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Federal Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Naval Hospital Malpractice Led To Birth Injury

October 15, 2015

A federal medical malpractice lawsuit was filed in late September 2015 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, naming the United States as the defendant pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, alleging that the negligent medical care received by the plaintiff during her [...]

$90K Baltimore Bed Bug Verdict

October 14, 2015

A Baltimore jury consisting of one man and five women returned its verdict in favor of five Baltimore bed bug victims on October 2, 2015 after a two-and-a-half day trial. The Baltimore jury awarded the plaintiffs in excess of $90,000, which included $72,525 in punitive damages. The defendant was [...]

$3.7M Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Urologist For Wrongful Death

October 13, 2015

In late September 2015, a Jefferson County, Illinois medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the widow of a man who died after suffering a pulmonary embolism while he was an inpatient in the hospital. The defendant urologist was alleged to have been medically negligent by failing [...]

Florida Appellate Court Discusses Subsequent Treating Physician Testimony In Medical Malpractice Cases

October 12, 2015

In a medical malpractice case decided on September 24, 2015 by the District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida Fourth District (“Appellate Court”), the Appellate Court held that a subsequent treating physician’s testimony during a Florida medical malpractice trial was admissi[...]

Oklahoma Family Seeks Injunction Against Physician Group Terminating Care Of Birth Injured Child

October 11, 2015

After the parents of a child who suffered severe brain damage during delivery in November 2011 filed an Oklahoma medical malpractice lawsuit in October 2014 against the physicians and others allegedly responsible for the child’s injuries, the medical practice that employed the medical malpr[...]

$7.5M North Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict For Negligent Colon Surgery

October 10, 2015

On September 30, 2015, after a two-week trial, a North Carolina medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiffs in the amount of over $7.5 million as a result of alleged negligent colon surgery that resulted in leaks that led to serious complications a[...]

Detroit Lawsuit Alleges Jail Inmate Died From Untreated Prescription Medication Withdrawal

October 9, 2015

A lawsuit recently filed in federal court in Detroit alleges that a for-profit prison medical services contractor and others were negligent when it came to their treatment of a man who was spending 30 days in jail due to his failure to appear in traffic court for a careless driving charge. On the[...]

Louisiana Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Insurance Company Had No Duty To Obtain Consent To Settle

October 8, 2015

In its decision filed on September 23, 2015, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal State of Louisiana (“Appellate Court”) held that a medical malpractice insurance company was not required to obtain the consent of a physician to settle a medical malpractice case under the clear and unambigu[...]

Kentucky Supreme Court Denies Enforcement Of Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreements In Three Nursing Home Cases

October 7, 2015

In its opinion filed on September 24, 2015 in three consolidated cases involving the alleged wrongful death of three nursing home residents due to nursing home negligence, the Supreme Court of Kentucky (“Kentucky Supreme Court”) held that in two of the cases, the authority to enter in[...]

Recent Study Analyzed Patients’ Perspective On Adverse Medical And Surgical Events

October 6, 2015

The findings of a study published on June 19, 2015 in the journal BMJ Quality & Safety involving 450 respondents to an online survey of patients and families regarding adverse medical and surgical events, who also provided written narratives in addition to filling out the quantitative s[...]

Federal District Court Finds No Private Cause Of Action Under Federal Nursing Home Reform Act

October 5, 2015

In its Opinion & Order entered on September 17, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (“the Court”) concluded that the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396r (“FNHRA”), does not provide a basis for a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim (a pr[...]

Ohio Cardiologist Found Guilty Of Medicare Fraud

October 4, 2015

On September 25, 2015, a federal jury in Ohio found an Ohio cardiologist guilty of a Medicare fraud scheme, after a four-week trial and more than a day of jury deliberations. The Ohio cardiologist was found guilty of performing unnecessary cardiac catheterizations, tests, stent insertions, and cau[...]

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