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Detroit EMT Allegedly Refused To Provide CPR For Dying Infant

August 16, 2015

A Detroit lawsuit was filed on July 20, 2015 against a Detroit EMT, the Detroit Fire Department, and the City of Detroit, alleging that the defendant EMT refused to provide potentially life-saving CPR to an infant who had stopped breathing. According to the lawsuit, on May 30, 2015, the infantR[...]

Nursing Home Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreements: Good For Business, Bad For Residents

August 15, 2015

Nursing homes throughout the United States are increasingly including pre-dispute arbitration agreements in admission documents at the time that nursing homes residents are admitted into the nursing home. When a loved one is admitted into a nursing home, either for short-term physical rehabilita[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Judgment Does Not Preclude Subsequent Wrongful Death Claim

August 14, 2015

In an unreported decision by the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”) on August 7, 2015, the Appellate Court held that a judgment entered in favor of a decedent in a Maryland medical malpractice action (personal injury action) does not preclude a subsequent wrongful [...]

Massachusetts Appeals Court Adopts Continuing Treatment Doctrine In Medical Malpractice Cases

August 13, 2015

In its decision filed on August 7, 2015, the Massachusetts Appeals Court had to decide whether the continuing treatment doctrine tolls the statute of limitations in medical malpractice actions in Massachusetts. The Appeals Court held that the statute of limitations shall be tolled on a medical m[...]

Dangers Of Coumadin For Nursing Homes Residents

August 12, 2015

On July 17, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services sent a memo to state health departments warning of the danger of misuse of the common blood-thinner Coumadin for nursing home residents, requesting that state health inspectors pay increased attention to errors by nursing homes in m[...]

Man Indicted For Allegedly Injecting Silicone Into Women’s Buttocks In Maryland

August 11, 2015

On August 3, 2015, a federal grand jury in Maryland returned a nine-count indictment against a 44-year-old man, who was not a physician and was not otherwise licensed as a medical professional in Maryland, for allegedly obtaining and selling food grade liquid silicone from a company in Pennsylvan[...]

New York Court Of Appeals Discusses What Is A “Foreign Object” In Medical Malpractice Claims

August 10, 2015

In a recent case, the New York Court of Appeals (New York’s highest court) discussed the New York statute of limitations in medical malpractice claims that allege injuries due to foreign objects left in patients. In particular, the Court of Appeals discussed what is a “foreign object&[...]

$17M Nebraska Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

August 9, 2015

Last week, a federal medical malpractice jury in Nebraska returned its verdict in the amount of $17 million for the serious and permanent injuries suffered by a baby during her birth in Nebraska on November 2, 2012. The now 2-year-old girl suffered a catastrophic brain injury during labor and deli[...]

Washington State OB/GYN Summarily Suspended

August 8, 2015

The State of Washington Department of Health Medical Quality Assurance Commission (“Commission”) issued an Ex Parte Order of Summary Suspension on July 28, 2015 against an OB/GYN who was licensed to practice medicine in Washington State, in response to the Department of Health Medical[...]

Connecticut Appellate Court Discusses “Open The Door” Doctrine In Medical Malpractice Case

August 7, 2015

In its decision filed on July 28, 2015, the Connecticut Appellate Court discussed the “open the door” doctrine in the context of a Connecticut medical malpractice defense verdict, concluding that the defendant emergency room physician’s testimony was not admissible as expert tes[...]

Maryland Whistleblower Will Receive $2.2M From $13.5M False Claims Settlement

August 6, 2015

A former Maryland sales agent for a medical device manufacturer will receive $2.2 million from the $13.5 million False Claims Act settlement recently reached between the U.S. government and the medical device manufacturer. The former sales agent had filed a federal lawsuit under the False Claims [...]

Power Morcellator Cancer Lawsuits Filed By Two Pennsylvania Women

August 5, 2015

Two Philadelphia women recently filed lawsuits alleging that they developed cancer after power morcellators were used during their laparoscopic hysterectomy procedures. The Philadelphia women allege in their lawsuits that the manufacturer of the laparoscopic power morcellators used in their robot-as[...]

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