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Connecticut Court Grants Additur In Medical Malpractice Case

June 5, 2015

The Connecticut Superior Court Judicial District of Hartford has granted the plaintiff’s motion for additur in a Connecticut medical malpractice case, adding $20,861.57 in economic damages to the jury’s verdict, because the jury failed to award the stipulated costs of medical care and f[...]

$100M Delaware Vaginal Mesh Verdict

June 4, 2015

On May 28, 2015, a Delaware jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $100 million ($25 million in compensatory damages and $75 million in punitive damages) against Boston Scientific Corporation, the manufacturer of the transvaginal mesh that was implanted in the plaintif[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Death Claim Settled Against Former Physician

June 3, 2015

It has been reported that a former Maryland physician, who lost his Maryland medical license last year after it was discovered that he had previously been convicted of rape in Florida, has settled a Maryland medical malpractice case (Maryland wrongful death case) filed against him by the family of [...]

Rhode Island Supreme Court Discusses Medical Malpractice Statute of Limitations For Minors

June 2, 2015

In its decision filed on May 19, 2015, the Rhode Island Supreme Court had to decide issues involving the application of Rhode Island’s statute of limitations in medical malpractice cases to the respective claims of a minor child who was injured allegedly as a result of medical negligenc[...]

Study: MRSA Transmission In Nursing Homes

June 1, 2015

The results of a study published online on May 26, 2015 in the medical journal Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology entitled, Transmission of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) to Healthcare Workers Gowns and Gloves During Care of Nursing Home Residents, concluded: ̶[...]

Former U.S. Congressman Plans To File Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

May 31, 2015

Former U.S. Congressman Steve LaTourette, a nine-term Republican Congressman from Ohio, has filed formal notice of his intention to proceed with a medical malpractice claim against the United States, alleging that Capitol Hill doctors negligently failed to inform him of the results of an MRI perfor[...]

Florida Man Dies In Jail Several Hours After DUI Arrest

May 30, 2015

On May 18, 2013, a 41-year-old father of four with no criminal history was arrested in Florida for alleged DUI. Several hours later, he was found dead in his jail cell, allegedly due to the medical negligence of the jail personnel and an on-call doctor who failed to provide the man with necessary me[...]

Tennessee Supreme Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Informed Consent Defense Verdict

May 29, 2015

In its May 18, 2015 decision, the Supreme Court of Tennessee (“Tennessee Supreme Court”) overturned a defense verdict in a Tennessee medical malpractice case, holding that the trial court had erred by excluding the plaintiff’s expert testimony regarding undisclosed medical risks i[...]

Indiana Inmate Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case Ruled Untimely

May 28, 2015

In its decision filed on May 26, 2015, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed the trial court’s granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant health care providers in a medical malpractice wrongful death case filed on behalf of an Indiana prison inmate who died allegedly due to medica[...]

Puerto Rico Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Birth Trauma

May 27, 2015

The parents of a baby who suffered trauma during her birth and later died, allegedly as a result of medical negligence that occurred during labor, delivery, and shortly after her birth, have filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the Puerto Rico hospital where the birth took place on July 4[...]

$2.8M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict For Perforated Colon During Abdominal Surgery

May 26, 2015

A 73-year-old man won his Florida medical malpractice lawsuit filed against the defendant hospital for the alleged negligence of a surgeon who allegedly perforated his colon during abdominal surgery and failed to discover the perforation and/or to timely respond to his symptoms that indicated a p[...]

$6.2M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of 2-Year-Old

May 25, 2015

On May 20, 2015, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned a plaintiffs’ verdict in the amount of $6.2 million, after almost four weeks of trial, against the defendants pediatric surgeons, hospital, and health care systems arising out of the death of a two-year-old child in 2009. The[...]

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