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Alabama Supreme Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Verdict Due To Judge’s Improper Communication With Jury

December 2, 2015

In its opinion filed on November 6, 2015, the Supreme Court of Alabama (“Alabama Supreme Court”) held that the trial judge should have granted the defendants’ motion for mistrial during jury deliberations in an Alabama medical malpractice trial because the trial judge had improperl[...]

Washington State Supreme Court Revives Medical Malpractice Case

December 1, 2015

In its decision filed on September 24, 2015, the Supreme Court of the State of Washington (“Washington Supreme Court”) reversed summary judgment granted to the defendant doctors (dentists) in a Washington medical malpractice case. The trial court had struck a late-filed affidavit of t[...]

$3M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Delayed Diagnosis Of Lung Cancer

November 30, 2015

On November 13, 2015, a Jefferson County, Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $3 million for past and future noneconomic damages in favor of a woman whose lung cancer went undiagnosed for four years due to alleged medical negligence by two physicians who were [...]

Alabama Supreme Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Verdict Due To Lack Of Expert Testimony

November 29, 2015

In its decision filed on November 13, 2015, the Supreme Court of Alabama (“Alabama Supreme Court”) overturned a verdict in favor of a husband and wife in their Alabama medical malpractice case, finding that the plaintiffs had failed to provide necessary expert testimony regarding the st[...]

$2M Arkansas Medical Malpractice Payment Recommended For Surgery On Wrong Side Of Patient’s Brain

November 28, 2015

On November 17, 2015, the Arkansas State Claims Commission, which is a quasi-judicial Commission created by the Arkansas General Assembly designed to afford relief to those who have in some way been injured or damaged by the State of Arkansas (the Commission is described as “the conscience [...]

$10.1M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Child’s Misdiagnosed Bacterial Meningitis

November 27, 2015

A Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a now 6-year-old boy and against defendant Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (“CHOP”) for the serious injuries the boy suffered when he was 11 months old allegedly due to CHOP’s failure to timely diag[...]

$397K Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Child Born After Tubal Ligation

November 26, 2015

A Maryland couple filed a medical malpractice case in Maryland against an obstetrician-gynecologist who had performed an elective bilateral tubal ligation on the wife after the plaintiffs expressed to the defendant that they could not afford to have a fourth child. Months after the defendant phys[...]

Connecticut Medical Malpractice Settlement For Death Of Baby Due To Negligent IUD Removal

November 25, 2015

A Connecticut medical malpractice lawsuit filed against a Connecticut doctor was recently settled for an undisclosed sum just before the Connecticut medical malpractice trial was scheduled to commence. At issue was whether the doctor could be held responsible for the death of a 22-week-old fetus wh[...]

Study Finds Greater Medical Spending Results In Fewer Medical Malpractice Claims

November 24, 2015

A study published on October 5, 2015 in BMJ that sought to investigate whether a higher use of resources by physicians is associated with a reduced risk of medical malpractice claims concluded that “[o]ur findings suggest that greater resource use, whether it reflects defensive medicine or n[...]

New Mexico Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Drug Overdose Caused Patient’s Death

November 23, 2015

A New Mexico medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit was filed in early November 2015 on behalf of the estate of a Santa Fe, New Mexico woman who died on June 29, 2015 in a Denver, Colorado hospital, where she had been transferred to from a local New Mexico hospital on June 25, 2015 after rece[...]

Tennessee Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Religion Mistake Led To Patient’s Death

November 22, 2015

On October 13, 2015, a Tennessee medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit was filed by the widow of a man who was not provided necessary medical care because the Tennessee hospital where he was being treated incorrectly noted his religious affiliation as Jehovah’s Witnesses. The man had a [...]

Reported Disciplinary Actions For Ohio Medical Professionals Increased 500% From 1990

November 21, 2015

The results of a recent analysis of reports made to the National Practitioner Data Bank (“NPDB”) regarding medical professionals in Ohio found that the rate of disciplinary actions against Ohio medical professionals has increased by 500% since 1990: in 1990, there were 429 disciplinary a[...]

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