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$35.6M New York Medical Malpractice Pre-Verdict Settlement

October 18, 2024

On October 8, 2024, a New York medical malpractice case was settled for $35.6 million during the fifth day of trial for a 15-year-old who suffered permanent brain damage due to the alleged medical negligence of the hospital where he was treated (not treated) following a scooter accident. The teenage[...]

Montana Supreme Court Won’t Revive Medical Malpractice Case Filed Too Late

October 17, 2024

Mr. Phillips died on October 11, 2019, shortly after receiving medical attention from Dr. Anna Robbins at Logan Health f/k/a Kalispell Regional Healthcare. On April 22, 2021, Phillips submitted an application to the Montana Medical Legal Panel (MMLP) alleging medical malpractice against Dr. Robbins [...]

Iowa Supreme Court Orders Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case Due To Unsworn Certificate Of Merit

October 16, 2024

Iowa Code Section 147.140 (2022) Iowa Code section 147.140(1)(a) provides: “In any action for personal injury or wrongful death against a health care provider based upon the alleged negligence in the practice of that profession or occupation or in patient care, which includes a cause of action[...]

California Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Death Due To Undiagnosed Bowel Perforation After Kidney Transplant Surgery

October 15, 2024

The two adult children of a 76-year-old man who underwent what appeared to be successful kidney transplant surgery on April 28, 2023, after their father had been on kidney dialysis for two years, have filed a medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit in California. The day after surgery, stents wer[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Stillbirth

October 14, 2024

On July 24, 2024, the parents of a stillborn baby girl filed a complaint in the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in Palm Beach County, Florida, against the OBGYNs involved with the labor, delivery, and birth. The Florida medical malpractice lawsuit reportedly alleges that the plaintif[...]

Massachusetts Nursing Home Chain Agrees To $4M Settlement Regarding Staffing Shortage Claims

October 13, 2024

On June 10, 2024, the Attorney General of Massachusetts announced a $4 million settlement with Next Step Healthcare, LLC (“Next Step”), a Woburn-based long-term care management company that operates sixteen nursing homes in Massachusetts. The settlement, which is the largest nursing home settlem[...]

GSK Settles Zantac Lawsuits For $2.2 Billion

October 12, 2024

GSK plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) announced on October 9, 2024 that it has reached agreements with 10 plaintiff firms who together represent 93% (approximately 80,000) of the Zantac (ranitidine) state court product liability cases pending against GSK in the United States. Under these agreements, GSK will make[...]

$45M Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Philadelphia Hospital

October 11, 2024

In early August 2024, a Philadelphia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $44,894,877.70 against Temple University Hospital and in favor of a nineteen-year-old man for the allegedly negligent medical treatment he received at the hospital in 2020, after he was shot in his ne[...]

Utah Supreme Court Rules Alleged Sexual Assault Of Patients By Physician Not Medical Malpractice Claim

October 10, 2024

Ninety-four former patients of David Broadbent, an obstetrician and gynecologist (OB-GYN), have sued him, alleging that Broadbent sexually assaulted them under the guise of providing medical treatment. Their claims against Broadbent include sexual battery, sexual assault, and intentional infliction [...]

How Do You Prove Medical Malpractice?

October 9, 2024

In general, medical malpractice occurs when a medical provider breaches the standard of care applicable under the circumstances and the breach leads to provable harm. The standard of care is generally defined as what a reasonably competent medical provider would do/not do under the circumstances. Es[...]

New Jersey Supreme Court Rules Nursing Home Incident Reports In Two Injury Cases Not Privileged

October 9, 2024

The New Jersey Supreme Court stated in its August 5, 2024 decision: In this consolidated appeal, the Court considers whether internal reports and documents created after alleged adverse events occurred at the defendant nursing and assisted living facilities are discoverable or are instead privileged[...]

Michigan Judge Files Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Against Hospitals, OBGYNs

October 8, 2024

An Eaton County judge who was appointed in August 2024 has filed a Michigan birth injury medical malpractice lawsuit against two hospitals, multiple OBGYNs involved with her prenatal care and delivery, and a pediatrician, on behalf of her daughter who suffered catastrophic birth injuries during labo[...]

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