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New York City Hospitals Settled 221 Medical Malpractice Cases For $124M In 2015

March 30, 2016

New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (“HHC”) reportedly settled 221 medical malpractice lawsuits in 2015 for a total of $124 million in payouts, which was down from $133 million that was paid out in 2014 to settle medical malpractice claims. However, the total number of new med[...]

Florida Butt Lift Doctor’s Medical License Restricted

March 29, 2016

An Order of Emergency Restriction of License was issued by the State of Florida Department of Health on February 17, 2016, which immediately restricted a Florida physician who specialized in performing butt lifts and liposuction procedures on women at a Florida surgery center, from performing lipo[...]

The Meteoric Rise In Prescription Drug Prices

March 28, 2016

The results of a recent study undertaken by Express Scripts, a provider of integrated pharmacy benefit management services in the United States, found that average brand-name prescription drug prices in the United States has risen by 98.2% since 2011. In 2015, brand-name prescription drug prices[...]

Convicted Ohio Orthopedic Surgeon Being Sued For Sexual Misconduct By Former Patient

March 27, 2016

An orthopedic surgeon from Ohio is facing a medical malpractice suit following a conviction related to sexual misconduct and tampering with medical records. The 41-year-old Ohio orthopedic surgeon was convicted on February 24, 2016 of two counts of gross sexual imposition and one count of tamper[...]

$44.1M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Fertility Doctor

March 26, 2016

On March 11, 2016, a Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $44.1 million in favor of a married couple who had sued their fertility doctor for medical negligence after their premature baby died 21 days after birth. The Maryland medical malpractice verdict will likel[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Discusses Effect Of Bankruptcy On Medical Malpractice Claim

March 25, 2016

In its decision filed on February 19, 2016, the Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Appellate Court”) ruled in an Indiana medical malpractice case that where the bankruptcy trustee had re-opened the injured party’s bankruptcy case to amend the bankruptcy filing to include the medical mal[...]

Battle Continues In New Mexico Medical Malpractice Case Filed Against Texas Surgeon

March 24, 2016

The New Mexico Supreme Court is scheduled to hear an appeal regarding a New Mexico medical malpractice case filed against a Texas surgeon involving the plaintiff’s claim that her gastric bypass surgery performed in Texas in 2004 by a Texas surgeon was performed negligently, thereby causing gas[...]

Large Connecticut Medical Malpractice Verdict Results In Grievances Filed Against The Plaintiffs’ Lawyers

March 23, 2016

The medical malpractice lawyers who represented the plaintiffs in a Connecticut medical malpractice case that resulted in a large medical malpractice verdict in the plaintiffs’ favor are fighting the grievances filed against them by their former clients. The grievances allege that the plaintif[...]

Colorado Hospital Sued For Former Surgical Technician’s Substitution Of Syringes

March 22, 2016

Imagine receiving a letter from the hospital where you had surgery, advising you to have yourself immediately tested for HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C because you may have been exposed to a bloodborne pathogen during your surgery due to one of the hospital’s surgical technicians dive[...]

$3.75M Iowa Medical Malpractice Settlement Approved For Birth Injury

March 21, 2016

The State of Iowa has agreed to settle an Iowa birth injury medical malpractice claim that will pay $2.15 million to the parents of the injured child and their attorneys along with $1,000 a month paid to the child’s guardians from April 2016 through November 2028, and then $2,570 per month thr[...]

Connecticut Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Against Surgical Center After Patient’s Death

March 20, 2016

A 29-year-old woman who was undergoing elective sinus surgery at a free-standing surgical center in Connecticut died after her vital signs dangerously dropped and an ambulance was not called for up to 29 minutes, resulting in the woman’s death, according to the Connecticut medical malpractice [...]

Plaintiff’s Facebook Postings Doomed Her Indiana Medical Malpractice Case

March 19, 2016

An Indiana woman sued her ophthalmologists, claiming that their care of her fell below the standard of care and resulted in her blindness. The 27-year-old plaintiff testified during the five-day Indiana medical malpractice trial that she became legally blind due to the defendants’ negligence.�[...]

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