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$15M Indiana Medical Malpractrice Verdict For Misread CT Scan

July 28, 2018

On June 15, 2018, an Indiana medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $15 million ($14 million for the patient and $1 million for her husband) against a radiology group for a radiologist’s negligent misreading of the wife’s CT scan that mi[...]

More Than 150 Nova Scotia Nursing Home Residents Have Severe Pressure Ulcers

July 27, 2018

The Nova Scotia Canada Department of Health and Wellness announced in a press release on June 21, 2018 the specific actions to be taken to address more serious pressure injuries in the province’s long-term care facilities, where 152 stage three and four (most severe) pressure injuries were identif[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Defendants Suffer Loss Of Defenses In Botched Circumcision Case

July 26, 2018

A Georgia judge has struck the defenses of some of the defendants in a Georgia medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleges that the defendants negligently performed a circumcision on her 18-day-old son, because the defendants failed to preserve crutial evidence despite being on notice th[...]

Texas Hospice Nurse Who Admitted To Hastening Patients’ Deaths Hasn’t Been Charged With Murder

July 25, 2018

A 34-year-old Texas hospice nurse who reportedly admitted that she intentionally overdmedicated two hospice patients in order to hasten their deaths, at the alleged direction of her employer’s CEO, apparently will avoid being charged with murder by agreeing to plead guilty to one count of cons[...]

Defense Verdict In Michigan Cauda Equina Syndrome Medical Malpractice Case

July 24, 2018

On June 21, 2018, a Michigan medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the defendant neurosurgeon in a Michigan medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff claimed that the defendant neurosurgeon negligently failed to timely diagnose and treat his cauda equina syndrome, leading t[...]

Minnesota Nursing Home Caregiver Charged With Manslaughter For Resident’s Death

July 23, 2018

A former Minnesota nursing home caregiver has been charged criminally after a 100-year-old resident he was lifting by mechanical lift fell from a height of approximately five feet, causing multiple fractures and other injuries from which the resident died one week later. The 29-year-old nursing home[...]

Texas Appellate Court Holds Claim Against Hospital For Patient Tased And Shot In His Room Is A Health Care Liability Claim

July 22, 2018

The Court of Appeals for the First District of Texas (“Texas Appellate Court”) held in its Memorandum Opinion filed on June 21, 2018 that the plaintiff’s negligence claim against the defendant hospital for sending armed officers to his hospital room where he was tased and shot was [...]

Missouri Appellate Court Opens Door To Fraud Claims Against Hospital After Wrongful Death Claims Were Dismissed

July 21, 2018

The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District (“Missouri Appellate Court”) decided in its opinion filed on June 19, 2018 that the families of patients who died when the defendant hospital’s respiratory therapist killed their relatives could pursue fraudulent concealment claims aga[...]

FDA Issues Safety Communication Regarding Surgical Fires

July 20, 2018

On May 29, 2018, the FDA issued a Safety Communication entitled “Recommendations to Reduce Surgical Fires and Related Patient Injury: FDA Safety Communication” in which the FDA discusses the factors that increase the risk of surgical fires on or near a patient and also recommends practic[...]

Study Of Medical Malpractice Claims Involving Dural Tears During Spine Surgery

July 19, 2018

A study entitled “Medical Malpractice Claims Following Incidental Durotomy Due to Spinal Surgery” that was published on July 1, 2018 in the medical journal Spine analyzed 48 medical malpractice cases in which the patient suffered a dural tear during spinal surgery. The most frequently oc[...]

Louisiana Appellate Court Discusses Legal Malpractice Case Arising Out Of Medical Malpractice Settlement

July 18, 2018

The May 30, 2018 opinion of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal State of Louisiana (“Louisiana Appelate Court”) discussed the convoluted history of a legal malpractice case arising out of a Louisiana medical malpractice case that should serve as a warning to all medical malpractice lawyers[...]

Kansas Appellate Court Says Statute That Eliminated Wrongful Birth Claims Is Constitutional

July 17, 2018

The Court of Appeals of the State of Kansas (“Kansas Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on June 15, 2018 that “K.S.A. 2013 Supp. 60-1906 is constitutional since a cause of action for wrongful birth was unavailable when our Constitution was adopted and thus does not implica[...]

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