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$4.2M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Diagnose Kidney Failure In A Child

November 13, 2018

A now 22-year-old woman from Pennsylvania obtained a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury verdict in her favor in the amount of $4,242,573 on October 26, 2018, eight years after she required a kidney transplant (her mother was the living donor) due to the defendant pediatrician’s failure to d[...]

How To Find A Medical Malpractice Lawyer

November 12, 2018

medicalmalpracticelawyers.com is the premier free website helping medical malpractice victims find medical malpractice lawyers in their U.S. state, since 2010. We have helped hundreds of people in the United States who have been harmed by medical negligence find medical malpractice lawyers to speak [...]

FDA Issues Proposed Cybersecurity Recommendations For Medical Devices

November 11, 2018

Imagine you or a loved one has an implanted medical device, such as a heart pacemaker, that may be hacked and controlled by someone other than the manufacturer or your doctor. Someone could conceivably control the device such that you or your loved may be seriously harmed (or worse). On October 17, [...]

Addressing Research Misconduct In Medical Journals

November 10, 2018

An Editorial published online in JAMA on October 19, 2018 discussed research misconduct in medical journals. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services defines research misconduct as “fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporti[...]

$5M Legal Malpractice Verdict Against Florida Medical Malpractice Law Firm For Botched Birth Injury Claim

November 9, 2018

A Florida legal malpractice jury found against a Florida plaintifs’ medical malpractice law firm on October 17, 2018, finding that the defendant medical malpractice law firm negligently failed to represent a woman for her own injuries suffered during childbirth during which the baby was severe[...]

New York Appellate Court Discusses Alleged Bad Faith Failure To Settle Medical Malpractice Case

November 8, 2018

The State of New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division Third Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”) held in its Memorandum And Order dated October 25, 2018 that it was error for the trial court to enter summary judgment on behalf of the defendant medical malpractice insurance [...]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform Claims U.S. Tort System Cost $429B In 2016

November 7, 2018

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform, which describes itself as “the country’s most influential and successful advocate for civil justice reform, both in the U.S. and abroad,” issued a report on October 24, 2018 entitled “Costs and Compensation of the U[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Finds “New Injury” In Reviving Cancer Misdiagnosis Medical Malpractice Case

November 6, 2018

The Court of Appeals of Georgia applied the “new injury” exception to Georgia’s two-year statute of limitations in medical malpracice cases in allowing a cancer malpractce case to proceed. Georgia’s Two-Year Medical Malpractice Statute Of Limitations OCGA § 9-3-71 (a) requir[...]

Maryland Attorney General Announces Settlement Of Nursing Home Resident Dumping Lawsuit

November 5, 2018

The Maryland Attorney General announced on October 26, 2018 the settlement of a Maryland lawsuit filed against the former operator of five Maryland nursing homes and its owner in which the defendants agreed to be permanently precluded from engaging directly or indirectly in the management or operati[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Orders Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Defendants In Lung Cancer Misdiagnosis Case

November 4, 2018

The Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Indiana Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on October 9, 2018 that the trial court erred in failing to grant summary judgment to the medical malpractice defendants in a case where a surgeon removed a lobe of the plaintiff’s lung after an i[...]

$728K Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death After Visiting Primary Care Physician For Chest Pain

November 3, 2018

A Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict on October 30, 2018 in the amount of $728,612.35 in favor of the plaintiffs for the death of a 34-year-old man who was seen by his primary care physician for chest pain and shortness of breath that had lasted several days before the visit. Des[...]

$905K West Virginia Nursing Home Negligence Verdict For Resident’s Choking Death

November 2, 2018

On September 26, 2018, a West Virginia nursing home negligence jury returned its verdict in the amount of $905,000 against a local West Virginia nursing home for its negligence and recklessness that resulted in the choking death of a 72-year-old resident on December 24, 2012. The West Virginia nursi[...]

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