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$3.5M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Negligent IVC Filter Surgery

March 5, 2024

A Georgia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict on December 20, 2023 in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $3.2 million and an additional $308,000 in favor of the plaintiff’s wife for the serious harm suffered by the husband as a result of alleged negligent inferior vena cava (IVC[...]

Two Generic Drug Companies Agree To Pay $305M To Settle Price Fixing, Other Claims

March 4, 2024

The United States Department of Justice announced on August 21, 2023 deferred prosecution agreements resolving criminal antitrust charges against Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (“Teva”) and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA (“Glenmark”). As part of the agreements, both compa[...]

Ohio Class Action Lawsuit Faults Hospital And Vendor For Data Breach Involving 9 Million People

March 3, 2024

A proposed class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio on December 20, 2023 against Salem Community Hospital and one of its medical vendors that alleges, in part, as follows: Defendant Salem Community Hospital (“Salem”) is an indep[...]

Ohio Appellate Court Rules Nursing Home Resident’s Claim For Injuries Suffered From Fall From Toilet Was Medical Claim

March 2, 2024

“Medical Claim” R.C. 2305.113(E)(3) defines the term “medical claim” for statute of limitations purposes and provides, in relevant part:“Medical claim” means any claim that is asserted in any civil action against a physician, podiatrist, hospital, home, or residential facility, a[...]

$3.38M Maryland Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict Against Radiologist For Missed Cancer

March 1, 2024

Last week a Wicomico County, Maryland medical malpractice six-person jury awarded $3.38 million against defendants Peter Libby, M.D. and Peninsula Radiological Associates in favor of Mary Raver and her husband, Timothy, for the defendants’ alleged breach of the standard of care owed to Mary Ra[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Holds Injury From Medical Student Failing To Follow Patient’s Instruction Is Medical Malpractice Claim

February 29, 2024

The Appellate Court of Maryland, in its Per Curium unreported opinion filed on January 4, 2024, stated: Brian Keith Waugh, appellant, sued Dimensions Health Corporation, appellee, in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, alleging medical malpractice. Waugh alleged that, while having his bl[...]

Indiana Health Network Agrees To Pay $345 Million To Settle Alleged False Claims Act Violations

February 28, 2024

On December 19, 2023, the United States Department of Justice announced that Community Health Network Inc. (“Community”), a health care network headquartered in Indianapolis, has agreed to pay the United States $345 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by [...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Discusses Need For Affidavit Of Merit In Vicarious Liability Claim Against Nursing Home

February 27, 2024

Background Facts Plaintiff, as administratrix ad prosequendum for the estate of decedent, sued a nursing facility and a hospital alleging negligent care that resulted in pressure wounds and, ultimately, decedent’s physical decline and death. Plaintiff asserted direct claims of administrat[...]

Baby Decapitated During Delivery, Georgia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges

February 26, 2024

A Georgia medical malpractice lawsuit filed on December 13, 2023 alleges that the defendant OB used too much force during delivery of a baby, thereby decapitating the baby. Twenty-year-old Jessica Ross and the baby’s father, Taylor Treveon Isaiah, are the plaintiffs named in the lawsuit filed [...]

Largest Medical Malpractice Verdicts In The United States In 2023

February 25, 2024

Due to the complex nature of legal proceedings and ongoing appeals, definitive information about the largest medical malpractice verdicts in 2023 might not be readily available or finalized. However, based on current reports, there were several high-profile cases with significant awards: Largest Rep[...]

ProPublica: Doctors With Histories Of Big Malpractice Settlements Work For Insurers, Deciding If They’ll Pay For Care

February 24, 2024

ProPublica stated in its December 15, 2023 report entitled Doctors With Histories of Big Malpractice Settlements Work for Insurers, Deciding If They’ll Pay for Care that it and The Capitol Forum investigated how health plans refuse to pay for care by examining who insurers picked to make those det[...]

Baltimore Jury Awards $1.5 Million In Bedsore Nursing Home Malpractice Case

February 23, 2024

On February 15, 2024, a Baltimore nursing home malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $1.5 million for the death of a nursing home resident who died from an infection resulting from an avoidable bedsore that was not prevented by the nursing home. The Baltimore nursing home negligence[...]

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