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Ohio Medical Malpractice Trial For Sponge Left After Surgery

July 17, 2014

An Ohio medical malpractice trial started on July 14, 2014 in which it is alleged that a surgical sponge was left in a patient after a 17-hour surgery in February 2009 that ultimately led to the patient’s death 15 months later. The Ohio medical malpractice lawsuit was filed by the patient̵[...]

Florida Hospital Sued For Psychiatric Malpractice

July 16, 2014

On July 10, 2014, a psychiatric medical malpractice lawsuit was filed against a Florida hospital for the death of a 32-year-old psychiatric patient who was strangled by another psychiatric patient with a history of violence and who had been placed in the same hospital room. The man who was strangled[...]

$3.34M Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Delayed Diagnosis Of Perforated Bowel

July 15, 2014

A Philadelphia County medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of a 27-year-old man in the amount of $3.34 million after determining that a hospital and a physician were medically negligent in their failure to timely diagnose the man’s perforated bowel following surgery to address [...]

Florida Supreme Court Says Medical Malpractice Defendant Cannot Rely On Testimony Of Subsequent Treating Physician

July 14, 2014

In its decision filed on July 10, 2014, the Supreme Court of Florida (“Florida Supreme Court”) held that testimony that a subsequent treating physician would not have treated the patient plaintiff differently had the defendant physician acted within the applicable standard of care is irr[...]

Tennessee Appellate Court Saves Medical Malpractice Case

July 13, 2014

On July 9, 2014, the Court of Appeals of Tennessee issued a written opinion in which it upheld the right of the medical malpractice plaintiff to dismiss without prejudice a defective malpractice case and then re-file the Tennessee medical malpractice case with corrections necessary to comply with th[...]

North Carolina Court Of Appeals: Sudden Emergency Doctrine Inapplicable In Medical Malpractice Cases

July 12, 2014

In a North Carolina medical malpractice case it decided on July 1, 2014, the North Carolina Court of Appeals, which is North Carolina’s intermediate appellate court, held that the standard of care for healthcare professionals, both at common law and as enunciated in section 90-21.12, is design[...]

$11.7M Boston Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misdiagnosed Lung Cancer

July 11, 2014

In June 2014, a Boston medical malpractice jury found in favor of a Boston woman whose lung cancer was allegedly misdiagnosed (undiagnosed) by a hospital radiologist, leading to the insidious spread of the cancer throughout her body and her painful death in August 2008 at the age of 47, leaving behi[...]

Oregon’s Medical Malpractice Early Discussion and Resolution Provisions Became Operational On July 1, 2014

July 10, 2014

On March 18, 2013, Oregon’s Governor signed into law Oregon’s so-called Early Discussion and Resolution (“EDR”) proposal that established a voluntary process for health care providers and patients to resolve adverse events without litigation, with the stated goal of enhancing[...]

Milwaukee $25.3M Medical Malpractice Informed Consent Verdict

July 9, 2014

A Milwaukee couple received a $25.3 million Wisconsin medical malpractice verdict on July 7, 2014, after three weeks of trial, as a result of an undiagnosed serious bacterial infection that ultimately led to the woman having all of her limbs amputated. The verdict included $8.2 million for the woman[...]

$3.5M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Paralyzed Man

July 8, 2014

On November 5, 2009, the then 64-year-old Maryland medical malpractice plaintiff was involved in a serious car crash. At the scene of the crash, he complained of weakness in his right arm and pain in his left shoulder. By the time he arrived at the defendant Maryland hospital, he was also complainin[...]

Why We Must Treat Doctors Like Professional Truck Drivers When They Harm Other People

July 7, 2014

Professional truck drivers receive specialized training before they are allowed to perform their job, and they gain necessary practical experience as they continue to accumulate miles over the years – the more they drive and the more experience they acquire, the more competent they become. Pro[...]

Montana Supreme Court Sides With Medical Malpractice Plaintiff

July 6, 2014

In its decision filed on June 27, 2014, the Supreme Court of the State of Montana (“Montana Supreme Court”) decided the issue of whether the elements of the medical malpractice Plaintiff’s malpractice complaint were sufficiently presented before the Montana Medical Legal Panel ([...]

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