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Maryland Amends Child Victims Act Of 2023: Potential Claimants Should Consider Filing Claims Before June 1, 2025

April 30, 2025

Maryland’s Child Victims Act of 2023 (“Act”) became effective on October 1, 2023, and was upheld by the Supreme Court of Maryland in its Opinion dated February 3, 2025 that found by a 5-to-4 majority that the new law, which ended the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse la[...]

Four Face Criminal Charges In Michigan For Death Of 5-Year-Old In Hyperbaric Chamber Explosion

April 30, 2025

On January 31, 2025, 5-year-old Thomas Cooper was killed while he was undergoing medical treatment when the hyperbaric chamber he was placed in caught fire from the inside and exploded. On March 11, 2025, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced charges against the owner and three employees a[...]

Federal Judge Grants Class Certification To Plaintiffs In Case Against Maryland Department of Health For Its Alleged Oversight Failures Of Maryland Nursing Homes

April 29, 2025

On May 15, 2024, Plaintiffs filed a Class Action Complaint against the Maryland Department of Health (“MDH”) and MDH’s Secretary Laura Herrera Scott, in her official capacity. Plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief against Defendants under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“A[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Revives Revocation Of Doctor’s Medical License

April 29, 2025

Indiana state officials filed an administrative complaint against Dr. James E. Jenison alleging that he had committed lewd or immoral conduct in connection with the delivery of services to the public on five occasions, that he had prescribed controlled substances without a valid Controlled Substance[...]

Alaska Lawsuit Alleges Bad Medical Care In Prison Led To Inmate’s Death

April 28, 2025

The Civil Rights Complaint, filed on March 4, 2025 in the United States District Court for the District of Alaska, states, in part: Source If you or a loved one were injured due to deliberate indifference or the lack of appropriate medical care while incarcerated in a prison, jail, or other correcti[...]

Preventing Hospital Falls

April 27, 2025

According to a published medical article from 2019: The use of fall risk prediction tools is widespread, but their value in hospital fall prevention interventions is questionable. First, it is important distinguish between fall risk assessments and fall prediction or screening tools. Risk asses[...]

Hospital Fall Statistics In The United States

April 26, 2025

Although hospital falls have been decreasing over the past several years, they remain a significant problem. Patient falls are the most common adverse events reported in hospitals. Each year, roughly 700,000 to 1 million patient falls occur in U.S. hospitals resulting in around 250,000 injuries and[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Affirms $1.2M Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict, Turning Aside Claims Of Judge’s Racial Bias

April 25, 2025

A Maryland medical malpractice jury found in favor of the plaintiffs in a medical malpractice wrongful death case, finding that one defendant doctor, who was white, was not negligent, and that the other defendant doctor, who was black, was negligent and that his negligence led to the patient’s[...]

Justice Department Filed Lawsuit Alleging Walgreens Knowingly Filled Millions Of Prescriptions Lacking A Legitimate Medical Purpose

April 24, 2025

In January 2025, the United States Department of Justice announced that it had filed on January 16, 2025 a civil complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois alleging that Walgreens Boots Alliance, Walgreen Co., and various subsidiaries dispensed millions of un[...]

Ohio Appellate Court Holds Cap On Noneconomic Damages As Applied In Medical Malpractice Case Was Unconstitutional

April 23, 2025

On November 29, 2022, John Paganini filed a complaint for medical malpractice against Gregory J. Louis, M.D. and his medical practice that alleged that after Dr. Louis performed cataract surgery on Paganini, Dr. Louis failed to diagnoseendophthalmitis (an infection) during his December 10, 2021 appo[...]

California Appellate Court Slashes $29.5M California Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Chiropractor To $250K

April 22, 2025

In 2018, then 14-year-old Jake Drost—who had a pre-existing heart condition—died from cardiac arrest after participating in a 100-yard dash for his school’s Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program. Before Jake began participating, Shamus Sheridan, a licensed chiropractor, screened an[...]

California Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Defendant Due To Deficient Expert Report

April 21, 2025

Plaintiff Sabrina Zaragoza appealed from the summary judgment entered in favor of defendant Dr. Nadir Adam in a California medical malpractice action. Plaintiff contended that Dr. Adam was not entitled to summary judgment because his medical expert failed to provide a reasoned explanation for his op[...]

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