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$300K Missouri Medical Malpractice Verdict For Priest Given Wrong Medication By Hospital Pharmacy

June 26, 2025

Father Augustine Njuu, a Catholic priest, had been a long-time patient of Mercy Pharmacy Services and had a documented allergy to Lisinopril. According to the priest’s Missouri medical malpractice lawyer, “In 2022, Njuu’s primary care physician called in a refill order of a medication [...]

Gilead Sciences Agrees To $202M Settlement For Using Speaker Programs To Pay Kickbacks To Doctors To Induce Them To Prescribe Gilead’s Drugs

June 25, 2025

On April 29, 2025, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that the United States has settled a civil fraud lawsuit against Gilead Sciences, Inc. (“Gilead”), a large pharmaceutical manufacturer, that, among other things, develops, manufactures, and sells d[...]

Lawsuit Alleges Ozempic Caused Vision Loss

June 24, 2025

Sixty-two-year-old Todd Engel was prescribed Ozempic to treat his diabetes in August 2023. Subsequently he noticed that his vision was becoming severely blurred and therefore went to an ophthalmologist in his home state of Maryland. The ophthalmologist diagnosed him with nonarteritic anterior ischem[...]

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Finds Potential Liability Of Defendants Under MHPA

June 23, 2025

Pennsylvania’s Mental Health Procedures Act (“MHPA”), 50 P.S. §§ 7101-7503, which was enacted in 1976, is a comprehensive and sweeping reformation of Pennsylvania’s laws governing the treatment of those afflicted by severe mental illness. The MHPA specifically distinguishes between vol[...]

Tennessee Supreme Court Holds Intrusion Upon Seclusion Claim Does Not Abate At Death

June 22, 2025

In July 2017, Annie J. Jones became a resident of Life Care Centers of America, Inc. d/b/a Life Care Center of Tullahoma (“Life Care”), a skilled nursing facility in Tullahoma, Tennessee. Ms. Jones had pre-existing dementia, depression, and anxiety. Her cognitive functioning was severely impaire[...]

$40M New Mexico Medical Malpractice Verdict For Brain Injured Infant Due To Neonatal Hypoglycemia

June 21, 2025

On June 2, 2025, a New Mexico medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in excess of $40 million for a brain injured infant. The New Mexico medical malpractice lawsuit alleged that medical staff at Presbyterian Healthcare Services (Presbyterian Hospital) failed to timely diagnose and treat the [...]

Private Equity Nursing Homes

June 20, 2025

A report from April 2025 entitled Private Equity is Continuing to Acquire – and Bankrupt – Nursing Homes found: If you or a loved one suffered injuries (or worse) while a resident of a nursing home in the United States due to nursing home neglect, nursing home negligence, nursing home ab[...]

Federal Court Awards $1,380,414.82 For VA Medical Malpractice Death

June 19, 2025

Federal Judge’s Findings Of Fact: On April 6, 2020, Roy Palmer drove to the Togus VA Medical Center (“Togus VA”) with complaints of abdominal pain in the epigastric/peri-umbilical region. He was admitted to the Togus VA that day. On April 6, 2020, at 3:40 PM, a Togus VA hospitalist entered[...]

Lawsuit Filed Against Medical Malpractice Expert Alleges Expert “Flustered, Disoriented And Confused” Before And During His Deposition Despite Receiving $20,000 Payment For Preparation And Testimony

June 18, 2025

A lawsuit filed on April 17, 2025 in the Superior Court of New Jersey by a New Jersey medical malpractice law firm against a forensic psychiatric expert that it had retained for medical malpractice litigation alleges, in part: “Defendant Goldwaser issued a preliminary expert report dated Septe[...]

Federal Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Lawsuit Seeking Damages For Refusal To Provide Certificate Of Merit For Medical Malpractice Claim

June 17, 2025

Underlying Facts Harold Berk suffered a fall that resulted in a significant ankle injury. He alleged that he received deficient care while hospitalized in Delaware that exacerbated his ankle injury as well as pre-existing wounds on his legs. He subsequently obtained care from the Rothman Entities. T[...]

Wisconsin Appellate Court Rules It Was Proper To Leave Nonparty Doctor Off Special Verdict Form In Medical Malpractice Case

June 16, 2025

The Estate of Annie Yang and Sarina Yang filed a Wisconsin medical malpractice case arising from Annie’s death following a surgical procedure performed by Dr. Christopher T. Smith on Annie, who had an inherited blood disorder known as spherocytosis and enlargement of the spleen called splenomegaly[...]

$1.5M Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Settlement For Delayed Diagnosis Of Lung Cancer In Smoker

June 15, 2025

A Massachusetts medical malpractice claim involving a 68-year-old woman with a 20-year history of smoking, whose diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer was allegedly delayed for at least 25 months due to the medical negligence of her primary care physician (PCP) and a radiologist who allegedly fail[...]

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