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Texas Appellate Court Overturns New Trial Order After Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict

October 18, 2020

The Court of Appeals Thirteenth District of Texas Corpus Christi – Edinburg (“Texas Appellate Court”), in its opinion dated September 17, 2020, held “the jury’s verdict was supported by factually sufficient evidence, and the trial court impermissibly substituted its judgmen[...]

New York Appellate Court Affirms PCP Not Entitled To Summary Judgment Where Patient Died In Nursing Home

October 17, 2020

The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”) affirmed in its Decision & Order dated September 16, 2020 that the decedent’s primary care physician was not entitled to summary judgment in a New York medical[...]

New York Appellate Court Rules Referring Attorney For Medical Malpractice Case Was Not Entitled To A Referral Fee

October 16, 2020

The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”) stated in its Decision & Order dated September 16, 2020: “The plaintiff commenced this action to recover attorneys’ fees from the defendant law firm for a cl[...]

Montana Supreme Court Overturns Negligent Homicide Convictions Of Opioid-Prescribing Doctor

October 15, 2020

The Supreme Court of the State of Montana (“Montana Supreme Court”), in a 4-3 decision filed on September 16, 2020, overturned the negligent homicide convictions of a former Montana doctor who was charged with distributing dangerous drugs outside the course of a professional practice to [...]

California Appellate Court Affirms $9.25M Noneconomic Damages Award Where Surgeon Removed Portion Of Man’s Penis Without Consent

October 14, 2020

The September 11, 2020 published opinion of the Court of Appeal of the State of California Fourth Appellate District Division Two (“California Appellate Court”) affirmed the jury’s award of $9,250,000 in noneconomic damages for a medical battery claim where a surgeon removed a portion [...]

West Virginia Hospital Agrees To Pay $50M To Settle Kickbacks Allegations

October 13, 2020

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on September 9, 2020 that Wheeling Hospital Inc., an acute care hospital located in Wheeling, West Virginia, has agreed to pay the United States a total of $50,000,000 to resolve claims that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting claims to [...]

New Mexico Appellate Court Refuses To Enforce Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement

October 12, 2020

The Court of Appeals of New Mexico (“New Mexico Appellate Court”) held in its unreported opinion filed on May 13, 2020,”Defendants argue that the district court erred in denying their motion to compel arbitration because Mrs. Rosenquist had express or implied authority to sign the[...]

Ohio Supreme Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Case Filed Too Late

October 11, 2020

The Supreme Court of Ohio (“Ohio Supreme Court”) affirmed in its opinion filed on August 20, 2020 that an Ohio medical malpractice case was filed too late and that the defendants were properly granted summary judgment by the lower court, stating: “This case requires us to examine t[...]

Anesthesiologist To Spend 66 Months In Prison For His Part In $200M Health Care Fraud Scheme

October 10, 2020

A 61-year-old anesthesiologist was sentenced on August 10, 2020 to 66 months in federal prison for his part in a $200 million health care fraud scheme, after pleading guilty to his involvement in the scheme involving the Forest Park Medical Center, a physician-owned hospital for bariatric and spinal[...]

Spine Surgeon And Medical Device Distributor Agree To Plead Guilty To Illegal Kickback Scheme

October 9, 2020

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced on August 18, 2020 that a Missouri surgeon and Kansas medical device distributor have been charged and agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to pay and receive kickbacks aimed at inducing the use of spinal implants sold by a med[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Holds Arbitration Agreement Trumps Indiana Medical Malpractice Act

October 8, 2020

The Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Indiana Appellate Court”), in its opinion filed on September 2, 2020, held in an Indiana medical malpractice wrongful death case where the parties had agreed at the time the decedent was admitted to the defendant nursing home to arbitrate any legal claim[...]

Baltimore Medical Malpractice Lawyer Indicted For Attempted $25M Extortion

October 7, 2020

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced on October 5, 2020 that a federal grand jury has indicted Stephen L. Snyder, age 72, on federal charges of attempted extortion and interstate travel and use of an interstate facility to carry on unlawful activity, also known as [...]

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