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$8.5M Washington Medical Malpractice Verdict For Surgical Complication Leading To Penis Injury

June 4, 2017

On April 12, 2017, a Washington medical malpractice jury awarded a man and his wife a total of $8.5 million in compensatory damages ($6 million to the husband and $2.5 million to the wife for the harm to their marriage) as a result of complications from abdominal surgery that led to the man’s[...]

New York Appellate Court Affirms Orthopedic Surgeon Not Liable To Patient For Failure To Diagnose Lung Cancer

June 3, 2017

The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”) held in its decision filed on May 10, 2017 that the defendant orthopedic surgeon’s duty of care as an orthopedic surgeon did not extend to the alleged departure[...]

Mississippi Appellate Court Rules Defendant Hospital Correctly Dismissed From Two Medical Malpractice Cases

June 2, 2017

In the written decision of the Court of Appeals of the State of Mississippi (“Mississippi Appellate Court”) filed on April 25, 2017, the Mississippi Appellate Court held that the trial court was correct in dismissing the defendant hospital from the two medical malpractice lawsuits filed[...]

Ohio Appellate Court Affirms Evidence Of Causation In Hospital Medical Malpractice Case Was Too Speculative

June 1, 2017

In its decision filed on May 5, 2017, the Court of Appeals of Ohio Sixth Appellate District Lucas County (“Ohio Appellate Court”) affirmed the trial court’s granting summary judgment to the defendant hospital in a medical malpractice claim involving a patient’s fractured hip [...]

New Jersey Doctor Didn’t Wash Hands Between Patients, 41 Patients Suffered Serious Knee Infections

May 31, 2017

A New Jersey doctor reportedly told New Jersey Health Department investigators that she did not follow basic hand washing hygiene procedures between treating patients at a Jersey Shore medical clinic, thereby leading to 41 patients developing septic arthritis of their knees. The doctor allegedly als[...]

North Carolina Appellate Court Affirms Defense Verdict In Shoulder Dystocia Case

May 30, 2017

In its unpublished opinion filed on May 2, 2017, the Court of Appeals of North Carolina (“North Carolina Appellate Court”) held that the trial judge did not commit error in refusing to allow the plaintiff’s biomedical engineering expert, who was not a licensed medical provider, fro[...]

New York Trial Judge Upholds $7.5M Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Fertility Clinic

May 29, 2017

A New York trial judge has upheld a New York medical malpractice jury’s award in the amount of $7.5 million to the parents of a child born with cystic fibrosis. The defendant, a New York fertility clinic, allegedly failed to perform a genetic test for cystic fibrosis before the couple had fer[...]

$21.6M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict For Deadly Delay In Breast Cancer Diagnosis

May 28, 2017

A 47-year-old former emergency room nurse recently obtained a $21.6 million Florida medical malpractice verdict against an ultrasound technician and the doctor who was interpreting the ultrasound for their alleged medical negligence in failing to diagnose her breast cancer. The judge in the Florida [...]

Arkansas Supreme Court Affirms Class Certification In Nursing Home Understaffing Lawsuit

May 27, 2017

In its opinion delivered on May 4, 2017, the Supreme Court of Arkansas (“Arkansas Supreme Court”) affirmed that the lower court’s class certification was proper with regard to understaffing claims against the nursing home defendants, except for the negligence claims because the nur[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Discusses Effect Of Non-Party Subsequent Treating Physicians’ Negligence In Medical Malpractice Case

May 26, 2017

In a case decided on May 24, 2017, the Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Court of Appeals”), Maryland’s highest court, held: ” … a defendant generally denying liability may present evidence of a non-party’s negligence and causation as an affirmative defense. It was not [...]

First Xarelto Trial Results In Win For The Defendants

May 25, 2017

On May 3, 2017, a federal jury in Louisiana found against a Xarelto plaintiff who claimed that the defendants, Johnson & Johnson (“J & J”) and Bayer AG, had inadequately warned him regarding the internal bleeding risk associated with Xarelto, a blood-thinning medication that has [...]

Maryland Appellate Court Rules That Minor’s Wrongful Death Claim Is Tolled During The Period Of His Minority

May 24, 2017

The Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), Maryland’s highest appellate court, ruled in its opinion filed on May 22, 2017 that the Annotated Code of Maryland, Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, § 5-201 operates to toll a minor plaintiff’s wrongful death[...]

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