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Study: More Family Visits For Nursing Home Residents Resulted In Greater Staff-Reported Resident Symptoms

October 6, 2026

A study entitled Family Visits and Symptom Burden in Nursing Home Residents With Cognitive Impairment that was recently reported in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society found “a significant and positive correlation between family visitation and symptom burden. However, this finding w[...]

$7.8M California Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Settlement

October 5, 2026

A California birth injury medical malpractice claim against a hospital and a delivering physician for the permanent neurological injuries suffered by a now 4-year-old due to the alleged negligent failure to monitor and manage the labor and delivery when faced with prolonged fetal distress was recent[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Failed To Establish Causal Connection In Liver Cancer Case

October 4, 2026

The Superior Court of New Jersey held in its July 23, 2026 Per Curiam: “the trial court granted defendants’ motions for summary judgment and dismissed plaintiff’s complaint after concluding that plaintiff’s medical expert, Santa Nandi, M.D., failed to establish a sufficient c[...]

Washington Supreme Court Affirms Defendant Hospital’s Ex Parte Communications With Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Nonparty Treating Physicians Were Inappropriate

October 3, 2026

The Supreme Court of the State of Washington (“Washington Supreme Court”) stated in its Opinion filed on October 1, 2026: Decades ago, in Loudon, this court established a mechanism to protect two values our society holds dear: first, a doctor’s long-standing obligation to protect their[...]

North Dakota Lawsuits Allege Two Babies Born In Same Hospital Were Switched At Birth In 1988

October 2, 2026

Jeremy Morrison and Kyle Bylin were the only babies born at a North Dakota hospital just hours apart on January 28, 1988, yet somehow they were switched at birth in the hospital and spent until recently not knowing that the parents who raised them were not their biological parents. It was not until [...]

Louisiana Appellate Court Rules Failure To Produce Certificate Of Enrollment Results In Non-Qualified Health Care Provider’s Liability Not Limited To $100,000

October 1, 2026

In order to qualify for the protections and benefits of the Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act (“LMMA”), La. R.S. 40:1231.1, et seq., a health care provider must satisfy both the financial aspects and the licensing requirements. The purpose of the LMMA is to limit the liability of health care pro[...]

$10.5M New Jersey Medical Malpractice Settlement For Multiple Failures To Timely Diagnose Lung Cancer

September 30, 2026

It has been reported that Summit Medical Group will pay $10.5 million to settle the New Jersey medical malpractice wrongful death claims arising out of the alleged failure of four of its physicians to timely diagnose lung cancer in a patient over a three-year period, who subsequently died from the d[...]

Healthcare–Associated Infections In U.S. Hospitals Improving?

September 29, 2026

Prevalence surveys in U.S. hospitals showed that on any given day in 2011, 1 of 25 patients had a health care–associated infection. In 2015, the number was 1 of 31 patients. The survey was repeated in 2023 to assess changes in the prevalence of health care–associated infection. The 2023 study re[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Strict Liability For Allegedly Defective Eye Gel Stent Required Expert Testimony

September 28, 2026

Robert F. Babczak filed a complaint alleging strict product liability against AbbVie, Inc. in relation to an intraocular medical device called a XEN gel stent used to treat glaucoma. Babczak alleged that, in January and February 2019, he underwent a series of surgeries intended to halt the progressi[...]

2026 Medscape Physicians And Malpractice Report

September 27, 2026

The 2026 Medscape Physicians and Malpractice Report, published on September 22, 2026, reported that one-third of all physicians in the United States have been a sole or co-defendant in a medical malpractice lawsuit, according to Medscape’s latest survey of physicians across more than 29 specia[...]

Federal Appellate Court Affirms Medtronic Spinal Cord Stimulator Win

September 26, 2026

William Hunt sought damages for harm caused by a Medtronic spinal cord stimulator (“SCS”) implanted in his body to alleviate his chronic back pain, which malfunctioned in March 2021. The Medtronic SCS at issue was an “FDA Class III Premarket Approved [ ] prescription medical device.” Hunt ha[...]

California Supreme Court Holds Voluntary Dismissal Of Medical Negligence Claims Forfeited Right To Appeal

September 25, 2026

Glenn Maniago (Maniago) worked as a surgical technologist in a cardiac catheterization laboratory. On March15, 2023, Maniago was called in to assist Dr. Praveen Panguluri with a surgery on a patient who was suffering from cardiac arrest. As part of his job duties, Maniago prepared a “splash bin,�[...]

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