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Kentucky Appellate Court Applies Res Ipsa Loquitor In Medical Malpractice Case

August 28, 2015

In a decision by the Commonwealth of Kentucky Court of Appeals (“Appellate Court”) issued on August 14, 2015 in a medical malpractice case filed by a prison inmate against the medical services providers at the detention center in which he was incarcerated, the Appellate Court held, ̶[...]

$4.1M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict Overturned On Appeal

August 27, 2015

In its decision filed on August 26, 2015, the Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida (“Appellate Court”) overturned a Florida medical malpractice jury’s award of damages in the amount of $4,101,776 to a young child and her parents. The Florida medical malpractice jury h[...]

Federal Appeals Court Discusses Deliberate Indifference To A Serious Medical Need In Inmate Cases

August 26, 2015

In an opinion filed on August 19, 2015 by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“Court of Appeals”), the appellate court discussed the high and often unfair hurdles faced by prison inmates alleging the deliberate indifference to their serious medical needs (that is[...]

Kentucky Supreme Court Addresses Informed Consent In Medical Malpractice Cases

August 25, 2015

In its opinion filed on August 20, 2015, the Supreme Court of Kentucky (“Kentucky Supreme Court”) addressed whether the informed consent instruction given by the trial court in a Kentucky medical malpractice case correctly incorporated the applicable law so as to guide the jury accuratel[...]

New Illinois Law Will Allow Video/Audio Monitoring In Nursing Home Resident Rooms

August 24, 2015

On August 21, 2015, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed into law HB 2462, effective on January 1, 2016, which will allow electronic monitoring devices to be installed in nursing home resident rooms. Illinois is only the forth U.S. state to explicitly allow electronic monitoring devices to be in[...]

$3.5M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misdiagnosed Heart Attack

August 23, 2015

On August 14, 2015, after a three-week trial and two hours of jury deliberations, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $3.5 million, for which two of the defendant physicians are responsible for $1.75 million (the jury also awarded $1.7[...]

Pennsylvania Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Employee Sexually Assaulted 85-Year-Old Patient

August 22, 2015

On August 17, 2015, a lawsuit was filed in Pennsylvania against a Pittsburgh hospital alleging that a hospital employee sexually assaulted an 85-year-old female patient in her hospital room on July 3, 2015. According to reports, the woman was the fourth of seven female patients in the defendant [...]

Utah Supreme Court Nixes Medical Malpractice Noneconomic Damages Cap For Death Claims

August 21, 2015

In its opinion filed on August 11, 2015, the Supreme Court of the State of Utah (“Utah Supreme Court”) held that the noneconomic damages cap in section 78B-3-410 of the Utah Health Care Malpractice Act (“Malpractice Act”) is not constitutionally permissible as applied to wron[...]

Oregon Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Against Kaiser For Late Diagnosed Prostate Cancer

August 20, 2015

On August 11, 2015, an Oregon medical malpractice lawsuit was filed against Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Northwest Permanente, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest, and an Oregon physician, alleging that their negligence led to the unreasonable delay in diagnosing the plaintiff’s pro[...]

Nevada Urologist Faces Two Medical Malpractice Lawsuits In Six Months

August 19, 2015

A widow in Nevada filed a medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit against a Las Vegas, Nevada urologist on July 24, 2015, alleging that the urologist’s medical negligence led to her husband’s death. The Nevada medical malpractice lawsuit alleges that the defendant urologist had failed[...]

$12.5M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Paralysis Following Misdiagnosis

August 18, 2015

On August 7, 2015, after an almost two-week medical malpractice trial and four hours of jury deliberations, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs (husband and wife) and against two defendant physicians for the delayed diagnosis of the husband’[...]

Maryland Man Charged With Practicing Medicine Without A License

August 17, 2015

In an unreported opinion filed on July 31, 2015 by the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), the son of a Maryland physician who worked in his father’s medical office was found to have practiced medicine in Maryland without a license and the Appellate Court affi[...]

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