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Federal District Court Dismisses EMTALA Claim

February 28, 2026

Plaintiff Todd Jeude filed an action under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) and state law, alleging Defendants negligently discharged him from the hospital after treating him for injuries sustained in amotorcycle accident. He named as Defendants SSM St. Clare Hospital, K[...]

Nurse.Org Poll Found 94% Of Nurses Believe Eliminating Nursing Home Staffing Rules Will Harm Patient Care

February 27, 2026

Nurse.org polled 262 nurses from December 6 to December 29, 2025, asking how they believe the elimination of the nursing home staffing mandate will impact resident care, nurse workloads, and the future of long-term care staffing standards, and reported its findings on December 30, 2025: Most Nurses[...]

New York Appellate Court Reverses MOLST Verdict

February 26, 2026

Plaintiff commenced a medical malpractice action arising from an incident in which defendant’s employees performed chest compressions on plaintiff’s decedent after he became unresponsive shortly after he presented to the emergency department of defendant’s hospital with complaints of abdominal[...]

Missouri Appellate Court Affirms Failure To Timely Disclose Expert Dooms Medical Malpractice Case

February 25, 2026

To make a claim of medical malpractice in Missouri, a plaintiff must prove the defendant failed to meet a required medical standard of care, their acts or omissions were performed negligently, and those acts or omissions caused her injuries. In a case decided by a Missouri appellate court on Decembe[...]

Virginia Supreme Court Applies Continuing Treatment Rule In Dismissing Medical Malpractice Case

February 24, 2026

On June 30, 2021, Renee Jauregui (“Jauregui”) filed a complaint asserting a medical malpractice claim against Dr. Cothran. In her complaint, Jauregui claimed that she had seen Dr. Cothran, an OB/GYN, for several pregnancy related visits between May and October 2018. Jauregui alleged that, during[...]

Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) Lawsuits

February 23, 2026

An article appearing in Clinical Practice Cases Emergency Medicine in September 2025 entitled “Medical Malpractice in the Waiting Room: Who Is at Risk?” provides a helpful general analysis of the requirements of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (“EMTALA”): Since [...]

Hospitals Oppose Proposed Law In Iowa Requiring Reporting Of Never Events

February 22, 2026

Iowa Senate File 2185 would require Iowa hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers and birth centers to report any “serious reportable events” — sometimes called “never events” — to the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing. The Iowa Hospital Association, UnityPoint Hea[...]

$2M Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict For Persistent Prosthetic Hip Joint Infection Leading To Sepsis And Stroke

February 21, 2026

A Baltimore County, Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $1,975,000 (including $268,000 for past medical expenses, $456,000 for future care expenses, $250,000 for lost earnings, and $1 million for pain and suffering) for a man who developed sepsis and suffered smal[...]

Less Than 1% Of New Mexico’s Physicians Are Responsible For Half Of Medical Malpractice Payments

February 20, 2026

The Albuquerque Journal reported on December 27, 2025 that less than 1% of New Mexico physicians were responsible for half of medical malpractice payments from 1991 to 2024. One New Mexico neurosurgeon, who lost his New Mexico medical license in 2024, was responsible for $19 million in medical malpr[...]

$1.8M Maryland Nursing Home Malpractice Verdict

February 19, 2026

In December 2025, a Washington County Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a 86-year-old woman in the amount of $1,790,000 who died three weeks after suffering a fall and sustaining a femur fracture while in a nursing home. The defendant reportedly offered zero to settl[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Defendants In Medical Malpractice Case Based On One Satisfaction Rule

February 18, 2026

On July 19, 2017, Diana Oxley visited Frederick Memorial Hospital’s emergency department with complaints of ongoing and worsening low back pain. She denied any recent falls and denied incontinence. On examination, Mrs. Oxley had normal strength in her lower extremities. She was diagnosed with nont[...]

Ohio Supreme Court Rules Bad-Faith Claim By Medical Malpractice Insured Must Be Arbitrated

February 17, 2026

The Doctors Company Risk Retention Group Insurance Company (“TDC”) is an insurance company located in Napa, California. It provided a medical-malpractice insurance policy (“the policy”) to U.S. Acute Care Solutions, L.L.C. (“USACS”), a Delaware company with its principal place of busines[...]

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