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Cleveland Clinic Resident Fired After Social Posts About “Giving Wrong Meds” To Jews Discovered

January 12, 2019

The Cleveland Clinic in Ohio announced that it has fired a first-year resident after it was discovered that she had tweeted numerous anti-Semitic rants, including on August 28, 2013: “@ShabanSalya Allah yo5od el yahood 3ashan enbattel nettar nroo7 3nd hel wes5een -___- [May Allah take back (en[...]

U.S. Cancer Statistics: U.S. Cancer Deaths Dropped By 27% Between 1991 and 2016

January 11, 2019

An article appearing on January 8, 2019 in the medical journal CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians reported that the overall cancer death rate in the United States dropped continuously from 1991 to 2016 by a total of 27%, translating into approximately 2,629,200 fewer cancer deaths than would have b[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Who Refused To Continue With Trial After Mistrial Motion Was Denied Held To Have Waived Appellate Review

January 10, 2019

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, ruled in its unreported opinion filed on December 31, 2018 in a Maryland medical malpractice case in which the trial judge denied the plaintiff’s motion for a mistr[...]

U.S. Supreme Court Decides Threshold Arbitrability Question To Be Decided By The Arbitrator, Not The Court

January 9, 2019

The U.S. Supreme Court held in its opinion filed on January 8, 2019: “Under the Federal Arbitration Act, parties to a contract may agree that an arbitrator rather than a court will resolve disputes arising out of the contract. When a dispute arises, the parties sometimes may disagree not only [...]

Michigan Appellate Court Finds Defendant’s Expert Qualified To Testify As To Standard Of Care

January 8, 2019

The State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Michigan Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished opinion dated December 13, 2018 that the defendant hospital’s expert was qualified to testify as to standard of care issues in a Michigan medical malpractice case. The Underlying Facts On Au[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Claims Needle Left In Plaintiff During Childbirth 15 Years Ago

January 7, 2019

A medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed in Florida alleging that when the plaintiff was giving birth to her son fifteen years ago at a naval hospital in Florida, a needle broke off and was left in her spine during administration of anesthesia, but the medical providers failed to advise her of s[...]

Arizona Dental Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Dentist Falsified His Anesthesia Credentials

January 6, 2019

An Arizona dental malpractice lawsuit was filed on December 7, 2018 against the plaintiff’s dentist, alleging that the defendant dentist falsified his credentials regarding his ability and authority to administer anesthesia during dental procedures, which the plaintiff first learned about shor[...]

Virgin Islands Supreme Court Revives Medical Malpractice Complaint

January 5, 2019

In its opinion filed on November 19, 2018, the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands (“Virgin Islands Supreme Court”) held that the record before it “clearly demonstrates that [the plaintiff] filed a proposed complaint with the Committee [i.e., the Medical Malpractice Action Review C[...]

New York Appellate Court Affirms High Interest Rate Charged In Lawsuit Funding Agreement

January 4, 2019

The New York Appellate Division, First Department (“New York Appellate Court”) determined in its decision filed on December 6, 2018 that a lawsuit funding company’s charge of an “Annual Percentage Rate” of 45.93%, in exchange for the inured party’s agreement that [...]

Medication Error Leading To Veteran’s Death Results In $800,000 Settlement

January 3, 2019

The family of a 64-year-old veteran who had gone to a VA medical center in South Carolina complaining of nausea and vomiting and was given the wrong medication that led to his death on February 2, 2017 has settled the VA medical malpractice wrongful death claim for $800,000, which settlement was app[...]

Uterine Cancer Rates, Deaths Increase In U.S.

January 2, 2019

The CDC reported on December 7, 2018 that “Uterine cancer is one of the few cancers with increasing incidence and mortality in the United States, reflecting, in part, increases in the prevalence of overweight and obesity since the 1980s. It is the fourth most common cancer diagnosed and the se[...]

FDA Formally Accepts ClinGen Expert Curated Human Genetic Data

January 1, 2019

On December 4, 2018, the FDA formally recognized a public database that contains information about genes, genetic variants and their relationship to disease known as ClinGen Expert Curated Human Genetic Data. The FDA’s action is intended enhance the efficient development of novel diagnostic te[...]

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