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Johnson & Johnson’s Own Analysis: Nearly 40% Of Its A.S.R. Hip Implants To Fail Within Five Years

January 25, 2013

Documents provided by the giant medical products company Johnson & Johnson in a court case in which the trial is scheduled to begin on January 25, 2013 in Los Angeles, California reportedly reveal that Johnson & Johnson anticipated that about 37% of its all-metal hip implants manufa[...]

Plaintiffs Seek To Withdraw From Settlement With Pennsylvania Hospital And Major Health Insurer

January 24, 2013

A class-action lawsuit was filed against the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center (“UPMC”) and the largest health insurance carrier in the area, Highmark, alleging that their actions inflated health care costs to patients by improperly using their market dominance in the geograph[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice $1.3 Million Jury Verdict For Paralysis Leading To Death

January 23, 2013

On January 17, 2013, a medical malpractice jury in a conservative jurisdiction in Maryland returned a verdict in favor of the surviving daughter of a patient and the patient’s estate for the alleged unnecessary paralysis and subsequent death of a 77-year-old woman who had arrived at a hospita[...]

Federal Health Care Fraud Reported By The U.S. Eastern District Of Michigan For 2012

January 22, 2013

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan has filed its Annual Report for 2012 (“Annual Report”) that highlights some of its activities and accomplishments during 2012. The Annual Report included the following health care fraud actions undertaken during 2012 b[...]

Indiana Supreme Court Decides That Successful Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Forfeited His Right To Challenge Medical Malpractice Damages Cap

January 21, 2013

On January 15, 2013, the Indiana Supreme Court decided an appeal where the medical malpractice plaintiff received a favorable jury verdict in the amount of $8.5 million that was reduced to $1.25 million pursuant to the Indiana Medical Malpractice Act (“Act”). The Act provides in releva[...]

Tennessee Nursing Home Fined $239,972 In 2012 For Serious Violations

January 20, 2013

A Nashville, Tennessee nursing home was cited for various violations of state and federal regulations that allegedly placed residents in immediate jeopardy of harm. One of the fines was in the amount of $231,972 that was imposed on May 12, 2012 after the January 19, 2012 death of a nursing home r[...]

Ohio Appeals Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Verdict

January 19, 2013

On January 8, 2013, the Tenth District Court of Appeals of Ohio issued its written decision in which it held that a settlement a plaintiff received from a non-state defendant in a medical malpractice case was not a “benefit” that must be offset from the amount of damages the plaintiff may reco[...]

Fecal Transplants?

January 18, 2013

What is a fecal transplant? The definition of fecal: “relating to or composed of feces.” The definition of feces: “the matter that is discharged from the bowel during defecation; excrement.” So, what’s a “fecal transplant”? It’s a legitimate and effec[...]

Medical Malpractice Case Filed Against Colorado Psychiatrist Arising Out Of Aurora Shootings

January 17, 2013

On January 14, 2013, the widow of a man killed in an Aurora, Colorado movie theater on July 20, 2012 during a shooting spree that killed 12 and injured another 70 filed a medical malpractice lawsuit and other claims in the United States District Court in Denver, Colorado against the University[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice $1.42 Million Verdict For Wrong Site Surgery

January 16, 2013

On January 14, 2013, a Baltimore City medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $1.42 million for a surgeon’s wrongful removal of the woman’s right ovary and right fallopian tube when the surgeon was supposed to remove the woman’s dise[...]

Ohio Hospital And Cardiology Group Agree To Settle Unnnecessary Angioplasty/Stent Allegations

January 15, 2013

On January 7, 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the settlement of claims against an Ohio hospital and a group of cardiologists who allegedly performed unnecessary angioplasties and stent placements in patients at the hospital. The hospital, EMH Regional Medical Center (“EMH̶[...]

U.S. Supreme Court To Decide Medical Malpractice Case

January 14, 2013

It is very infrequent that the United States Supreme Court (“Supreme Court”) agrees to decide a medical malpractice case, and even rarer that it agrees to decide a case where the person seeking review is not represented by an attorney. But that is exactly what the Supreme Court has agree[...]

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