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Missouri Supreme Court Upholds Cap On Noneconomic Damages In Wrongful Death Claims

April 23, 2016

In its opinion filed on April 19, 2016, the Supreme Court of Missouri (“Missouri Supreme Court”) upheld a constitutional challenge to Missouri’s cap on noneconomic damages in wrongful death claims, holding that the statutory limit does not violate the state constitutional right to [...]

Does Chronic Lyme Disease Exist?

April 22, 2016

One of the most common medical malpractice inquiries we receive are from people throughout the United States who are suffering chronic and often debilitating symptoms that they firmly believe are due to the unnecessary and negligent delay in diagnosing their Lyme disease and/or the undue delay or fa[...]

Massachusetts Appellate Court Vacates Dismissal Of Kidney Transplant Recipient’s Medical Malpractice Claim

April 21, 2016

On April 11, 2016, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Appeals Court (“Appellate Court”) vacated a medical malpractice tribunal’s dismissal of a kidney transplant medical malpractice lawsuit from the recipient regarding an infected kidney that was transplanted into her, holding tha[...]

Federal Appellate Court Rules Veteran Injured At VA Medical Center Not Required To Obtain Future Care From The VA

April 20, 2016

In its decision filed on March 4, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (“Appellate Court”) ruled that an injured veteran who was rendered a quadriplegic as a result of medical negligence at a VA Medical Center should not be required to obtain future medical car[...]

Tennessee Medical Malpractice Case Alleges Hospital Overdosed Patient Leading To His Death

April 19, 2016

On April 15, 2016, the widow of a Tennessee police detective filed her Tennessee medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit against the hospital where her husband had a lethal level of narcotic pain medication (oxycodone) in his system at the time of his death. The widow was originally told that he[...]

More Than 25 Patients Are Suing Massachusetts Hospital For Medical Negligence Involving Colonoscopy Scopes

April 18, 2016

More than 25 patients who underwent colonoscopies at a Massachusetts hospital in 2012 and 2013 are suing the hospital for medical negligence, alleging that contaminated colonoscopy scopes used during their procedures were not properly sanitized. One former patient has alleged that he/she acquired an[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Discusses Interplay Of Three Statutes In Medical Malpractice Case

April 17, 2016

In its decision filed on March 25, 2016, the Illinois First District Appellate Court (“Appellate Court”) discussed the interplay among three relevant statutes in an Illinois medical malpractice case. The Appellate Court ultimately held that the relation back doctrine applied so the wron[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Anesthesiologist

April 16, 2016

On April 1, 2016, a Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict favor of the defendant anesthesiologist after ninety minutes of jury deliberations following a trial that lasted one week. The Maryland medical malpractice jury found that the anesthesiologist did not breach the standard of c[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Allows Orthopedic Surgeon To Testify In Medical Malpractice Case Against Podiatrist

April 15, 2016

In its opinion filed on March 30, 2016, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Appellate Court”) reversed the trial court’s dismissal of a Pennsylvania medical malpractice case filed against a podiatrist, holding that the plaintiff’s orthopedic expert was qualified to testify a[...]

Minnesota Nursing Home Medication Error Leads To Resident’s Death

April 14, 2016

A resident of a Minnesota nursing home was given ten-times the ordered dose of morphine by a nursing home employee, leading to the resident’s death within one hour and forty five minutes after receiving the deadly dose. The nurse who had administered the wrong dose of morphine allegedly had qu[...]

Wisconsin $1.2B Medical Malpractice Fund Has $783M Surplus

April 13, 2016

A state audit of the Wisconsin Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund (“Fund”) reported in March that the Fund has a balance of $1.2 billion, which represents a surplus of $783 million in the Fund (the recommended range for the Fund is $86.4 million to $376.6 million). What Is T[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Jury Returns Compromised Verdict For The Plaintiff

April 12, 2016

The members of a Georgia medical malpractice jury apparently could not all agree whether to find for the plaintiff or the defendant hospital in a medical malpractice case, and therefore returned its verdict on February 29, 2016, after a nine-day trial and two days of deliberations, in favor of the[...]

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