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Washington Plastic Surgeon Agrees To Pay $5M For Illegally Manipulating Consumer Ratings

September 4, 2024

The Washington State Office of Attorney General announced on July 2, 2024 that Allure Esthetic and Dr. Javad Sajan will pay $5 million to resolve a consumer protection lawsuit claiming that Allure and Sajan threatened patients with illegal non-disclosure agreements and falsified online reviews to i[...]

Georgia Supreme Court Rules COVID-19 Emergency Order Tolls Five-Year Statute Of Repose In Medical Malpractice Cases

September 3, 2024

The Supreme Court of Georgia stated in its July 2, 2024 decision “we conclude that Golden’s claims were not time-barred because the March 14 Order tolled OCGA § 9-3-71 (b), and that under these circumstances there is no impediment in the federal or Georgia Constitutions for the statute of r[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Holds Nursing Home Was Entitled To COVID Immunity

September 2, 2024

Selva Campbell, a stroke patient, was admitted to defendant Woodcliff Health & Rehabilitation Center in Bergen County on March 23, 2020, coming under the care of defendant Birinder Kaur, M.D. less than two weeks after theWorld Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) a globa[...]

$1M Virginia Medical Malpractice Settlement For Bladder Perforation And Ureter Transection During Hysterectomy

September 1, 2024

A 46-year-old woman with a history of uterine fibroids and menorrhagia underwent a total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingectomy during which the surgeon transected the patient’s right ureter and also sutured her bladder wall to the vaginal cuff, which resulted in the complete perf[...]

$1M Virginia Medical Malpractice Settlement From Anesthesiologist For Avoidable Aspiration During Surgery

August 31, 2024

A patient in Virginia who had resection surgery to treat his colorectal cancer was admitted to the hospital following his surgery, for monitoring. During the ensuing days in the hospital, the patient began suffering nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and abdominal distension for which a drain tube wa[...]

Texas Hospital Settles Concurrent Heart Surgeries Medicare Billing Allegations For $15 Million

August 30, 2024

The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas announced on June 24, 2024 that Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (BSLMC), Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), and Surgical Associates of Texas P.A. (SAT) have jointly agreed to pay $15 million to resolve claims they billed for concurrent h[...]

California Supreme Court Establishes What Is Necessary To Prove Causation In Prescription Drug And Medical Device Inadequate Warning Claims

August 29, 2024

Learned Intermediary Doctrine In a typical products liability case, a manufacturer owes a duty to warn the end user about the hazards inherent in their products. For manufacturers of prescription drugs and many medical devices, however, the duty to warn runs to the physician, not to the patient. Thu[...]

California Appellate Court Decides Not To Enforce Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement Based On Agency

August 28, 2024

The Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District Division One State of California (“California Appellate Court”) stated in its opinion filed on June 25, 2024: “Here, the extrinsic evidence assembled by Villa Mesa fails to demonstrate the required actual or ostensible agency. Villa Me[...]

How Can I Find The Best Nursing Home Injury Lawyers Near Me?

August 27, 2024

As of July 2022, there were 15,178 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes nationwide, of which 10,702 were for-profit nursing homes. More than 1.3 million people reside in Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing homes nationwide. Approximately two-thirds of those nursing homes are for-profit[...]

North Carolina Appellate Court Holds Negligent Retention Claim Not Subject To Statute Of Repose In Medical Malpractice Case

August 27, 2024

Background Facts Plaintiffs filed a North Carolina medical malpractice lawsuit against Defendants arising out of medical care Brittany Jeanne Cottle received for back pain, while a minor, from Dr. Keith Pinkney Mankin, MD (specifically, from injuries she claimed she suffered as a result of two surge[...]

What Are The Affidavit Of Merit Requirements For New Jersey Medical Malpractice Cases Where Defendant Practices In More Than One Specialty?

August 26, 2024

Does N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-41(a) under the New Jersey Medical Care Access and Responsibility and Patients First Act (Act), N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-37 to -42, require plaintiffs to serve an affidavit of merit (AOM) from a physician board certified in both specialties if defendant physician is board certified in tw[...]

$8.5M Maryland Nursing Home Malpractice Verdict

August 25, 2024

On August 19, 2024, a Prince George’s County, Maryland nursing home malpractice jury returned its verdict against the defendant nursing home in the amount of $8.5 million ($8 million for the Estate and $500,000 for the decedent’s daughter). Pursuiant to Maryland’s cap on noneconomi[...]

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