favor of some of the New York medical malpractice defendants in a case involving gallbladde[...]

More Than 40 Migrant Women Involved In Georgia Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Forced Medical Procedures At Immigration Detention Center

January 31, 2021

On December 21, 2020, female immigrants filed a proposed class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia for alleged forced medical procedures that they were required to undergo at a Georgia immigration detention center. The eight named plaintiffs, some of whom rem[...]

Was Your Baby’s Stillbirth Caused By Medical Negligence?

January 30, 2021

A stillbirth is the death or loss of a baby before or during delivery. Both miscarriage and stillbirth describe pregnancy loss, but they differ according to when the loss occurs. In the United States, a miscarriage is usually defined as loss of a baby before the 20th week of pregnancy, and a stillbi[...]

California Plastic Surgeon Agrees To Five-Year Probation And Monitoring

January 29, 2021

The Medical Board of California has disciplined a California plastic surgeon by requiring that she be monitored and placing her on five-years probation. Dr. Laleh Shaban’s settlement of the allegations against her will allow her to continue to operate her practice, Revive MD Medical Group, and[...]

California Appellate Court Holds Jury Instruction Regarding Statute Of Limitations Was Proper In Medical Malpractice Case

January 28, 2021

The January 7, 2021 unpublished opinion of the Court of Appeal of the State of California Second Appellate District Division Eight held in a California medical malpractice case where the jury determined that the plaintiffs’ lawsuit was filed after the one-year statute of limitations had expire[...]

Survey Finds Tort Reforms Lead To Less Jury Trials; Jury Trials Still Preferred Over Arbitration

January 27, 2021

An article appearing on December 11, 2020 in the Louisiana Law Review entitled “Reasons for the Disappearing Jury Trial: Perspective from Attorneys and Judges” that reported on a survey of 1,460 attorneys and judges (173 judges (70% state and 30% federal) and 1,282 attorneys (63% who han[...]

Filshie Clip Migration Claims

January 26, 2021

Almost daily we receive inquiries regarding Filshie clip migration from women throughout the United States. Most of these women report that they have complained of substantial pain in their abdomen for months if not years before they are finally told that one of their Filshie clips that was implante[...]

How One Baltimore Nursing Home Maintained Zero COVID-19 Cases

January 25, 2021

The Maryland Baptist Aged Home, whose residents are mostly low-income people of color, has not had one case of COVID-19. Its Director was recently interviewed and explained how the Baltimore nursing home kept its 42 employees and 29 residents safe. Here are some excerpts from the interview: What wer[...]

1.8% Of Doctors Responsible For More Than Half Of Medical Malpractice Payouts In The U.S.

January 24, 2021

CBS News recently reported that “1.8 percent of doctors are responsible for more than half of all malpractice payouts. Of that small group, “Only 1 in 7 have had action taken against them by any state [medical board].”” Source That calculation was performed by Robert E. Oshel[...]

$1.95M Medical Malpractice Verdict Involving Buffalo VA Medical Center For Failure To Diagnosis Throat Cancer

January 23, 2021

On December 28, 2020, a federal judge ruled against the U.S. and in favor of a 76-year-old former Marine who had served in Vietnam in his medical malpractice lawsuit that alleged that a CT scan of his neck performed at the Buffalo VA Medical Center in September 2013 was misread as normal and the rad[...]

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