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Florida Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Live Kidney Donor Death

April 11, 2016

The wife of a 40-year-old man who was a live donor of a kidney that was implanted into his 69-year-old father has filed a Florida medical malpractice lawsuit against the surgeon who performed the live kidney removal, and his medical practice, alleging that the defendant surgeon’s medical negli[...]

14-Month-Old Died After Dental Treatment In Texas

April 10, 2016

A 14-month-old girl from Texas died on March 29, 2016, two hours after she underwent a Texas anesthesia dental procedure. A relative of the little girl alleges that the child was brought to the dentist office to have a cavity filled and was placed under anesthesia in the dental office, at the reco[...]

Kansas Appellate Court Allows Medical Malpractice Case Involving Suicide To Proceed

April 9, 2016

In its unreported decision filed on March 18, 2016, the Court of Appeals of the State of Kansas (“Kansas Appellate Court”) reversed the dismissal of a Kansas medical malpractice case involving the suicide of a 28-year-old man who committed suicide shortly after being discharged from a st[...]

Former Maryland Stent Doctor Escapes Fraud And Medical Malpractice Claims

April 8, 2016

In its written opinion filed on March 29, 2016, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), which is Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, determined that the trial court did not commit error in entering summary judgment in favor of a former Maryland stent doc[...]

Ohio Supreme Court Clarifies What Is A “Medical Record”

April 7, 2016

In its decision filed on March 23, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio (“Ohio Supreme Court”) ruled that the physical location of the data is not relevant to the determination whether that data qualifies as a medical record in Ohio because the Ohio General Assembly did not limit the defini[...]

Best (And Worst) U.S. States For Physicians In 2016

April 6, 2016

A recent analysis ranks the 50 U. S. states and the District of Columbia with regard to their working environments for physicians. Although the analysis was not undertaken by a well-known research group and is not peer reviewed, it does shed light on which U.S. states are the best, and which are th[...]

ABA Opposes Federal Cap On Medical Malpractice Damages

April 5, 2016

In a letter dated March 21, 2016 from the American Bar Association (“ABA”) addressed to the Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary and to the Ranking Member of the Committee, the ABA expressed its opposition to H.R. 4771, the “Help Efficient, Acc[...]

Maryland’s Cap On Noneconomic Damages In Medical Malpractice And Other Personal Injury Claims

April 4, 2016

The Annotated Code of Maryland, Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, establishes various caps on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice and civil actions depending on the type of action and when the cause of action arose. The caps generally increase by $15,000 a year. In an action for damag[...]

$11.1M New Jersey Pelvic Mesh Verdict Upheld

April 3, 2016

In its unpublished opinion filed on March 29, 2016, the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey (“Appellate Court”) upheld the $11.1 million New Jersey transvaginal mesh verdict in favor of a South Dakota couple that included $3.35 million in compensatory damages and [...]

$5M Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Due To Bleeding After Robotic Surgery

April 2, 2016

An Illinois medical malpractice jury took four and a half hours over a two-day period to decide on March 24, 2016 to return its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in excess of $5 million, after a nine-day trial. The plaintiffs were the surviving husband and the three children of a woman who bled[...]

British Surgeon Performed Vasectomy On Wrong Patient

April 1, 2016

A British surgeon (urologist) faces professional discipline for allegedly performing a vasectomy on a patient in February 2014 who was supposed to have scar tissue removed. Instead, the surgeon performed a vasectomy on the patient. The patient evidently was taken to the operating room out of order [...]

Connecticut Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Wrong Rib Removed

March 31, 2016

A Connecticut medical malpractice lawsuit filed on March 14, 2016 alleges that the plaintiff’s surgeon removed a portion of the wrong rib during her surgery on May 18, 2015 that was supposed to remove a lesion on an adjacent rib. The plaintiff’s medical malpractice lawsuit further claims[...]

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