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$7.4 Million Los Angeles Medical Malpractice Verdict

March 26, 2013

On March 22, 2013, a Los Angeles Superior Court medical malpractice jury returned a verdict after less than two days of deliberations in the amount of $7.4 million in favor of a 26-year-old woman who suffered severe brain injuries after treatment at Palmdale Regional Medical Center. The medical m[...]

Chicago Nursing Home Verdict

March 25, 2013

On March 20, 2013, a Cook County jury returned its verdict in the amount of $842,801 in favor of an 87-year-old resident of the Kenwood Healthcare Center in Chicago who had fallen at the nursing home on December 26, 2008 and suffered a broken hip, fractured pelvis, and fractured shoulder, all on h[...]

Da Vinci Robotic Surgical System Instrument Failures

March 24, 2013

The FDA maintains a database called MAUDE, which stands for Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience. MAUDE data represents reports of adverse events involving medical devices. The data consists of voluntary reports since June 1993, user facility reports since 1991, distributor reports sin[...]

Da Vinci Robotic Surgery Malpractice Claims

March 23, 2013

Robotic surgery promises less invasive surgery resulting in less blood loss during surgery, less pain, and a faster recovery time than with other surgical methods. One of the most common surgical robots is called the da Vinci, which is manufactured and sold by Intuitive Surgical (“Intuit[...]

Maryland Appellate Court: A Pharmacist Is Qualified To Testify Regarding A Prescription Drug In An Informed Consent Case

March 22, 2013

On March 20, 2013, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Court of Special Appeals,” Maryland’s intermediate appellate court) issued its written opinion in a case in which it held that a pharmacist was qualified to testify regarding a prescription drug in an informed consent ca[...]

U.S. Supreme Court Rules North Carolina’s Medicaid Reimbursement Law Violates Federal Law

March 21, 2013

The federal Medicaid law provides that all U.S. States must require Medicaid beneficiaries “to assign the State any rights . . . to support (specified as support for the purpose of medical care by a court or administrative order) and to payment for medical care from any third party.” [...]

Florida $1M Medical Malpractice Verdict For Drug Allergy Death

March 20, 2013

Earlier this month, a Seminole County, Florida medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $1,017,000 that included $517,000 in economic damages, $500,000 for mental anguish, and attorneys’ fees. The Florida medical malpractice lawsuit alleged that th[...]

Four Truths About The U.S. Medical Malpractice System

March 19, 2013

In prior blogs we have discussed myths regarding the medical malpractice system in the United States. Today, we blog about truths regarding the U.S. medical malpractice system. Truth One: Medical Malpractice Cases Take A Long Time To Resolve The average amount of time between when medical malpr[...]

E Street Band’s Clarence Clemons’ Family Files Medical Malpractice Case

March 18, 2013

Clarence Clemons was the well-known and very talented saxophonist with Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band for many years. When Clarence Clemons died at the age of 71 in June 2011, it was reported that he died as a result of complications from a stroke. As it turns out, he had had carpal tunnel[...]

$8.3M Jury Verdict In DePuy Hip Implant Case

March 17, 2013

On March 8, 2013, a Los Angeles, California jury awarded $8.3 million to a 65-year-old plaintiff who had received an ASR XL hip implant manufactured by DePuy Orthopaedics (“DePuy”), a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, finding that the hip implant was defectively designed and caused th[...]

Maryland Kidney Transplant Recipient Died From Rabies

March 16, 2013

A Maryland man who had received a kidney transplant one and a half years ago from a Florida donor who died in February, 2011, died on February 27, 2013 at the VA Medical Center in Washington after he became ill. Because rabies was suspected to be the cause of his death, a sample of his brain was [...]

Tennessee-Based Nursing Home Company To Pay $2.7 Million To Settle False Claims Allegations

March 15, 2013

On March 8, 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that the Tennessee-based nursing home manager Grace Healthcare LLC and its affiliate Grace Ancillary Services LLC (“Grace”) had agreed on March 4, 2013 to pay $2.7 million, plus interest, to settle the allegations contained[...]

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