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Study Found Top 1% Of Opioid Prescribers In U.S. Responsible For 49% Of Opioid Prescriptions

June 25, 2020

A study entitled “Opioid prescribing patterns among medical providers in the United States, 2003-17: retrospective, observational study” published on January 29, 2020 in the British medical journal BMJ reported: “In 2017, the top 1% of providers accounted for 49% of all opioid dose[...]

Study: Surgery Is The Second Most Common Cause For Medical Malpractice Claims

March 20, 2020

A study published on February 25, 2020 by the medical malpractice insurer Coverys entitled “Surgery Risks: Through the Lens of Malpractice Claims” stated: “Each year in the United States, more than 48 million surgical inpatient procedures are performed and more than 35.8 million ou[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Where Expert Not Allowed To Demonstrate Medical Procedure

February 27, 2020

The Appellate Court of Illinois First Judicial District Fifth Division (“Illinois Appellate Court”) held in its Order filed on February 7, 2020 that the trial court did not abuse its discretion by refusing to allow the Illinois medical malpractice plaintiff’s expert to perform a de[...]

Louisiana Supreme Court Holds Negligent Credentialing Claim Falls Under Louisiana’s Medical Malpractice Act

February 16, 2020

The Supreme Court of Louisiana (“Louisiana Supreme Court”) held in its opinion dated January 29, 2020 that the plaintiff’s “allegations against the hospitals for negligent re-credentialing necessarily fall within the definition of “malpractice” under the LMMA because they[...]

Texas Supreme Court Orders Nonparty Doctor To Provide Discovery In Medical Malpractice Case

January 18, 2020

In its opinion dated December 20, 2019, the Supreme Court of Texas (“Texas Supreme Court”) stated: “The Texas Medical Liability Act limits discovery in a health care liability claim until the claimant serves an expert report in accordance with the Act on the physician or provider a[...]

$1M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Botched Cholesectomy Requiring Liver Transplant

January 17, 2020

In November 2019, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of one million dollars, which included over $320,000 in medical expenses and lost wages for the plaintiff. The defendants were the general surgeon who performed the laparoscopic cholesectomy on the plaintiff and [...]

Find The Best Medical Malpractice Lawyer Near Me

November 7, 2019

We often hear people ask us, “who is the best medical malpractice lawyer in my area?” Sometimes, it is easy to answer that question because one particular medical malpractice lawyer or medical malpractice law firm stands out, above and beyond other medical malpractice lawyers in the area[...]

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