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U.S. Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Case Seeking To Overturn Feres Doctrine

June 5, 2019

On May 20, 2019, the United States Supreme Court refused to grant certiorari in a medical malpractice case involving a Navy nurse who was 33 when she died on March 9, 2014 following a massive postpartum hemorrhage at the Naval Hospital Bremerton, within hours of the birth, after military doctors all[...]

Minnesota Appellate Court Holds Plaintiff’s Experts Were Unqualified To Render Opinions In Medical Malpractice Case

June 4, 2019

In its unreported opinion filed on May 20, 2019, the State of Minnesota Court of Appeals (“Minnesota Appellate Court”) overturned the jury’s $2.5 million verdict in favor of the plaintiff in her Minnesota medical malpractice case, holding that the plaintiff’s experts were unq[...]

North Carolina Appellate Court Rejects Loss Of Chance Doctrine In Medical Malpractice Case

June 3, 2019

In its opinion filed on May 21, 2019, the Court of Appeals of North Carolina (“North Carolina Appellate Court”) held: “There is a split of authority around the country as to whether a patient may recover for the injury of the mere “loss of chance” of a better medical outcome pr[...]

Connecticut Supreme Court Holds Loss Of Consortium Award Ordinarily Should Not Substantially Exceed Corresponding Wrongful Death Award To Directly Injured Spouse

June 2, 2019

The Connecticut Supreme Court held in its opinion to be officially released on June 4, 2019 in a Connecticut medical malpractice wrongful death case that a loss of consortium award ordinarily should not substantially exceed the corresponding wrongful death award to the directly injured spouse. In th[...]

Investigation Finds Hundreds Of Florida Doctors With Multiple Medical Malpractice Payouts Still Practicing Despite Three Strikes Law

June 1, 2019

A Florida news organization reports that it found “[h]undreds of Florida doctors have paid out multiple malpractice claims – putting patients at risk 15 years after voters passed a law that was supposed to take away their licenses … Florida doctors paid out more than $460 million for m[...]

$30.55M Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Verdict For Baby’s Severe Brain Injury During Childbirth

May 31, 2019

On May 15, 2019, a Massachusetts medical malpractice childbirth injury jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $30.55 million for the catastrophic brain damage suffered by their baby during childbirth in January 2013. The Massachusetts birth injury jury deliberated over[...]

$30M Alabama Medical Malpractice Verdict For Gunshot Victim

May 30, 2019

Following an Alabama medical malpractice wrongful death trial that began on May 6, 2019, the jury awarded $30 million to the family of a 24-year-old gunshot victim who was transported by ambulance to the defendant hospital where he languished for two hours before dying because the defendant on-call [...]

Florida’s Wrongful Death Statute Precludes Parents Of Dependant Adult Special Needs Child From Suing For His Dental Malpractice Death

May 29, 2019

The loving parents of a 39-year-old special needs son who was dependent on them cannot recover for his wrongful death as a result of dental malpractice because Florida’s wrongful death statute preculdes the parents of an adult child from recovering for their losses as a result of an adult chil[...]

$6M Florida Assisted Living Wrongful Death Verdict

May 28, 2019

The family of a 97-year-old resident of a Florida assisted living facility received a verdict against the defendant Florida assisted living facility in the amount of $6 million in May 2019, for the death of the resident in 2017 after she fell outside the facility in the scorching July heat and no on[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Jury Awards $2M For Unnecessary Spinal Surgery, Lack Of Informed Consent

May 27, 2019

On May 9, 2019, a Maryland medical malpractice jury awarded a 64-year-old nurse and her husband $2,045,213.51 in economic and noneconomic damages against her orthopedic surgeon whom the jury found to have breached the standard of care and also failed to obtain the proper informed consent before perf[...]

Drug Manufacturers Will Be Required To Disclose Drug Prices In TV Advertisements

May 26, 2019

The Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced on May 8, 2019 a final rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that will require direct-to-consumer television advertisements for prescription pharmaceuticals covered by Medicare or Medicaid to incl[...]

Virginia Dental Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Unsterilized Instruments Used On 9-Year-old

May 25, 2019

On May 9, 2019, a Virginia dental malpractice lawsuit was filed in which the parents of a 9-year-old patient allege that they were called by the dental practice where their child had been treated to inform them that the dental instruments used on their child were cleaned but may not have been proper[...]

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