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$8M Louisiana Medical Malpractice Verdict For Child’s Death Due To Swine Flu

February 17, 2015

In late January 2015, a Louisiana medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $8 million in favor of the mother of an 8-year-old child who was infected with the H1N1 virus (also known as the swine flu) that was misdiagnosed and mistreated by her pediatricians, leading to her dea[...]

West Virginia Legislature Moving Forward With Expanding Medical Malpractice Limits

February 16, 2015

The West Virginia Legislature is quickly moving forward with its efforts to expand and extend West Virginia’s restrictive medical malpractice liability laws to further insulate and protect a growing list of health care providers whose negligence harms West Virginians, at the expense of[...]

Taking Time To Talk With Patients May Help Avoid Medical Malpractice Claims Against Doctors

February 15, 2015

In an article entitled “Talking Your Way Out Of A Lawsuit” (subtitled: Good communication is a fundamental step in avoiding medical malpractice lawsuits) that was published earlier this month in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ publication (AAOS), Now, the author s[...]

MDVIP Hit With $8.5M Verdict

February 14, 2015

On February 10, 2015, MDVIP, the largest concierge medicine practice firm in the United States, was hit with a $8.5 million verdict by a Palm Beach County, Florida jury that found it liable for the medical negligence of one of its MDVIP-affiliated physicians that led to a patient having her leg am[...]

$18.27M Kentucky Birth Injury Verdict Settled For $17.5M

February 13, 2015

On February 3, 2015, a Kentucky hospital agreed to settle a birth injury medical malpractice case for $17.5 million. In November 2014, a Kentucky medical malpractice jury had awarded the child and his mother $18.27 million for the serious and permanent brain injury suffered by the child during deli[...]

17 Former Nursing Home Workers Sentenced After Guilty Pleas Arising Out Of Nursing Home Neglect

February 12, 2015

The last of 17 former Buffalo, New York nursing home workers have been sentenced after pleading guilty to charges arising out of the neglect of a 56-year-old resident who was totally dependent on their care. The felony charges against them were reduced to misdemeanor charges and only one former nurs[...]

Arizona Appeals Court Discredits Learned Intermediary Doctrine In Drug Injury Case

February 11, 2015

On January 29, 2015, the Arizona Court of Appeals Division One (“Court of Appeals”) stated that under Arizona’s system of comparative fault, when the manufacturer of a product furnishes false or misleading information to the consumer, that manufacturer should not be shielded from [...]

Georgia Senate Bill Seeks To Replace Juries With Review Panels In Medical Malpractice Cases

February 10, 2015

Despite the Georgia Constitution that provides “The right to trial by jury shall remain inviolate …” and further provides “No person shall be deprived of the right to prosecute or defend, either in person or by an attorney, that person’s own cause in any of the courts[...]

Kentucky Senate Republicans Push For Medical Review Panels

February 9, 2015

Late last week, the Republican-controlled Kentucky Senate passed a medical malpractice reform bill that would add an additional layer and burden to those seeking justice for medical malpractice committed in Kentucky. In what the foes of the Kentucky medical malpractice reform effort call unnecess[...]

VA Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleging Failure To Refer Settled

February 8, 2015

The U.S. government settled a VA medical malpractice case during January 2015 by agreeing to pay $900,000 in the pending federal tort claim lawsuit that alleged the negligent failure of a VA scheduler to timely arrange for a man who had melanoma to receive specialized care for his condition. [...]

$3.157M Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict For Leg Amputation

February 7, 2015

On January 22, 2015, an Illinois medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $3.157 million in favor of the sixty-five-year-old plaintiff who had to have his left leg amputated as a result of the medical negligence of the defendant surgeon who had treated the plaintiff in the hos[...]

Arkansas Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict

February 6, 2015

On January 12, 2015, an Arkansas medical malpractice jury determined that a Mountain Home, Arkansas physician was not at fault for the death of a 45-year-old patient in 2005. The jury took less than one hour after six days of trial to return its verdict in favor of the physician. The Arkansas med[...]

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