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$20.6M Illinois Medical Malpractice Settlement For Man Who Became Paralyzed Due To Hospital Medical Negligence

March 1, 2019

A now 64-year-old Illinois man has settled his Illinois medical malpractice case that alleged that he became paralyzed because the defendants failed to timely diagnose and treat his ruptured aneurysm. As a result of the misdiagnosis, the man unnecessarily became paralyzed, he had to have several toe[...]

Maryland Orthopedic Surgeon Sues Another Maryland Orthopedic Surgeon For His Injury Sustained During Simultaneous Knee Replacement Surgeries

February 28, 2019

One Maryland orthopedic surgeon sued another Maryland orthopedic surgeon for the injuries he sustained while they were simultaneously performing two knee replacement surgeries on the same patient. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant failed to stay on his side of the surgical table and thereby c[...]

Delaware Supreme Court Affirms $3M Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

February 27, 2019

In its decision filed on February 4, 2019, the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (“Delaware Supreme Court”) affirmed a $3 million Delaware birth injury medical malpractce verdict involving a brachial plexus injury suffered by the baby during delivery. The Underlying Facts The plaint[...]

$2.5M Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death During Laser Extraction Of Pacemaker

February 26, 2019

On February 22, 2019, an Illinois medical malpractice wrongful death jury returned its verdict in the amount of $2.5 million in favor of the plaintiffs after one hour of jury deliberations to compensate the family of a man who died as a result of the laser extraction procedure used to remove his pac[...]

Wisconsin Appellate Court Applies Discovery Rule In Reviving Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case

February 25, 2019

In its decision filed on February 14, 2019, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals held in a Wisconsin medical malpractice wrongful death case that “summary judgment should not have been granted in favor of [the defendant cardiac surgeon]. Instead, we conclude that there are competing reasonable infer[...]

Are Filshie Clips Safe?

February 24, 2019

Millions of women in the United States have had Filshie Clips implanted as a means of permanent sterilization. The vast majority of these women apparently have not suffered any complications or adverse events regarding their Filshie Clips. Nonetheless, we receive inquiries on nearly a daily basis fr[...]

New York Medical Malpractice Arbitrator Awards $140M Settlement To 255 Medical Malpractice Victims

February 23, 2019

A New York medical malpractice arbitrator has issued a $140 million settlement award to 255 New York medical malpractice victims of former New York orthopedist Spyros Panos. After the arbitrator’s award is approved by the court, the awards to individual New York medical malpractice plaintiffs [...]

U.S. Expands Efforts To Fight Opioid Epidemic To Unscrupulous Dispensing Pharmacies

February 22, 2019

The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed on February 8, 2019 a civil complaint filed in the Middle District of Tennessee against two pharmacies, their owner, and three pharmacists, to stop them from dispensing controlled substance medications, including powerful opioids that have been linked to abuse[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Reverses Defense Directed Verdict In Dental Malpractice Case

February 21, 2019

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished opinion filed on February 8, 2019 that “[v]iewed in its totality, the evidence adduced by [the plaintiff] in her case-in-chief was legally sufficient to prove the elements of a claim for d[...]

Colorado Supreme Court Holds Plaintiff Must Prove Collectibility In Legal Malpractice Case

February 20, 2019

In its opinion filed on January 28, 2019, the Supreme Court of the State of Colorado (“Colorado Supreme Court” ) held that in a legal malpractice action based on the defendant attorney’s alleged failure to timely file the plaintiff’s underlying medical malpractice case before[...]

$4.7M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Check Central Line Placement

February 19, 2019

On January 31, 2019, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned a $4.7 million verdict in favor of a woman whose lower right leg was permanently damaged when medication was administered in the ICU through a central line that was misplaced in the emergency room. The emergency room doctor who placed [...]

Medical Malpractice Statistics In The United States

February 18, 2019

CRICO Strategies (“CRICO”), a division of The Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions Incorporated, recently issued its report entitled Medical Malpractice in America: A 10-Year Assessment With Insights (“Report”). The 123,512 medical professional liabi[...]

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