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Kansas Appellate Court Affirms $1.67M Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Judgment Against Pain Clinic

June 9, 2016

On May 27, 2016, the Kansas Court of Appeals (“Kansas Appellate Court”) affirmed the judgments entered in favor of the parents of a man who had committed suicide, and in favor of their son’s estate, against a physician and against a pain clinic, stating, “We hold that in wron[...]

Da Vinci Surgical Robot Manufacturer Facing Lawsuits From Two Of Its Insurers

June 8, 2016

The da Vinci surgical robot, known as the da Vinci system, is manufactured by Intuitive Surgical Inc. (“Intuitive”) and has been sold to many hospitals throughout the United States despite its base price of approximately $1.5 million. The da Vinci system promises less evasive and more pr[...]

Texas Supreme Court Holds That Post-Mortem Fraud Claim Is A Health Care Liability Claim

June 7, 2016

In its opinion filed on May 20, 2016, the Supreme Court of Texas (“Texas Supreme Court”) determined that claims that the defendant hospital improperly obtained approval from the decedent’s widow for a private autopsy were health care liability claims. A Texas jury had decided that the [...]

$7.7M Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Due To Pulmonary Embolism

June 6, 2016

On May 20, 2016, a Philadelphia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the estate of a 50-year-old woman who died due to undiagnosed and untreated pulmonary emboli after being negligently treated by the defendant doctor at the defendant hospital. The Philadelphia medical malpracti[...]

Young Florida Cosmetic Surgery Patient Suffered Brain Damage Following Her Procedure

June 5, 2016

An 18-year-old female in Florida decided to have elective breast augmentation surgery at a Florida outpatient cosmetic surgery clinic. Little did she know that the physician who administered the anesthesia for her procedure was a convicted felon. Within five minutes after the plastic surgery proced[...]

$6M Ohio Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of Mom After Giving Birth

June 4, 2016

An Ohio medical malpractice jury found in favor of the plaintiff at the conclusion of a one-and-a-half week trial that took place in May 2016, awarding $6,067,830 to the husband of a woman who died on March 4, 2009 shortly after giving birth by an emergency Cesarean delivery. The eight-person jury [...]

Maryland Appellate Court Allows Evidence Of Negligence Of Subsequent Treating Physicians

June 3, 2016

In its opinion filed on May 31, 2016, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), which is Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, held that it was not error for the trial court to admit evidence pertaining to the negligence of subsequent treating physi[...]

West Virginia Supreme Court Says Two-Year Statute Of Limitations In Medical Malpractice Cases Begins To Run On Date Of Death For Incompetent Victims

June 2, 2016

In its opinion filed on May 19, 2016, the Supreme Court of Appeals for West Virginia (“West Virginia Supreme Court”) held that the tolling provisions of the general disability savings statute apply to a medical malpractice cause of action brought by a personal representative. In the cas[...]

Florida’s Outpatient Cosmetic Surgery Clinics Under Scrutiny

June 1, 2016

Outpatient cosmetic surgery clinics in Florida, and especially in the Miami area, have been in the news lately for incidents of women undergoing butt lifts and other cosmetic procedures, including cosmetic injections, at outpatient clinics and so-called medical spas that have resulted in severe inju[...]

$20M Alabama Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Rehab Hospital For Opiate Death

May 31, 2016

On May 18, 2016, an Alabama medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $20 million against a rehabilitation hospital that allegedly overdosed a patient with opiates, despite indicators that the patient was allergic to opiates, which ultimately resulted in her death at home fo[...]

Nevada Supreme Court Allows Patient Dumping Lawsuit To Proceed

May 30, 2016

In its Order filed on May 19, 2016, the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada (“Nevada Supreme Court”) refused to order the trial court to dismiss the lawsuit filed by a former patient of a state-run psychiatric hospital, which lawsuit was filed on his own behalf and on behalf of former p[...]

Wyoming Surgeon At Center Of 20 Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

May 29, 2016

A Wyoming surgeon and the hospital that employed him are being sued by over 20 former patients who allege that the surgeon’s medical negligence caused them harm. The hospital is alleged to have been negligent in providing the surgeon medical credentials and by dragging its feet in suspending t[...]

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