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Proposed Federal Legislation Would Extend Medical Malpractice Insurance Coverage Across State Lines For Sports Medicine Professionals

September 25, 2016

Federal legislation is advancing in the U.S. Congress that would extend medical malpractice insurance coverage for sports medicine professionals when they travel out-of-state with the athletes they serve. The legislation is named the Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act of 2016 (H.R.921) and was i[...]

Brain Cancer Replaces Leukemia As Leading Cause Of Cancer Deaths Among U.S. Children

September 24, 2016

The CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) issued its Data Brief for September 2016 in which it reiterated the good news that since the mid-1970s, cancer death rates among children and adolescents in the United States showed marked declines, but also noted the bad news that there h[...]

Ohio Responsible For Inmate’s $3M Medical Malpractice Verdict

September 23, 2016

Earlier this month, after three hours of jury deliberations in federal court in Ohio, the eight-person federal jury awarded a former Ohio prison inmate $1 million in compensatory damages and $2 million in punitive damages after the State of Ohio failed to timely file an answer to the inmate[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Alleged Ultrasound Negligence

September 22, 2016

After a recent four-day medical malpractice jury trial, a Florida jury took only two hours to return its verdict in favor of the defendant Florida OB/GYN and his medical practice. The plaintiff, who sought $8 million in compensatory damages from the defendants, alleged that the defendant had failed[...]

Florida Appellate Court Finds Hospital Admission Claim Was A Medical Malpractice Claim

September 21, 2016

In its opinion filed on July 20, 2016, the District Court of Appeal for the State of Florida Fourth District (“Appellate Court”) affirmed the dismissal of the plaintiff’s complaint alleging that the defendant hospital and defendant psychiatrist were negligent in having the decedent[...]

Minnesota Nursing Home Resident Choked On A Sandwich And Died

September 20, 2016

The Minnesota Department of Health (“Department”) recently reported on its investigation into the death of a Minnesota nursing home resident who was on a special diet when she grabbed a sandwich because she was not properly supervised by the nursing home staff, stuffed the sandwich int[...]

Two California Medical Malpractice Cases Against Spinal Surgeon Settled

September 19, 2016

It was announced earlier this month that two California medical malpractice cases against a spinal surgeon were settled in late July 2016 for $4.25 million and $4.2 million, respectively. The spinal surgeon was alleged to have failed to disclose to two of his spinal surgery patients that he had fina[...]

California Nursing Home Whistleblower Lawsuit Settled For $3.5M

September 18, 2016

On September 9, 2016, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced that on August 3, 2016, a Los Angeles nursing home and two physicians who worked at the California nursing home paid $3,563,140 to resolve civil allegations contained in a federal whistleblower l[...]

$507K Missouri Medical Malpractice Verdict For Needle Left In Patient During Trigger Point Injection

September 17, 2016

A Missouri medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $507,000 after a four-day trial. The defendants were a physician and her medical practice that operated a pain management clinic where the 62-year-old plaintiff sought pain management treatment due to[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment In Pharmacy Malpractice Case

September 16, 2016

In its decision filed on August 4, 2016, the Indiana Court of Appeals (“Appeals Court”) held that the defendant pharmacy was not entitled to summary judgment in a pharmacy malpractice case because the pharmacy was not exempted from Indiana’s Comparative Fault Act, and therefore is[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Discusses Effect Of Medical Malpractice Settlement On Subsequent Defendants

September 15, 2016

In its decision filed on August 31, 2016, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“Appellate Court”) was faced with the issue whether the New Jersey medical malpractice defendants were entitled to a pro tanto credit for the amount that the plaintiffs had obtained by way of [...]

Statutory Cap Reduces $10M Texas Medical Malpractice Verdict To $750,000

September 14, 2016

A newborn’s skull was crushed by the alleged negligent use of forceps during delivery but the child’s mother will not be able to collect the Texas medical malpractice jury’s $10 million award for her noneconomic damages because of Texas’ $250,000 cap on noneconomic damages in[...]

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