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FDA Issues AED Safety Communication

December 13, 2013

An AED (automated external defibrillator) is a device that automatically analyzes the heart rhythm in victims of sudden cardiac arrest and delivers an electrical shock to restore its normal rhythm. AEDs help save lives of cardiac arrest victims when they are working properly and used correctly. Whe[...]

Washington State $50M Medical Malpractice Verdict For Baby Born With Genetic Defect

December 12, 2013

On December 10, 2013, a King County, Washington State medical malpractice jury awarded $50 million to the parents of a child who was born with a rare genetic defect resulting in the now five-and-a-half-year-old child having an IQ between 50 and 70. The child’s physical disabilities prevent[...]

Georgia Appeals Court Holds Atlanta Not Immune From Inmate Medical Malpractice Claim

December 11, 2013

The Court of Appeals of Georgia, Georgia’s intermediate appellate court, affirmed the trial court’s refusal to dismiss a medical malpractice lawsuit filed by an inmate who alleged that he suffered severe and permanent injuries as a result of the Atlanta jail system’s failure to [...]

New York Medical Malpractice Victim Alleges Minor Surgery Almost Cost Her Her Life

December 10, 2013

In a New York medical malpractice case that has been in trial for over a month, the now 33-year-old plaintiff alleges that in the fall of 2009, the surgeon who performed her laparoscopic procedure for an ectopic pregnancy in a Long Island, New York hospital was negligent by perforating her colon dur[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Defense Attorney Says Jurors Are Stupid

December 9, 2013

After a Maryland medical malpractice jury found his physician-client to have been negligent and that the physician’s negligence caused a newborn to suffer a severe and permanent brain injury for which the jury returned a multi-million dollar verdict, the defendant physician’s attorney i[...]

Does Church Doctrine Lead To Medical Malpractice?

December 8, 2013

The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against Catholic bishops regarding the care (or lack of care) that women receive at Catholic hospitals. The Michigan lawsuit alleges that a pregnant woman who miscarried at 18 weeks was denied appropriate medical treatment by the only hospital in her county because t[...]

Supreme Court Of Ohio Rules In Favor Of Medical Malpractice Plaintiff

December 7, 2013

In its written decision issued on December 4, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio held that a trial court should exercise great caution in sustaining a motion for a directed verdict on the opening statement of counsel, and although a trial court is not required to consider allegations contained in th[...]

California Urologist Faces Multiple Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

December 6, 2013

For the second time this year, a Salinas, California urologist has been sued by a former patient for medical malpractice, alleging that the urologist had the patient undergo five unsuccessful lithotripsies for kidney stones from September 2008 to March 2012 that were motivated by the urologist’[...]

New York Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Overturned Due To Defense Stalking

December 5, 2013

On November 18, 2013, the Supreme Court of the State of New York County of Onondaga (“New York Supreme Court”) overturned a defense verdict and granted a new trial in a New York medical malpractice case after the trial judge spoke with jurors following their verdict and after the con[...]

Georgia Court Of Appeals Rules Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice Expert’s Testimony is Admissible

December 4, 2013

In its decision issued on November 20, 2013, the Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Court of Appeals”), Georgia’s intermediate appellate court, determined that the trial judge improperly excluded the testimony of the plaintiff’s expert in a medical malpractice case. The [...]

1,402 Victims Of Delaware Pedophile Pediatrician Advised Of Their Settlement Payments

December 3, 2013

In one of the most egregious and disgusting cases of a pediatrician abusing his defenseless patients, a former Delaware pediatrician reportedly filmed himself raping about 100 children, including babies, and abused hundreds of others. The pediatrician abused his young patients (the average age o[...]

“Mobile Doctors” Charged With Massive Federal Health Care Fraud Scheme

December 2, 2013

On August 27, 2013, the CEO of Mobile Doctors was charged with fraudulently increasing Medicare bills for in-home patient visits by falsely claiming that the visits were longer and more complicated than they actually were. Mobile Doctors is a Chicago-based company that manages physicians in six st[...]

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