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Lack Of Medical Expert Doomed Maryland Medical Malpractice Plaintiffs

January 19, 2016

In its unreported decision filed on January 11, 2016, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) affirmed the trial court granting summary judgment to the Maryland medical malpractice defendants in a Maryland medical malpractice case shortly before the schedu[...]

$1.875M Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Nurse’s Negligence Following Gallbladder Surgery

January 18, 2016

A North Carolina woman had elevated liver enzymes that led to her have her gallbladder removed during laparoscopic surgery (i.e., laparoscopic cholecystectomy) in Virginia. During the procedure, the surgeon improperly cut the woman’s common hepatic duct and her left and right hepatic ducts, ac[...]

$950K Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Due To Misdiagnosis Of Cardiac Condition

January 17, 2016

Ford County, Illinois is known as a very conservative jurisdiction for medical malpractice cases but on December 11, 2015, a Ford County medical malpractice jury took just four hours of deliberations to award $950,000 in compensatory damages to the family of a 73-year-old man who died as a result of[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Defendant

January 16, 2016

In its decision filed on January 15, 2016, the Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Appellate Court”) reversed the trial court’s granting summary judgment in favor of the medical malpractice defendant, noting “that medical malpractice cases are rarely appropriate for disposal by sum[...]

PA Superior Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict: When A Win Is A Loss

January 15, 2016

On January 6, 2016, in a non-precedential decision, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Court”) affirmed the trial court’s denial of the plaintiffs’ motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and their motion for a new trial, finding that the trial court properly deter[...]

Is The U.S. Virgin Islands Medical Malpractice Trust Fund Bankrupt?

January 14, 2016

By law, the U.S. Virgin Islands Medical Malpractice Trust Fund (“Fund”) must be sustained in order to provide for medical malpractice settlements in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health (“VIDOH”) recently responded to what it called “m[...]

North Carolina Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case For Noncompliance With Pleading Rule

January 13, 2016

By its decision filed on January 5, 2016, the Court of Appeals of North Carolina (“Appellate Court”) affirmed the lower court’s dismissal of a North Carolina medical malpractice lawsuit because the plaintiff had failed to follow a North Carolina Rule that requires that the medical [...]

Connecticut OB Settles Fetal Death Case

January 12, 2016

On December 31, 2015, a Connecticut OB settled a medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit filed against her, shortly before the fetal death trial was scheduled to begin before a jury. The plaintiffs (husband and wife) had sued the defendant OB for the wrongful death of their 22-week-old fetus (the[...]

New York Nursing Home Owners Plead Guilty To Abuse And Neglect Cover-Up

January 11, 2016

The New York Attorney General announced on January 4, 2016 that the corporate owner of a New York nursing home pleaded guilty on January 4, 2016 to falsifying business records to resolve a 45-count indictment that alleged crimes arising from the suppression of two incidents of patient abuse and neg[...]

Missouri Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Birth Injury Due To OB Negligence

January 10, 2016

On December 3, 2015, a Missouri couple filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in federal court, alleging that two OBs responsible to provide appropriate and timely medical care during the birth of their son committed medical malpractice leading to their son suffering a severe and permanent brain injury[...]

West Virginia Medical Malpractice Jury Sides With Hospital In Newborn’s Death Claim

January 9, 2016

On January 7, 2016, a West Virginia medical malpractice jury took one and a half hours after a three and a half day trial to find that a local West Virginia hospital was not medically negligent in the death of a newborn baby just a few days after his birth in 2012 due to undiagnosed Hypoplastic Le[...]

New Mexico Prison Physician Sued For 15th Time

January 8, 2016

A former New Mexico prison physician was sued on December 21, 2015, for the fifteenth time, for alleged sexual assault for allegedly performing unnecessary and intrusive rectal exams on inmates at two New Mexico prisons where he worked from 2010 to 2012. The same New Mexico physician has been sued b[...]

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