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Michigan Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Cardiologist In Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuit

November 18, 2019

The State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Michigan Appellate Court”), in an unpublished opinion dated October 22, 2019, reversed summary judgment that had been granted by the trial court to the defendant cardiologist in a Michigan medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit involving a 57-[...]

Contaminated Fecal Transplant May Have Resulted In Cancer Patient’s Death

November 17, 2019

An article appearing in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) on October 30, 2019 reported that “Gram-negative bacteremia has been reported in four patients after they had undergone FMT [fecal microbiota transplantation]. In three of these cases, there was a plausible alternative explanat[...]

Contaminated Donor Breast Milk In Pennsylvania Hospital’s NICU Kills Three Babies, Sickens Five Others

November 16, 2019

The process that Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania used to prepare donor breast milk was the cause of the deadly bacterial infections that caused the deaths of three babies in August and September 2019, and sickened five other babies in its NICU since July 2019. Of the five survivin[...]

Misdiagnosis Of Testicular Cancer Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled Against Kaiser Permanente

November 15, 2019

A Georgia medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit filed against Kaiser Permanente has reportedly been settled for a confidential amount. The Georgia medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit that was filed in October 2017 by a 25-year-old man’s widow alleged that Kaiser Permanente and two [...]

Federal Seventh Circuit Holds Illinois’s Expert Affidavit Requirement Applies In Federal Medical Malpractice Case

November 14, 2019

In our blog posting on November 11, 2019, we reported on the published opinion of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (“Sixth Circuit”) dated November 7, 2019 that addressed whether a federal inmate who had surgery while imprisoned in a federal prison in Ohio that le[...]

Virginia Judge Refuses To Vacate $2.3M Medical Malpractice Default Judgment Because Defendant’s Resident Agent Was Timely Served

November 13, 2019

On October 7, 2019, a Virginia judge denied the defendant Orthopedics practice’s motion to vacate a $2.3 million default judgment in a Virginia medical malpractice case where a jury had awarded the plaintiff $2.5 million in compensatory damages, which was later reduced to $2.3 million pursuant[...]

Alabama Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal Of Untimely Drug Claim

November 12, 2019

The Supreme Court of Alabama (“Alabama Supreme Court”), in its decision released on September 27, 2019, affirmed the trial court’s dismissal of the plaintiffs’ amended complaint that alleged that the plaintiff husband developed demyelinating polyneuropathy as a result of bein[...]

Federal Sixth Circuit Holds Ohio’s Affidavit Of Merit Requirement Does Not Apply In Federal Medical Malpractice Case

November 11, 2019

In its opinion published on November 7, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) addressed whether a federal inmate who had surgery while imprisoned in a federal prison in Ohio that left him permanently disabled was required to file an af[...]

North Carolina Assisted Living Facility Cited For Dementia Residents Fight Club

November 10, 2019

On July 26, 2019, the North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation cited a North Carolina assisted living facility (adult care home) stating: “Based on observations, interviews and record reviews, the facility failed to assure 3 of 6 sampled residents (Residents #8, #9 and #10) in the [...]

How Hard Is It To Prove Medical Malpractice?

November 9, 2019

“How hard is it to prove medical malpractice?” We get this question a lot. Even if it seems “obvious” that a physician or other medical provider was negligent (for example, when a surgeon operates on the wrong body part, such as operating on the left knee instead of the right[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Defense Verdict In Wrong Site Back Surgery Case

November 8, 2019

The Appellate Court of Illinois Second District (“Illinois Appellate Court”), in its Order dated October 22, 2019, affirmed the medical malpractice defense verdict in an Illinois medical malpractice case where the defendant surgeon planned to operate on the 54-year-old plaintiff’s [...]

Find The Best Medical Malpractice Lawyer Near Me

November 7, 2019

We often hear people ask us, “who is the best medical malpractice lawyer in my area?” Sometimes, it is easy to answer that question because one particular medical malpractice lawyer or medical malpractice law firm stands out, above and beyond other medical malpractice lawyers in the area[...]

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