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What Is Tennessee’s Largest Medical Malpractice Verdict?

August 9, 2024

The largest Tennessee medical malpractice verdict was a May 2024 Davidson County jury’s award of almost $47 million ($46,993,500) for now five-year-old Vivian Boughton, who suffered irreversible brain injuries as a result of the failure of a hospital to timely deliver her in 2018. Vivian’[...]

Can Hospitals Pay Physicians For Referrals?

August 8, 2024

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania announced on May 28, 2024 that Penn Highlands Healthcare—a Pennsylvania not-for-profit corporation operating a hospital system in north, central, and western Pennsylvania—and several of its hospitals—including P[...]

Can You Sue For Doctor’s Improper Access To Medical Records?

August 7, 2024

A doctor improperly accessed medical records of thirteen women who were not his patients but whom he had met or encountered in social settings, online, or at work. The women sued the medical clinic that employed the doctor, seeking to hold it vicariously liable for the doctor’s conduct under the d[...]

Ohio Nursing Home Sued For Resident’s Choking Death Recorded On Video

August 6, 2024

The family of an Ohio nursing home resident who died as a result of choking after eating lunch on January 16, 2022 has filed a lawsuit against the nursing home for negligence, wrongful death, and violations of nursing home resident rights. The family’s lawsuit alleges that the resident was kno[...]

Minnesota Jail Malpractice Case Filed For Death Of Inmate

August 5, 2024

The family of 37-year-old Nickolas Norberg has filed a lawsuit against Stearns County jail and the jail’s health care provider, CentraCare, alleging that medical providers and jail staff failed to properly assess and treat Norberg and ignored his pleas for help following his arrest on October [...]

Georgia Appellate Court Partially Revives Pharmacy Malpractice Case

August 4, 2024

Stacy McGee filed a complaint against Publix Supermarkets and Dr. Olujimi Oluwole for professional malpractice to recover for injuries she sustained after being prescribed a medication that she was allergic to. The trial court granted Publix’s motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to file an[...]

North Carolina Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Hospital Because Plaintiffs Failed To Prove Medical Malpractice Causation

August 3, 2024

On July 5, 2018, Charles J. DePaolo, M.D. performed an anterior approach left total hip replacement on Tracy Beck at a Mission Hospital-owned facility. Mission Hospital provided its staff to work in the operating room with Dr. DePaolo. Two of Mission Hospital’s circulating nurses were responsible [...]

Colorado Governor Signs Medical Malpractice Bill Into Law

August 2, 2024

On June 3, 2024, Colorado’s Governor signed into law HB24-1472 entitled “Raise Damage Limit Tort Actions” that was described as “Concerning matters related to certain tort actions, and, in connection therewith, increasing the cap on noneconomic damages, allowing siblings to b[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Rules Anesthesia Machine Failure Claim Is Not Medical Malpractice Claim

August 1, 2024

While Robert Lewis (Robert) was undergoing surgery at Franciscan Alliance, Inc. d/b/a Franciscan Health Indianapolis (the Hospital), the anesthesia machine failed. Robert suffered complications and died about a week later. Roberta Miller, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Robert Lewis, Decea[...]

Florida Appellate Court Allows Punitive Damages Claim In Medical Malpractice Case

July 31, 2024

Plaintiff Mark R. Mohan alleged in his Florida medical malpractice case that Karl M. Hagen, M.D. performed an appendectomy procedure on him to remove his inflamed appendix on May 8, 2011. When the hospital pathologist performed a perfunctory examination on the specimen, he discovered that the surgeo[...]

North Carolina Appellate Court Revives Negligent Retention Claim But Not Medical Malpractice Claims

July 30, 2024

The parents of a minor, Brittany Cottle, filed a North Carolina lawsuit in March 2017 against the defendants arising out of medical care Brittany received for back pain by Dr. Keith Pinkney Mankin, MD; specifically from injuries she allegedly suffered as a result of two surgeries he performed on her[...]

New York Appellate Court Rules Employer Not Responsible For Alleged Negligence Of RN For Cosmetic Procedure In Private Home

July 29, 2024

In October 2018, the defendant Inna Gordon, a registered nurse, performed a cosmetic procedure on the plaintiff’s chin at Gordon’s private home. The plaintiff subsequently developed cellulitis on her chin where the procedure was performed, which led to scarring. Thereafter, the plaintiff filed a[...]

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