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Michigan Appellate Court Holds Nurse Practitioner Cannot Testify As To Registered Nurse Standard Of Care

December 25, 2017

The State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Michigan Appellate Court”) held in its December 12, 2017 published opinion involving a Michigan birth injury medical malpractice case that a nurse practitioner who spends the majority of her time practicing or teaching pursuant to her specialty ce[...]

$250,000 Pennsylvania Nursing Home Negligence Verdict For Death Of 85-Year-Old Resident

December 24, 2017

A Pennsylvania nursing home negligence jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $250,000 on December 9, 2017, following a one-week trial and five hours of deliberations. The deceased resident’s family had alleged in their Pennsylvania nursing home negligence lawsui[...]

Today We Celebrate Our 2,500th Consecutive Daily Medical Malpractice Blog Posting

December 23, 2017

When we started blogging nearly seven years ago, we did not plan to post blogs every day, for 2,500 consecutive days. We could not have fathomed that there would be 2,500 topics related to medical malpractice that would keep us busy posting, day in and day out. In deciding what the subject should be[...]

$1M Pennsylvania Jury Verdict Against Nursing Home For Resident’s Fractures From Falls Due To Inadequate Staffing

December 22, 2017

A Pennsylvania nursing home negligence jury returned its verdict in the amount of $1 million, which included $750,000 in punitive damages, against a Pennsylvania nursing home operator and others, for the fractures suffered by a resident as a result of multiple falls that were allegedly due to the nu[...]

California Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Cancerous Pancreas Implanted Into Patient

December 21, 2017

A California medical malpractice lawsuit filed on December 7, 2017 in the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the County of Sacramento alleges that the defendants transplanted into the plaintiff a pancreas and kidney from a donor who had metastatic cancer, resulting in the plaintiff[...]

New York Appellate Court Finds Sufficient Evidence Of Causation In Misdiagnosis Of 9-Year-Old’s Appendicitis

December 20, 2017

In its Memorandum and Order filed on December 7, 2017, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department (“New York Appellate Court”) held that the New York medical malpractice plaintiffs had submitted sufficient evidence during trial with regard to causation and damages t[...]

Lap Band And Gastric Bypass Weight Loss Surgeries: Are They Effective In The Long Term?

December 19, 2017

We have been receiving an increase in the number of inquiries with regard to unsuccessful lap band and unsuccessful gastric bypass surgeries in which the patients were either unexpectedly injured during the procedures or they suffered harm after the surgeries due to unanticipated complications or th[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Applies General Verdict Rule In Affirming Nearly $7.9M Medical Malpractice Verdict

December 18, 2017

The December 1, 2017 majority opinion of the Appellate Court of Illinois First District (“Illinois Appellate Court”) upheld the $7,884,761.76 medical malpractice judgment entered against the medical malpractice defendants despite finding that the trial court erroneously denied the defend[...]

Louisiana Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Nursing Home In Fall Case

December 17, 2017

In its unpublished written opinion filed on December 6, 2017, the State of Louisiana Court of Appeal, Third Circuit (“Louisiana Appellate Court”) held that the trial court had erred by granting summary judgment to the defendant nursing home in a Louisiana nursing home negligence lawsuit [...]

$2M Minnesota Dental Malpractice Settlement For 17-Year-Old’s Death

December 16, 2017

The parents of a 17-year-old woman who died shortly after undergoing a dental procedure in Minnesota have settled their dental malpractice claims against the oral surgeon who performed the wisdom teeth extractions on June 9, 2015, reportedly receiving just over $2 million to settle their wrongful de[...]

Wyoming Supreme Court Limits Liability Of County Hospital For Apparent Agent’s Medical Negligence

December 15, 2017

In its November 9, 2017 decision, the Supreme Court, State of Wyoming (“Wyoming Supreme Court”) reversed the trial court’s finding that the defendant county hospital waived its immunity by purchasing liability insurance and on that basis denied the defendant hospital’s summary ju[...]

Alabama Supreme Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Defendants In Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case

December 14, 2017

The Supreme Court of Alabama (“Alabama Supreme Court”) narrowly affirmed summary judgment granted to the defendant hospital by the trial court in an Alabama medical malpractice wrongful death case, in its opinion filed on December 1, 2017. The Alabama Supreme Court found dispositive the [...]

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