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South Dakota Eye Bank Sued For Medical Malpractice

June 21, 2016

A South Dakota eye bank is being sued by two teenagers who either lost their eyesight or are at significant risk of losing their eyesight because the South Dakota eye bank supplied infected corneas that were transplanted in them. One of the plaintiffs is a 19-year-old woman who is now blind in h[...]

$1.3M Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of Newborn Following Heart Surgery

June 20, 2016

On June 7, 2016, a Philadelphia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $1.3 million, by a vote of eleven to one after six days of trial, finding that the defendant anesthesiologist was negligent when she administered too much calcium to a newborn fol[...]

1 In 5 Nursing Home Residents Experience Resident On Resident Abuse

June 19, 2016

A study published online in The Annals of Internal Medicine on June 14, 2016 found that the prevalence of resident on resident abuse in nursing homes is in excess of one in five, as determined by a one-month observational prevalence period. Such nursing home abuse includes psychological abuse, ph[...]

Prevention Of UTI In Nursing Homes

June 18, 2016

A new study recently presented at the 43rd Annual Conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (“APIC”) that was held in Charlotte, North Carolina from June 11 to June 13, 2016, found little consistency among nursing homes in the United States reg[...]

Oregon Supreme Court Overturns $12M Medical Malpractice Verdict, Applies $3M Cap

June 17, 2016

In its one-hundred-forty-one page decision filed on May 5, 2016, the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon (“Oregon Supreme Court”) overturned the $12 million medical malpractice verdict reached by an Oregon medical malpractice jury against the State of Oregon and its employees, and inst[...]

Connecticut Supreme Court Adopts Apparent Agency Doctrine In Medical Malpractice Case

June 16, 2016

In its opinion published on June 14, 2016, the Connecticut Supreme Court, in a four-to-three decision, adopted and applied the apparent agency doctrine in a Connecticut medical malpractice case. At issue was whether the defendant surgeon, who was not an employee of the defendant hospital where the[...]

$4.58M Ohio Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Emergency Room Physician

June 15, 2016

In mid-May 2016, an Ohio medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff after fifteen days of trial, finding that the defendant emergency room physician negligently misdiagnosed a 33-year-old married nurse, who was the mother to three minor children, as suffering from a migr[...]

Louisiana Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Overturned Due To Judge’s Bizarre Behavior

June 14, 2016

By its opinion filed on May 27, 2016, the Supreme Court of Louisiana (“Louisiana Supreme Court”) overturned a defense verdict in a Louisiana medical malpractice case, and ruled that the plaintiffs’ motion for new trial should have been granted, based on the trial judge’s biza[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Series Of Medical Mistakes Led To Pregnant Woman’s Permanent Coma

June 13, 2016

A Maryland medical malpractice lawsuit filed in federal court in May 2016 alleges that a series of medical mistakes and the failure to provide timely and proper medical care committed by various physicians and hospitals led to a pregnant woman who was suffering from severe hypertension during pregna[...]

$2.2M Kentucky Medical Malpractice Verdict For Unnecessary Cardiac Procedure

June 12, 2016

On May 24, 2016, a Kentucky medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs, who are husband and wife, for the husband’s unnecessary cardiac procedure performed in preparation for knee replacement surgery that led to the husband’s loss of his leg below the knee. [...]

Father And Son Plastic Surgeons Face Over 160 Medical Malpractice Lawsuits In Florida

June 11, 2016

A Florida plastic surgeon and his son, who is also a Florida plastic surgeon, are reportedly facing more than 160 medical malpractice claims that they disfigured their patients as a result of negligently performed breast surgery, with many complaining that they have been left with pain and withou[...]

Pennsylvania Nursing Home Worker Charged With Abusing Elderly Resident

June 10, 2016

A 28-year-old employee of a Pennsylvania nursing home was arrested on May 19, 2016 and charged with misdemeanor criminal charges alleging neglect of care of a dependent person, reckless endangering another person, simple assault, and harassment. The nursing home worker was released from custody afte[...]

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