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Virginia Supreme Court Overturns Plaintiff’s “Wrong Breast” Surgery Medical Malpractice Win

August 15, 2017

In its opinion filed on July 27, 2017, the Supreme Court of Virginia (“Virginia Supreme Court”) reversed and remanded the Virginia medical malpractice jury’s verdict in favor of the plaintiff, who alleged that the defendant surgeon operated on both of her breasts after she withdrew[...]

Washington Midwife With Long History Of Medical Malpractice Claims, State Investigations Still Practicing

August 14, 2017

A Washington midwife who has delivered over 4,000 babies in her 34 years as a midwife, and who is the only midwife who delivers babies at patients’ homes in the county where she practices, has reportedly been the subject of multiple investigations by the Washington State Department of Health, [...]

Michigan Appellate Court Rules Hospital Fall Injury Claim Was Medical Malpractice Claim

August 13, 2017

The State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Michigan Appellate Court”) ruled in its July 20, 2017 unreported decision that the plaintiff’s claim for damages for the injuries he sustained when he fell while walking to the bathroom in his hospital room was a claim for medical negligence[...]

Wisconsin Appellate Court Affirms Defense Verdict In Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Case

August 12, 2017

In its unpublished opinion dated July 27, 2017, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals District IV (“Wisconsin Appellate Court”) affirmed the Wisconsin medical malpractice jury’s defense verdict in a birth injury medical malpractice case, finding that the trial court did not commit reversi[...]

$2.46M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Wrongful Death

August 11, 2017

On August 8, 2017, a Maryland medical malpractice jury in Prince George’s County, Maryland returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $2,459,304 for the wrongful death of their loved one that the plaintiffs alleged was due to medical negligence that occurred during an inp[...]

Attorneys General Of Sixteen U.S. States Tell CMS They Oppose Nursing Home Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreements

August 10, 2017

In a letter dated August 7, 2017 addressed to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, on the letterhead of the Maryland Attorney General and signed by the Attorneys General of 16 U.S. states and the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, t[...]

$12.5M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Settlement For Negligent Heart Surgery On Newborn

August 9, 2017

A Pennsylvania hospital and several physicians have reached a medical malpractice settlement with the family of a severely injured newborn that will pay a minimum of $12.5 million. The settlement will result in an initial cash payment in the amount of $8.3 million, with the medical malpractice defen[...]

$15M Chicago Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Settlement

August 8, 2017

A Chicago hospital reportedly has agreed to settle birth injury medical malpractice claims against it, without admitting liability, for $15 million. The Chicago birth injury settlement was reached on July 17, 2017 and was approved by a judge before the Chicago medical malpractice lawsuit was dismiss[...]

$5M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Following Hip Replacement Surgery

August 7, 2017

A Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs on July 21, 2017 in an amount just over $5 million after a two-week trial, finding that the defendants’ medical negligence involving a man’s hip replacement surgery resulted in his death. The man had [...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Holds Consent Forms Admissible In Medical Malpractice Case To Show Knowing Refusal For Treatment

August 6, 2017

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Appellate Court”) affirmed in its July 18, 2017 decision that the trial court did not commit error in admitting into evidence during the Pennsylvania medical malpractice wrongful death trial the consent for treatment forms signed by a Jehovah’s Witn[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Where Informed Consent Evidence Erroneously Introduced

August 5, 2017

The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on July 25, 2017 that the trial court had erroneously allowed informed consent evidence to be introduced by the defense during a New Jersey medical malpractice jury trial that resulted in a [...]

Kentucky Appellate Court Applies Common Knowledge Exception To Expert Testimony In Stroke Misdiagnosis Medical Malpractice Case

August 4, 2017

NOTE: THE FOLLOWING KENTUCKY COURT OF APPEALS CASE WAS REVERSED BY THE KENTUCKY SUPREME COURT ON AUGUST 29, 2019 In its unpublished opinion filed on July 21, 2017, the Commonwealth of Kentucky Court of Appeals (“Kentucky Appellate Court”) held that given the ubiquity of information regar[...]

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