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$1.1M South Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict For Hospital Negligence Leading To Death

June 28, 2017

On May 26, 2017, a South Carolina medical malpractice jury awarded the South Carolina medical malpractice wrongful death plaintiff $1 million in noneconomic damages and $103,054.10 in economic damages, after a four-day trial. The South Carolina medical malpractice jury determined that the defenda[...]

Does The Increasing Prevalence Of Nurse Practitioners (NP) Providing Primary Care Affect Patient Safety?

June 27, 2017

There are more than 234,000 nurse practitioners (NPs) licensed in the United States, and they practice in every state and in the District of Columbia, according to the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). 89.2% of NPs are certified in an area of primary care (62.4% are certified in p[...]

Did False Positive Drug Test Lead To New Mother Being Accused Of Heroin Abuse?

June 26, 2017

A Cincinnati woman has filed a lawsuit against a hospital and state investigators who made her life a living hell for two months, during which time she was repeatedly accused of being a heroin addict who was a threat to her newborn and her other children. The woman’s painful and embarrassing o[...]

Proposed Law Would Extend New York’s Statute Of Limitations For Certain Medical Malpractice Claims

June 25, 2017

New York’s current statute of limitations for medical malpractice claims is two years and six months from the date of the alleged medical negligence, regardless whether the medical negligence and the harm caused by the medical negligence are known to the medical malpractice victim within the t[...]

Premature Deaths In Australian Nursing Homes Increased More Than 400% In Ten Years

June 24, 2017

Research recently published in The Medical Journal of Australia found that deaths due to injury or violence (“external causes”) in Australian nursing homes increased from 1.2 per 1,000 admissions from 2001 to 2002 to 5.3 per 1,000 admissions in 2011 to 2012, which represents an increase [...]

$1.46M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict For Surgeon’s Failure To Read Pre-Op Clearance Report

June 23, 2017

A 60-year-old woman who had foot surgery died from blood clots that formed in her lower extremities and traveled to her heart and lungs. The woman’s husband of 36 years filed a Florida medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit against the defendant foot surgeon, contending that he failed to r[...]

Texas Appellate Court Affirms Sufficiency Of Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice Expert’s Report

June 22, 2017

In its Memorandum Opinion filed on May 25, 2017, the Court of Appeals Thirteenth District Of Texas (“Texas Appellate Court”) affirmed the trial court’s ruling that the plaintiff’s expert report filed with her Texas medical malpractice lawsuit was sufficient. The medical mal[...]

Wisconsin Appellate Court Affirms Contributory Negligence Finding In Mental Patient’s Suicide

June 21, 2017

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals filed its decision on May 25, 2017 that affirmed a Wisconsin medical malpractice jury’s verdict that found that a psychotic patient committed to an inpatient mental health care facility could be found contributorily negligent for his suicide. The Wisconsin medica[...]

Patient’s Fall From Operating Room Table Was Ordinary Negligence, Not Medical Malpractice

June 20, 2017

A North Carolina appellate court held in its decision filed on May 16, 2017 that the plaintiff’s fall from an operating room table at the beginning of her surgery was a claim of ordinary negligence, and not medical malpractice, and therefore she was not required to follow the procedures necess[...]

$2M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict For Botched Gallbladder Removal Surgery

June 19, 2017

A Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury recently awarded $2 million to a woman for the painful and permanent injuries she suffered as a result of her surgeon’s breach of the standard of care in performing her gallbladder removal surgery. The Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury deliberated[...]

Missouri Supreme Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Due To Jury’s Improper Consideration Of Informed Consent

June 18, 2017

In a case that the Supreme Court of Missouri (“Missouri Supreme Court”) stated was a case of first impression in Missouri, the Missouri Supreme Court held, “This Court joins the chorus of other state supreme courts and holds that evidence of alleged informed consent is irrelevant a[...]

Texas Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Expert Was Unqualified To Testify

June 17, 2017

The Court of Appeals Eighth District of Texas El Paso, Texas (“Texas Appellate Court”) issued an opinion on April 19, 2017 in which it held that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in finding the plaintiff’s medical malpractice expert unqualified to express some of the [...]

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