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Pennsylvania Appellate Court Holds Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Improper Opening Statement Requires New Trial

November 26, 2025

On April 6, 2021, 72-year-old Ronald Lewis underwent open vascular surgery at Reading Hospital for the purpose of repairing abdominal aortic aneurisms. Dr. Robert Q. Luo performed the surgery, and soon after it was completed,Lewis reported severe pain, swelling, and discoloration in his left foot th[...]

Certain FreeStyle Libre® 3 And FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus Sensors In The U.S. May Have Been Defective

November 25, 2025

On November 24, 2025, Abbott announced that it has initiated a medical device correction for certain FreeStyle Libre 3 and FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensors in the United States after internal testing determined that some sensors may provide incorrect low glucose readings. If undetected, incorrect low [...]

Do Apologies Avoid Medical Malpractice Lawsuits?

November 25, 2025

In a research article entitled “On the Influence of Apologies on the Likelihood of Lawsuits in Cases of Perceived Medical Negligence: Analysis of Archival and Experimental Data” published on October 14, 2025 in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, the researchers sought to investiga[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defendant Liable For 100% Of Verdict Despite Jury Finding Him 60% At Fault

November 24, 2025

After a New Jersey medical malpractice trial in which a jury found defendant Dr. Joseph Popovich (Popovich) liable for sixty percent of plaintiffs’ damages, he moved to mold the verdict to reduce his liability consistent with Burt v. W.Jersey Health Sys., 339 N.J. Super. 296 (App. Div. 2011). [...]

Federal Appellate Court States Certain Protections “Do Not Stop At The Prison Gates”

November 23, 2025

“The protections afforded by the Eighth Amendment, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12101 etseq., and the Rehabilitation Act (RA), 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq., do not stop at the prison gates. So when an inmate, whether counseled or pro se, claims that prison officials igno[...]

Virginia Appellate Court Orders New Trial For Refusal To Instruct Medical Malpractice Jury As To Superseding Cause In Cesarean Delivery Without Anesthesia Case

November 22, 2025

Elizabeth Bandy was admitted to Reston Hospital Center on August 13, 2021, for an induced delivery of her first child. Her regular physician recommended they induce her labor because she was past her due date. On Sunday, August 15, 2021, as Ms. Bandy’s labor progressed, Dr. Mirza Baig, the only an[...]

Maryland Federal Court Denies Hopsital’s Motion To Dismiss Claims That it Improperly Disclosed Personally Identifiable Health Information

November 21, 2025

The United States District Court for the District of Maryland stated in its September 30, 2025 Memorandum Opinion denying the defendant hospital’s motion to dismiss the plaintiffs’ claims that her personally identifiable health information was improperly disclosed to a third-party: Plain[...]

Use Of AI (Large Language Models (LLMs)) In Providing Medical Advice To The Public

November 20, 2025

A medical research paper entitled “Clinical knowledge in LLMs does not translate to human interactions” tested if LLMs can assist members of the public in identifying underlying conditions and choosing a course of action (disposition) in ten medical scenarios in a controlled study with 1[...]

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Revives Harvard Cadaver Theft Claims

November 19, 2025

In a macabre scheme spanning several years, Cedric Lodge, the person responsible for the care of cadavers at the Harvard Medical School morgue, dissected, stole, and sold parts of the bodies of individuals who donated their remains for research purposes. After the public unsealing of his Federal cri[...]

Georgia Hospitalist Found Not Liable For Patient’s Death In Medical Malpractice Case

November 18, 2025

In September 2025, a Georgia medical malpractice jury found in favor of the defendant hospitalist in claims for medical malpractice wrongful death arising from the death of a 61-year-old patient who died in January 2020 from sepsis 15 days after having had surgery to remove a mass in his intestine. [...]

Clinical Trials Statistics

November 17, 2025

What Are Clinical Trials? Clinical trials are research studies that test a medical, surgical, or behavioral intervention in people. These trials are the primary way that researchers determine if a new form of treatment or prevention, such as a new drug, diet, or medical device, is safe and effective[...]

What Is A Clinical Trial?

November 16, 2025

What is clinical research and why is it done? Clinical research is medical research that studies people to understand health and disease. Clinical research helps improve the way doctors treat and prevent illness. Through clinical research, researchers learn: The goal is to use science to improv[...]

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