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CDC Warns That Contaminated Devices Putting Open-Heart Surgery Patients at Risk

October 19, 2016

On October 13, 2016, the CDC issued a warning to healthcare providers and patients that some LivaNova PLC (formerly Sorin Group Deutschland GmbH) Stöckert 3T heater-cooler devices used during many of open heart surgeries might have been contaminated during manufacturing which could put patients at[...]

Alabama Patient Dumping Lawsuit Settled

October 18, 2016

It has been reported that an Alabama patient dumping lawsuit that had been filed in 2013 was settled for an undisclosed sum with the patient’s family on October 6, 2016. The patient died from hypothermia and other complications about a week after he was dumped on a public street by the defenda[...]

Missouri Supreme Court Denies Post-Judgment Interest On Medical Malpractice Verdicts

October 17, 2016

In its opinion filed on October 4, 2016, the Supreme Court of Missouri (“Missouri Supreme Court”) held that the plaintiff was not entitled to post-judgment interest on the Missouri medical malpractice verdict in his favor in the amount of $883,000 (the Missouri medical malpractice jury a[...]

$8.78M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Loss Of Legs

October 16, 2016

At the conclusion of a three-week Pennsylvania medical malpractice trial that ended on October 6, 2016, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury awarded $8.78 million to a 52-year-old man who lost his legs due to a series of negligent acts in a Pennsylvania hospital that led to sepsis and the need to[...]

Study: Physicians’ Political Views Affect Patient Care

October 15, 2016

In a study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, the Yale University researchers suggested, “Just as a patient may seek out a physician of a certain gender to feel more comfortable, the evidence suggests that a patient may need to make [...]

$11.75M Ohio Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

October 14, 2016

A birth injury medical malpractice jury in Ohio returned its verdict against the defendant hospital and the defendant OB-GYN on October 6, 2016 after a four-week trial, finding that the defendant hospital was 70% responsible, and the defendant OB-GYN 30% responsible, for the severe and permanent bir[...]

Pennsylvania Nursing Home Chain To Pay $2M To Resolve Claims Of Misleading Consumers

October 13, 2016

A Pennsylvania nursing home chain reached a settlement agreement with the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office to pay $2 million to resolve claims that it misled consumers by failing to provide basic services to elderly and vulnerable residents. Reliant Senior Care Holdings, Inc. and rel[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Discusses Medical Review Panel Process

October 12, 2016

In its opinion filed on October 4, 2016, the Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Appellate Court”) held that the Indiana Medical Malpractice Act requires that an Indiana medical malpractice plaintiff need only present the following to a medical review panel (“MRP”): (1) a propose[...]

Surgical Probe Left In Woman Following Gynecological Surgery

October 11, 2016

A California woman and her California medical malpractice attorney are investigating whether to file a medical malpractice claim against a surgeon who allegedly left a surgical probe in the woman following gynecological surgery. They are also considering a medical malpractice claim against the [...]

$4M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Cardiologist For Wrongful Death

October 10, 2016

On September 30, 2016, a Baltimore County medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of nearly $4 million against the defendant cardiologist for the wrongful death of a man as a result of the cardiologist’s negligence that the jury determined cau[...]

Maryland Warns Against Use Of Nurse Assist Saline Flush Syringes

October 9, 2016

The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) announced on October 4, 2016 that it was issuing a recommendation that any healthcare facilities, providers or anyone else who has received Nurse Assist prepackaged, three-, five- and 10-milliliter syringes of saline flush immediately disc[...]

California Appellate Court Discusses Loss Of Earning Capacity Claim In Medical Malpractice Case

October 8, 2016

In its opinion filed on September 29, 2016, the Court of Appeal of the State of California Second Appellate District Second Division (“Appellate Court”) held in a California medical malpractice case involving negligently performed gallbladder surgery that the jury must fix a plaintiff’[...]

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