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Georgia Appellate Court Reverses Jury’s Zero Award For Noneconomic Damages In Medical Malpractice Case

April 23, 2018

The Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on April 12, 2018 that the Georgia medical malpractice jury’s zero award for the plaintiff’s noneconomic damages in a case where the jury found the defendant hospital 51% at fault and the pl[...]

Florida Appellate Court Reverses New Trial Granted To Medical Malpractice Plaintiff

April 22, 2018

In its March 29, 2018 decision, the Court of Appeal of the State of Florida Fifth District (“Florida Appellate Court”) held that the trial court had abused its discretion in granting the Florida medical malpractice plaintiff’s motion for new trial, “because the record does no[...]

California Nursing Home Accused Of Dumping Resident On Skid Row

April 21, 2018

A former resident of a California nursing home has accused the nursing home of dumping him at a homeless shelter on skid row, despite the fact that the resident had insurance that was paying for his nursing home care. The former California nursing home resident claims that he does not know why the f[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Grants New Trial To Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Who Was Not Allowed To Testify During Trial

April 20, 2018

The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“New Jersey Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished opinion dated April 9, 2018 that the trial judge committed reversible error by not allowing the New Jersey medical malpractice plaintiff to testify during the trial. The Underlying [...]

Minnesota Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case Based On Statute Of Limitations

April 19, 2018

The State of Minnesota Court of Appeals (“Minnesota Appellate Court”) ruled in its April 9, 2018 unpublished opinion that the record on appeal presented a genuine issue of material fact regarding the date the plaintiff’s medical treatment terminated, and therefore the district cour[...]

Federal Lawsuit Claims Idaho Fertility Doctor Used His Own Sperm To Impregnate His Patient

April 18, 2018

A 36-year-old Washington State woman filed a federal lawsuit in Idaho in March 2018 in which she claims that an Idaho fertility doctor mixed in his own sperm with the sperm of her mother’s husband during fertility treatments, which resulted in her birth. The woman recently discovered that her [...]

$4.2M Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict For Misdiagnosis Of Kidney Cancer

April 17, 2018

A Massachusetts medical malpractice jury recently returned its verdict in the amount of $4.2 million against the defendant primary care physician, finding that the defendant had breached the standard of care in mistreating a then 49-year-old man who had blood in his urine during an initial examinati[...]

Nebraska Supreme Court Finds Trial Court Properly Exercised Gatekeeper Role Regarding Medical Malpractice Expert Testimony

April 16, 2018

The Nebraska Supreme Court held in its opinion filed on March 30, 2018 that the trial court in a Nebraska medical malpractice case did not fail to perform its Daubert/Schafersman gatekeeping function by allowing certain expert testimony that led to a defense verdict. The district court had admitted,[...]

$450,000 South Carolina Nursing Home Wrongful Death Verdict

April 15, 2018

A South Carolina nursing home negligence jury recently returned its verdict in favor of the family of an elderly resident who died as a result of gross negligence at a South Carolina nursing home. The verdict included $250,000 to compensate the resident’s estate for the man’s conscious p[...]

Federal Appellate Court Holds Alabama Medical Malpractice Law Requires Actual Injury For Informed Consent Claim

April 14, 2018

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on March 30, 2018 that Alabama law requires that there be an actual injury caused by the treatment in order for a plaintiff who claims that he did not give informed consent t[...]

$33M New Jersey Pelvic Mesh Verdict

April 13, 2018

Yesterday, a New Jersey pelvic mesh jury returned its verdict for compensatory damages in the total amount of $33 million in favor of a woman and her husband against C.R. Bard, Inc. (“Bard”), finding that Bard knew that its pelvic mesh products were unsafe and that Bard failed to warn ph[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms Nursing Home Resident’s Negligence Claim Not Subject To Arbitration

April 12, 2018

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) held in its March 29, 2018 Memorandum opinion that “we find no error in the trial court’s finding that there was no agency, and hence, no binding agreement to arbitrate [the plaintiff’s nursing home neglige[...]

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