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Clinical Lab To Pay Up To $43M To Resolve Unnecessary Medical Tests Allegations

July 26, 2020

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina announced on April 27, 2020 that Genova Diagnostics Inc. (“Genova”), a clinical laboratory services company based in Asheville, North Carolina, has agreed to pay up to approximately $43 million to resolve allegations[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case For Failure To Provide Proper Presuit Notice

July 25, 2020

The Georgia Court of Appeals Fifth Division (“Georgia Appellate Court”), in its opinion dated June 11, 2020, affirmed the dismissal of the plaintiff’s Georgia medical malpractice lawsuit, holding “both of Brown’s [plaintiff’s] ante litem notices failed to indicate the[...]

North Carolina Appellate Court Finds Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement Ambiguous

July 24, 2020

In its opinion dated April 21, 2020, the Court of Appeals of North Carolina (“North Carolina Appellate Court”) stated, “here the admission agreement’s clause expressly reserving the right to a bench trial cannot be read in harmony with the arbitration agreement’s clause express[...]

Baltimore Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Against Johns Hopkins Hospital For Wrongful Death Of Two-Year-Old

July 23, 2020

A Baltimore medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against The Johns Hopkins Hospital and others for the alleged wrongful death of a two-year-old girl. The parents’ lawsuit alleges that the defendants noted a cyst on one of their twins’ adrenal gland shortly after the [...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Lawyer Accused Of Seeking $25M From Hospital System To Keep Quiet

July 22, 2020

A prominent Maryland medical malpractice lawyer has been accused by the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland (“AGC”) of numerous conflicts of interest and engaging in an allegedly improper scheme by seeking a $25 million payment directly to him by way of a sham consulting agreement [...]

Nursing Home Closures Statistics

July 21, 2020

A report published in February 2020 entitled “Nursing Home Closures and Trends June 2015-June 2019” found that despite 555 nursing homes in the United States having closed since June 2015, and the increasing number of nursing home closures each year, nursing home occupancy rates have dec[...]

Medical Malpractice Statistics For Retinal Surgery

July 20, 2020

In an article posted on June 8, 2020 entitled “Malpractice Litigation in Vitreoretinal Surgery and Medical Retina” that was designed to report and analyze the causes and outcomes of vitreoretinal surgery and medical retina malpractice litigation concluded: “The complexity of treati[...]

California Appellate Court Reinstates $6.3M Plastic Surgery Medical Malpractice Verdict

July 19, 2020

In its published opinion dated June 4, 2020, the Court of Appeal of the State of California First Appellate District Division Three (“California Appellate Court”) reinstated a California plastic surgery medical malpractice verdict in excess of $6.3 million, holding that “plaintiff�[...]

Georgia Supreme Court Reinstates Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Due To Assumption Of The Risk

July 18, 2020

The Supreme Court of Georgia held in its decision dated June 1, 2020 that “at least slight evidence was presented at trial” to warrant the trial court in instructing the jury on assumption of risk in a Georgia medical malpractice case. The Underlying Facts On October 2, 2009, Shane Berry[...]

Virginia Supreme Court Holds Election Of Remedy Rule Did Not Preclude Virginia Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuit

July 17, 2020

The Virginia Supreme Court stated in its opinion dated June 3, 2020 in a case where the trial court in Virginia had dismissed a Virginia wrongful death lawsuit against Virginia medical providers on the basis that the plaintiff had received a personal injury settlement against Kentucky medical provid[...]

Arizona County Jail Alleges Contract Psychiatrist May Be Liable For Inmate’s Hanging Death

July 16, 2020

Cochise County, Arizona recently filed notice in a pending lawsuit involving the suicide hanging death of a county inmate, arguing that if it is found liable for the death, the psychiatrist who provided mental health services to the county as an independent contractor should be responsible to pay th[...]

California Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Defense In Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case Where Man Died From Aortic Dissection Eight Hours After Discharge From ER

July 15, 2020

The Court of Appeal of the State of California Second Appellate District Division Eight (“California Appellate Court”), in its June 1, 2020 published opinion, stated: “The trial court granted summary judgment to a hospital in a lawsuit brought by the family of an emergency room pat[...]

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