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$6.1M Oklahoma Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of 19-Year-Old In ER

April 6, 2019

An Oklahoma medical malpractice jury found in favor of the plaintiffs on March 21, 2019, awarding the family of a 19-year-old who died as a result of hospital medical malpractice in the emergency room $6,190,000 for the teenager’s wrongful death. The Underlying Facts While attending college du[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Holds Affidavit Of Merit Not Necessary In Ordinary Negligence Claim Against Hospital

April 5, 2019

The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“New Jersey Appellate Court”), in its unpublished decision filed on March 25, 2019, reversed the trial court’s dismissal of the plaintiff’s complaint filed against a hospital “because some of the claims asserted in pl[...]

FDA Issues Safety Communication Regarding Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities Affecting Medtronic Implantable Cardiac Devices, Programmers, and Home Monitors

April 4, 2019

The FDA issued a Safety Communication on March 21, 2019 entitled “Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities Affecting Medtronic Implantable Cardiac Devices, Programmers, and Home Monitors” “to alert health care providers and patients about cybersecurity vulnerabilities identified in a wireless[...]

MedStar Health Agrees To Pay U.S. $35 Million To Resolve Allegations That It Paid Kickbacks To MidAtlantic Cardiovascular Associates In Exchange For Referrals

April 3, 2019

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on March 21, 2019 that MedStar Health Inc. (“MedStar”), which has its headquarters in Columbia, Maryland, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, and MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center in Baltimore, have agreed to pay the United States $[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Revives Medical Malpractice Case Against Agency Nurse Not Identified In Hospital Records

April 2, 2019

The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“New Jersey Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished opinion dated March 21, 2019: “Plaintiff and her counsel pursued reasonable steps to ascertain the true identity of Agency Nurse RN 104 before filing suit and before the statu[...]

Study Of Pediatric Medical Malpractice Claims

April 1, 2019

The Doctors Company, which is the largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer in the United States, analyzed 1,215 written demands for payment (medical malpractice claims) filed on behalf of pediatric patients that closed from 2008 through 2017. The study included all medical malpractice cla[...]

$3.6M New York Medical Malpractice Verdict For Torn Urethra During Cystoscopy

March 31, 2019

A New York medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in a New York medical malpractice case in which he alleged that the defendant urologist negligently tore his urethra during a cystoscopy. The New York medical malpractice jury awarded the man a total of $3.6 million, [...]

Illinois Appellate Court Discusses Role Of Consultant Experts In Medical Malpractice Case

March 30, 2019

The issue decided by the Appellate Court of Illinois First District (“Illinois Appellate Court”) in its opinion dated March 15, 2019 was whether a party who has disclosed a witness as a testifying expert may thereafter redesignate that witness as a consultant whose opinions and work prod[...]

When Will The FDA Investigate The Metal In Filshie Clips?

March 29, 2019

The FDA issued a statemnet on March 15, 2019 entitled “Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. and Jeff Shuren, M.D., Director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, on efforts to evaluate materials in medical devices to address potential safety questions” in whi[...]

Seven Indicted For $50M In Medically Unnecessary Prescriptions In 50-Count New Jersey Indictment

March 28, 2019

The Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office District of New Jersey announced on March 15, 2019 that a federal grand jury has returned a 50-count indictment charging seven people with defrauding New Jersey state health benefits programs and other insurers out of more than $50 million by submit[...]

D.C. Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of D.C. Medical Malpractice Lawsuit That Was Filed Too Late

March 27, 2019

In its opinion filed on March 14, 2019, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (“D.C. Appellate Court”) held: “to be eligible for the ninety-day statute-of-limitations extension set forth in D.C. Code § 16-2803, a plaintiff must serve presuit notice within ninety days before th[...]

Georgia Couple’s Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Flushed Their Stillborn Fetus Down The Toilet

March 26, 2019

A Georgia couple is suing a Georgia hospital for $2 million, alleging that in May 2018, while the woman was 16 weeks pregnant, she went to the defendant hospital where she delivered her stillborn fetus while sitting on the toilet in the hospital ER, and that a nurse and doctor then flushed the fetus[...]

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