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Illinois’ Largest Medical Malpractice Insurer Hit With $14.35M Bad Faith Jury Verdict

November 20, 2015

On November 10, 2015, an Illinois jury determined that Illinois’ largest medical malpractice insurance company, ISMIE Mutual Insurance Company (“ISMIE”), is liable to the plaintiffs in the amount of $1.35 million in compensatory damages and $13 million in punitive damages for its a[...]

Bard IVC Filter Case Filed In Missouri

November 19, 2015

On September 28, 2015, the widow of a man who died allegedly due to a defective Bard G2 IVC filter filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of her husband’s estate and on her own behalf against C.R. Bard, Inc. and Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of [...]

Tennessee Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal Of Social Worker Malpractice Claim

November 18, 2015

In its decision filed on October 8, 2015, the Supreme Court of Tennessee (“Tennessee Supreme Court”) affirmed the dismissal of the plaintiffs’ health care liability lawsuit filed against a social worker because of the plaintiffs’ failure to provide timely pre-suit notice and[...]

Texas Supreme Court To Decide If Autopsy Is Health Care

November 17, 2015

The Texas Supreme Court will likely decide whether an autopsy is health care covered under Texas’ medical malpractice laws that make it more difficult for medical malpractice victims to recover compensatory damages for the harm they suffered as a result of medical negligence and limits (ca[...]

$8.25M Chicago Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Following Knee Replacement Surgery

November 16, 2015

On November 4, 2015, a Chicago medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the family of a man who died due to alleged medical negligence following total knee replacement surgery. The verdict was in the total amount of $8.25 million, which included $5 million awarded to the man’[...]

Georgia Supreme Court Discusses Application Of Higher Proof Required In Emergency Medical Care Malpractice Claims

November 15, 2015

In its decision filed on November 2, 2015, the Supreme Court of Georgia ((“the Court”) discussed the application of Georgia’s “ER statute” (OCGA § 51-1-29.5) that requires that plaintiffs who bring medical malpractice claims based on “emergency medical care”[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Decision Discusses Medical Malpractice Vicarious Liability And Corporate Negligence

November 14, 2015

In an opinion issued on April 28, 2015, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania determined that the medical malpractice plaintiff had properly pled vicarious liability and corporate negligence as causes of action against the medical malpractice defendants (a hospital and a health care system). The Alleg[...]

$25.6M Rhode Island Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Hospital That Conceded Liability

November 13, 2015

After a six-day trial and less than two hours of jury deliberations, a Rhode Island medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff on April 29, 2015, in the amount of $25.6 million ($15 million for pain and suffering, $5.6 million for medical expenses, and $5 million for los[...]

Zofran Lawsuit Alleges Serious Birth Defects

November 12, 2015

On September 29, 2015, a federal lawsuit was filed in California by the parents of a child born with a serious heart defect that they contend was caused by the mother’s off-label use of Zofran that was prescribed by her doctor for nausea during her pregnancy. The defendant is GlaxoSmithKline [...]

PA Supreme Court Refuses To Enforce Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement

November 11, 2015

In its opinion filed on October 27, 2015, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Middle District (“the Court”) upheld the lower court’s refusal to enforce a nursing home arbitration agreement because the arbitration agreement expressly relied, as part of an essential term, upon the Na[...]

Federal Judge Awards $9.8M For Birth Injury

November 10, 2015

After an eight-day medical malpractice trial before a U.S. District Court judge in Sacramento, California, the judge ruled on October 28, 2015 that an obstetrician who worked at a federally-funded health care facility was medically negligent when he waited too long before delivering the plaintiff&[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Hospital’s Failure to Diagnose Cauda Equina Syndrome

November 9, 2015

A federal medical malpractice lawsuit was filed in Maryland in late October 2015 against a Maryland hospital, alleging that the hospital’s emergency room staff failed to timely diagnose the plaintiff’s serious back condition, including cauda equina syndrome, and discharged the plaintif[...]

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