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Washington State Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Against Plastic Surgeon

June 6, 2013

On May 2, 2013, six women filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the same plastic surgeon, claiming that the plastic surgeon’s medical negligence caused each of them to suffer unnecessary injuries. The medical malpractice defendant has been a Board-certified plastic surgeon since Novembe[...]

Oklahoma Supreme Court Finds Medical Malpractice Expert Affidavit Requirement Unconstitutional

June 5, 2013

On June 4, 2013, the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma (“Oklahoma Supreme Court”) held that the Oklahoma statutory requirement that an affidavit of merit be filed in actions for professional negligence (medical malpractice) is a “special law” that regulates the practice[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict In Preeclampsia Case

June 4, 2013

On March 8, 2013, a Richmond County, Georgia Superior Court medical malpractice jury found in favor of the two medical malpractice defendant doctors in a case involving a patient who lost her vision due to preeclampsia. The husband and wife medical malpractice plaintiffs alleged in their medical m[...]

Federal Effort Aimed At Reducing Medical Malpractice Incidents In The U.S.

June 3, 2013

On September 9, 2009, President Obama directed the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) to establish an initiative to help U.S. states and health care systems test models to meet the goals of putting patient safety first and working to reduce preventab[...]

South Carolina Medical Malpractice Lawsuits For Sex Reassignment Surgery

June 2, 2013

A South Carolina couple has filed both a state medical malpractice lawsuit and a federal medical malpractice lawsuit regarding their now 8-year-old adopted child’s sex reassignment surgery that took place when the child was in foster care and the child was 16-months old (three months before[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Jury Awards $15.6 Million In Birth Injury Case

June 1, 2013

On May 30, 2013, a Maryland medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $15.6 million after three weeks of trial and almost three hours of jury deliberations for the brain damage resulting in severe learning disabilities and developmental delays suffered[...]

Elective Surgeries On Weekends Come With 86% Greater Odds Of Death

May 31, 2013

In a research article published by the well-respected British medical journal BMJ on May 28, 2013, the researchers reported that their review of all acute and specialist English hospitals carrying out elective surgery over three financial years, from 2008-09 to 2010-11, found that there was 44% h[...]

Kentucky Supreme Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict

May 30, 2013

In an opinion filed on May 23, 2013, the Supreme Court of Kentucky (“Kentucky Supreme Court”) overturned a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case because the trial judge twice failed to remove jurors for cause when it was revealed that the first juror indicated an inability to [...]

New York Supreme Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Due To Patronizing Trial Judge

May 29, 2013

In it’s decision dated May 15, 2013, the Supreme Court of the State of New York (“New York Supreme Court”) overturned a verdict in favor of the medical malpractice defendant and ordered that the medical malpractice case be retried before a different trial judge because “The [...]

Foreign Doctors In The United States

May 28, 2013

Foreign doctors in the United States (those who graduated from medical schools outside of the U.S.) are formally referred to as International Medical Graduates (“IMGs”). From the time of the U.S. Civil War until World War II, Americans would go abroad for advanced medical education ([...]

Our Memorial Day Thoughts Are With Veterans Injured Due To VA Medical Malpractice

May 27, 2013

On this Memorial Day 2013, we remember and honor all of the members of all of the branches of the U.S. military who sacrificed their own needs when their country needed them the most. Fortunately, most veterans returned home after their tours of duty in good shape. However, others were permane[...]

North Carolina $4 Million Verdict For Nursing Malpractice

May 26, 2013

During late April 2013, a Hertford County, North Carolina medical malpractice jury awarded $4 million to the estate of a deceased patient of a psychiatric acute care inpatient facility who died on April 24, 2009 after going into a diabetic coma on April 13, 2009 following an insulin overdose at[...]

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