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Texas Appellate Court Rules Promissory Estoppel Claim Was A Healthcare Liability Claim

September 20, 2017

In its August 31, 2017 Memorandum Opinion, the Court of Appeals Second District of Texas Forth Worth (“Texas Appellate Court”) stated that “[t]he lone issue is a familiar one: the often hazy question of whether a claim, though labeled otherwise, is a healthcare-liability claim sub[...]

Maryland County Announces Plan To Sue Opioid Manufacturers

September 19, 2017

On September 6, 2017, Anne Arundel County, Maryland (the Maryland county in which the state capital, Annapolis, is located) announced its intention to pursue legal action against opioid manufacturers, distributors, and local “pill mill” doctors who have contributed to the worsening opioi[...]

$20.6M Minnesota Medical Malpractice Verdict For Mother’s Postpartum Death

September 18, 2017

A Minnesota medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs on August 28, 2017 for the death of a 30-year-old mother who had given birth to her first child in the hospital, and six days later died as a result of sepsis that was undiagnosed in the hospital’s emergency r[...]

Florida Appellate Court Holds Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Should Have Been Granted Summary Judgment On Statute Of Limitations Issue

September 17, 2017

The Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida (“Florida Appellate Court”) held in a 2 to 1 opinion filed on August 30, 2017 that the trial court erred in not granting summary judgment in favor of the Florida medical malpractice plaintiff on the issue of the statute of limitations[...]

Washington Nursing Home Sued For Resident’s Elopement, Subsequent Death

September 16, 2017

On August 30, 2017, the estate of an 83-year-old man who was a resident of a Bremerton, Washington nursing home at the time he eloped from the facility during the early morning of October 10, 2016, after which he was found lying in a parking lot and died later that day, has filed a nursing […[...]

OIG Report On Nursing Home Abuse And Neglect

September 15, 2017

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a memorandum dated August 24, 2017 entitled “Early Alert: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Has Inadequate Procedures To Ensure That Incidents of Potential Abuse or Neglect a[...]

Florida Nursing Home Claim Lawyers Expecting Surge In Florida Nursing Home Negligence Claims After Hurricane Irma

September 14, 2017

Florida lawyers who handle Florida nursing home abuse claims, Florida nursing home neglect claims, and Florida nursing home negligence claims are gearing up to assist Florida nursing home residents who suffer serious injuries or death as a result of Hurricane Irma’s impact in the Sunshine Stat[...]

Texas Nursing Home Complaints Spike Since Hurricane Harvey

September 13, 2017

We have experienced a spike in inquiries regarding Texas nursing home complaints since Hurricane Harvey devastated parts of Texas in late August 2017. Many of the heart-wrenching complaints involve not only the conditions nursing home residents are experiencing since Hurricane Harvey barreled throug[...]

Michigan Appellate Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Win For Anesthesiologist

September 12, 2017

The State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Michigan Appellate Court”) ruled in its opinion filed on August 24, 2017 that the trial judge in a Michigan medical malpractice case had overstepped his gatekeeping role and had instead intruded on the jury’s role as fact-finder when he preclud[...]

New York Appellate Court Affirms $1M Medical Malpractice Verdict For Perforated Colon During Colonoscopy

September 11, 2017

In its decision filed on August 23, 2017, the Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”) affirmed the $1 million New York medical malpractice jury award in favor of the plaintiffs in a case involving an undiagnosed p[...]

Survey Of Physicians Finds They Believe Unnecessary Medical Care Driven By Medical Malpractice Concerns

September 10, 2017

Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine surveyed physicians between January 22, 2014 and March 8, 2014, and on September 6, 2017 published their findings from the responses from 2,106 physicians. The researchers found that those physicians believe that unnecessary medical trea[...]

Florida Nursing Home Sued For Bad Care, Failure To Provide Records

September 9, 2017

A 66-year-old man from Florida has sued a Boca Raton, Florida nursing home, alleging that the care he received at the defendant nursing home was so bad that he had to call his wife in the middle of the night to have her come to the nursing home and bring him home. Once home, the […][...]

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