New York Diet Pill Lawsuit
January 18, 2014
On January 6, 2014, an Army reservist in New York filed a lawsuit in the Kings County Supreme Court against a health food business alleging that she was injured as a result of using the diet pills she purchased from the business that led to her inpatient treatment at a mental hospital. Her[...]
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Connecticut $8M Medical Malpractice Verdict For Suicide
January 17, 2014
In December 2013, a Connecticut medical malpractice jury determined that a former Connecticut physician and his employers were negligent in the medical care and treatment that led to a patient committing suicide (the patient also killed his wife, but the jury’s verdict was in favor of the man[...]
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Maryland Medical Malpractice Insurance Rates Keep Dropping
January 16, 2014
In December 2013, the Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society of Maryland (“Medical Mutual”), which insures more Maryland physicians than all other medical malpractice liability companies in Maryland combined, announced a special dividend of 25% for its policyholders for 2014 in a[...]
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New Doctor Dies Due to Medical Negligence
January 15, 2014
A Pennsylvania medical malpractice lawsuit filed by the parents of a new physician who graduated from medical school on May 11, 2013 alleges that the 26-year-old woman died on May 29, 2013 due to the negligence of a hospital where she had sought medical treatment. The woman went to the hospital beca[...]
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Wronged By Another Without The Right To Recover
January 13, 2014
When a medical professional’s negligence or carelessness leads to the suffering of another, you would think that the innocent victim would be fairly and adequately compensated for the losses and harms he suffered. Not so, demand medical malpractice tort reformers. The reformers do not wish[...]
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Minnesota Inmate Died Due To Medical Negligence
January 12, 2014
A Minnesota inmate approaching the end of his four-month incarceration due to his parole violation died as a result of medical negligence, according to a federal medical malpractice lawsuit filed by his family on January 3, 2014. The inmate had sought medical care at the prison on five occasions [...]
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Florida Appellate Court Overturns $2.5M Wrongful Birth Verdict
January 10, 2014
On January 8, 2014, in a split decision, the District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida Fourth District overturned a $2.5 million verdict in a wrongful birth case. A wrongful birth claim is a medical malpractice claim in which the parents give birth to an impaired or deformed child and alle[...]
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Hawaii Inmate Medical Malpractice Verdict Upheld
January 9, 2014
On December 31, 2013, the Intermediate Court of Appeals for the State of Hawaii (“Appellate Court”) issued its opinion in which it held that prison doctors are not shielded from personal liability for medical malpractice claims by the doctrine of qualified immunity. The Appellate Court h[...]
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Nevada LASIK Appeal
January 8, 2014
Earlier this week, oral arguments were heard before the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada with regard to the defense verdict entered in a LASIK surgery malpractice claim. The main issues on appeal are the defense’s focus during trial on the plaintiff’s alleged “drug abuseR[...]
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