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Maryland Medical Malpractice Claim Against Student Phlebotomist Settled

September 2, 2014

In an unreported decision of the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Court”) that was issued on August 29, 2014, the Court was asked to decide an indemnification issue between the medical malpractice defendants. The alleged facts, however, caught our attention because the underlyin[...]

West Virginia Medical Malpractice Case Filed For 4-Year-Old’s Undiagnosed Ruptured Spleen

September 1, 2014

The parents of a four-year-old child filed a West Virginia medical malpractice case on July 16, 2014 against a physician, a radiology practice, and a local hospital, alleging that their medical negligence in failing to diagnose their son’s ruptured spleen led to his serious injuries. The fam[...]

Medical License Of Maryland Psychiatrist Summarily Suspended

August 31, 2014

By its order dated August 27, 2014, a Maryland psychiatrist’s medical license was summarily suspended by the Maryland State Board of Physicians (“Board”) after the Board concluded that the public health, safety, or welfare “imperatively requires emergency action.” The [...]

Nursing Homes May Manipulate The Medicare Star-Rating System

August 30, 2014

Medicare employs a five-star quality rating system for nursing homes throughout the United States. Nursing homes that receive a five-star rating are supposed to be the best in the nation – only about one-fifth of the more than 15,000 nursing homes in the United States have received a five-sta[...]

Two Maryland Hospitals Sued For Misdiagnosed Liver Disease During Pregnancy

August 29, 2014

Two Maryland hospitals, including The Johns Hopkins Hospital, have been sued for their alleged negligent failures to timely and properly diagnose and treat a woman’s liver disease during her pregnancy, thereby leading to permanent brain damage and her current vegetative state. The gravely in[...]

Should Doctors Be Tested For Drugs And Alcohol Abuse?

August 28, 2014

California voters who go to the polls on November 4, 2014 will be faced with the public safety issue whether doctors in California should be tested for drug and alcohol abuse, which is contained in California’s Proposition 46. Part of the Official Summary for Proposition 46 states, “R[...]

Ophthalmologist Malpractice Lawsuit Results In $1.5M Verdict

August 27, 2014

A North Carolina medical malpractice jury found against the defendant ophthalmologist after a trial that concluded on August 19, 2014 in which it awarded the plaintiff damages in the amount of $1.5 million for the total loss of his eyesight in his left eye, for which the ophthalmologist will be [...]

Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Dangerous Drug Combination

August 26, 2014

A patient at a Philadelphia health center has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the health center, three physicians at the health center, a physician’s assistant employed by the health center, and a pharmacy, accusing each of them of medical negligence in prescribing her a combinati[...]

Kentucky Supreme Court Orders Production Of Medical Malpractice Incident Report

August 25, 2014

The Supreme Court of Kentucky (“Kentucky Supreme Court”) rendered its decision on August 21, 2014 in a case where the defendant hospital claimed a federal confidentiality privilege to refuse to provide the medical malpractice plaintiff with a copy of the incident report written by a surg[...]

Alabama $4M Medical Malpractice Verdict For Heart Attack Misdiagnosed As Stomach Virus

August 24, 2014

On August 19, 2014, after a seven day trial, an Alabama medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $4 million. The medical malpractice defendant was the emergency room physician who had treated the 40-year-old man in the hospital’s emergency room,[...]

Kentucky Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Claims Negligent ER Care, Misleading Advertising

August 23, 2014

A Kentucky man has filed a medical malpractice case against a Kentucky hospital, alleging that the care he received in its emergency department by a nurse practitioner was negligent, causing him serious injuries, and further alleging that the hospital violated the Kentucky Consumer Protection Act, [...]

Delaware Supreme Court Affirms $4.4M Medical Malpractice Verdict

August 22, 2014

By its opinion filed on August 7, 2014, the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (“Delaware Supreme Court”) upheld a Delaware medical malpractice jury verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $4.4 million ($3.75 million to the injured man and $650,000 to the man’s wife[...]

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