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Mississippi Supreme Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Defendant Physicians On Lack Of Consent Claim

October 2, 2017

In it opinion filed on September 14, 2017, the Supreme Court of Mississippi (“Mississippi Supreme Court”) reversed summary judgment that was granted to the defendant physicians in a Mississippi medical malpractice case where the lack of the plaintiff’s consent to a surgical procedu[...]

$51.7M Philadelphia Pelvic Mesh Verdict

October 1, 2017

On September 7, 2017, a Philadelphia pelvic mesh jury returned its verdict n favor of the plaintiff and against defendant Ethicon, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, in the total amount of $51.7 million, which included $7.1 million in compensatory damages and $50 million in punitive damages. The[...]

South Carolina Appellate Court Reverses Directed Verdict For Physician In Lung Cancer Misdiagnosis Case

September 30, 2017

The South Carolina Court of Appeals stated in its opinion filed on September 14, 2017, “In this highly technical field, where there may not be clear markers indicating by what method a cancer spreads, it was an error of law to direct a verdict in favor of Respondents because Dr. Singer [the [...]

$2.65M Connecticut Medical Malpractice Settlement For Hospital Blood Thinner Death

September 29, 2017

On December 12, 2012, a 63-year-old man went to a Connecticut hospital’s emergency room after a chicken bone got caught in his throat. An endoscopy was performed to remove the chicken bone, after which he experienced left hemiparesis, mumbling, and slurred speech while in recovery. At the ti[...]

Ohio Supreme Court Holds “Apology” Inadmissible In Medical Malpractice Case

September 28, 2017

The Supreme Court of Ohio (“Ohio Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on September 12, 2017 that under the plain and ordinary meaning of “apology,” for purposes of R.C. 2317.43(A) (Ohio’s apology statute), a “statement[] * * * expressing apology” is a statement tha[...]

Hawaii Medical Malpractice Case Settled For Unnecessary Death Of 8-Year-Old

September 27, 2017

A Hawaii medical malpractice case filed after the unnecessary death of an 8-year-old second grader from Hilo, Hawaii was recently settled by the U.S. government for $850,000 (the health care clinic where the child was treated was a federally qualified health center for which the U.S. government was [...]

$1M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Lung Cancer Diagnosis After Doctor Fails To Follow Up After Hysterectomy

September 26, 2017

A Maryland medical malpractice jury took only ninety minutes to deliberate on September 21, 2017 before finding in favor of a 47-year-old woman in the amount of $1 million in a Maryland medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleged that the defendant physician who performed her hysterectom[...]

$40M Rhode Island Medical Malpractice Verdict For Loss Of Leg Due To Medical Negligence

September 25, 2017

An eight-person Rhode Island medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $40 million on September 21, 2017 in favor of a 62-year-old man who lost his leg due to medical malpractice at Rhode Island Hospital, which amount will be increased to $62 million when interest is added in. T[...]

Mississippi Trial Court Finds In Favor Of Hospital In Death Of Newborn Medical Malpractice Case

September 24, 2017

In a sad and heart-wrenching medical malpractice case involving the death of a three-day-old baby due to congenital abnormalities that were inconsistent with sustaining life outside the womb, the Mississippi trial judge found in favor of the defendant hospital, holding, “Although the loss of h[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Affirms Plaintiff’s Birth Injury Medical Malpractce Expert’s Opinion Inadmissble

September 23, 2017

The Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Appellate Court”) ruled in its opinion filed on September 7, 2017 that the trial court did not err in excluding the plaintiff’s medical malpractice expert’s opinion in a birth injury case because the expert’s opinion was unrelia[...]

Oklahoma Joins Other U.S. States Suing Opioid Manufacturers For The Harm Opioids Have Caused To Its Citizens

September 22, 2017

On June 30, 2017, Oklahoma’s Attorney General filed a lawsuit in state court against four of the nation’s leading manufacturers of opioid pain medication (Purdue Pharma, Allergan, Cephalon, and Janssen Pharmaceuticals), claiming that the effects of the defendants’ deceptive marketing [...]

$3.35M Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Radiologists For Misread Mammograms

September 21, 2017

On August 30, 2017, a Philadelphia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $3.35 million against two radiologist and a hospital for their alleged failure to diagnose the plaintiff’s breast cancer from two mammograms that were performed one year [...]

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