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$46.5M Arkansas Medical Malpractice Verdict For Newborn’s Untreated Jaundice Leading To Brain Damage

March 12, 2017

After a two-week trial, an Arkansas medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $46.5 million for the severe permanent brain damage suffered by a newborn caused by untreated jaundice at birth that developed into kernicterus. As a result, the now two-and-a-half-year-old child has l[...]

Proposed Maryland Law Would Require Physicians To Have Medical Malpractice Insurance

March 11, 2017

Maryland Senate Bill 195, which passed its Third Reading in the Maryland Senate on a vote of 45-to-zero on March 10, 2017, if signed into law as originally drafted, would require physicians licensed in Maryland to (1) maintain medical professional liability insurance in the amounts of $500,000 per [...]

Texas Dental Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Toddler’s Death During Unnecessary Dental Procedure

March 10, 2017

The parents of a 14-month-old child have filed a Texas dental malpractice wrongful death lawsuit against a dentist, his dental practice, and the anesthesiologist who provided anesthesia to the child for a dental procedure involving multiple baby root canals and crowns on four teeth, during which the[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms $11.3M Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misdiagnosis Of Toddler’s Meningitis

March 9, 2017

In its opinion filed on February 28, 2017, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Appellate Court”) affirmed the judgment in the amount of $11,391,640.08 that was entered in favor of the Pennsylvania medical malpractice plaintiff, who filed a medical malpractice lawsuit on her own behalf a[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Addresses Sufficiency Of Submission To Medical Review Panel

March 8, 2017

In its decision dated February 22, 2017, the Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Appellate Court”) addressed the sufficiency of the medical malpractice plaintiffs’ submission to a medical review panel that involved a birth injury claim (i.e., that the defendant health care providers wait[...]

Bill Introduced (Again) To Establish Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund

March 7, 2017

HB 1347 was introduced in the Maryland General Assembly during the current 2017 Session, which is entitled “Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund,” that would establish a system for adjudication and compensation of claims arising from birth-related neurological injuries, which would cost[...]

Iowa Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Orthodontist In Dental Malpractice Case

March 6, 2017

On February 8, 2017, the Court of Appeals of Iowa (“Appellate Court”) affirmed the trial court’s granting summary judgment to the defendant orthodontist in a dental malpractice claim, finding that the Iowa dental malpractice plaintiff had failed to provide an expert opinion in supp[...]

Boston Medical Malpractice Jury Finds Spine Surgeon Wrong To Double-Book Surgeries But Awards No Damages

March 5, 2017

A man who became quadriplegic following spine surgery won a hollow victory in his medical malpractice lawsuit against his spine surgeon when the Boston medical malpractice jury hearing his case determined on January 30, 2017 that the spine surgeon was wrong for doing two spine surgeries at the [...]

Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Heparin Dosing Error Led To Death

March 4, 2017

A Pennsylvania medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit filed on February 6, 2017 alleges that a woman’s medical providers in the local hospital in which she was treated relied on an outdated laboratory value when adjusting the dosage of her intravenous heparin, leading to her suffer a subar[...]

Washington Supreme Court Says Surgical Device Manufacturer Owed Duty To Warn Hospitals

March 3, 2017

In its opinion filed on February 9, 2017, the Supreme Court of the State of Washington (“Washington Supreme Court”) stated, “Manufacturers have a duty to provide warnings to consumers about the risks of their products pursuant to the Washington product liability act (“WPLA[...]

New York Appellate Court Revives Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuit For Suicide Death

March 2, 2017

The New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division Third Judicial Department (“Appellate Court”) issued a decision on February 23, 2017 in which it held that the trial court had erred in granting summary judgment to the defendant hospital attending physician and the defendant outpatient[...]

Newly Proposed Federal Legislation Would Eviscerate Medical Malpractice Victim Rights

March 1, 2017

The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee approved on February 28, 2017 by a vote of 18 to 17 proposed federal legislation, H.R. 1215, that if passed by the full House and Senate and signed into law, would drastically harm medical malpractice victims throughout the United States by sever[...]

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