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$2M California Medical Malpractice Verdict For Woman From China Who Died After Giving Birth

November 8, 2015

On November 2, 2015, after a seven-week California medical malpractice trial involving the death of a 26-year-old Chinese woman who came to the United States to give birth to her second child, the medical malpractice jury found in favor of the woman’s family and awarded approximately $2 mill[...]

Oklahoma Family Seeks Injunction Against Physician Group Terminating Care Of Birth Injured Child

October 11, 2015

After the parents of a child who suffered severe brain damage during delivery in November 2011 filed an Oklahoma medical malpractice lawsuit in October 2014 against the physicians and others allegedly responsible for the child’s injuries, the medical practice that employed the medical malpr[...]

Illinois Medical Malpractice Lawyer Withdraws From Erb’s Palsy Case After He Becomes A Judge

September 20, 2015

An Illinois medical malpractice lawyer, who had previously retired from being a judge in Illinois, recently had to withdraw from an Erb’s palsy medical malpractice case that he had filed on behalf of his clients on February 20, 2015. The reason for his withdrawal? He became a judge once again.[...]

Alabama Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict In Birth Injury Case

July 17, 2015

On June 19, 2015, after a two-week trial and three and a half hours of deliberations, an Alabama medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendants. The case involved the birth injuries suffered by a now 11-year-old boy who sustained a brain injury due to alleged medical neglig[...]

$13.9M Ohio Medical Malpractice Verdict For Birth Injury Upheld

July 13, 2015

By its decision rendered on June 30, 2015, the Court of Appeals Eleventh Appellate District Trumbull County, Ohio (“Appellate Court”) affirmed an Ohio medical malpractice jury’s verdict in the amount of $13,902,000 in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiffs, for the severe an[...]

Georgia Supreme Court Discusses Ex Parte Communication With The Jury And Spoliation In Medical Malpractice Cases

July 11, 2015

In its June 29, 2015 decision, the Supreme Court of Georgia discussed the effect of a judge’s communication with a medical malpractice jury without the parties or their attorneys being present, and whether a spoliation instruction was appropriate where the defendant hospital had destroyed pote[...]

$23M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict For Birth Injury

May 20, 2015

On April 24, 2015, after a three-week trial, a Florida medical malpractice jury in Charlotte County awarded the plaintiff $23 million for the severe and permanent brain injury suffered by her newborn baby girl, who was born extremely premature. The child suffered cerebral palsy as a result of her b[...]

Connecticut Birth Injury Claim Settled For $3M

May 14, 2015

Late last month a 26-year-old woman and the State of Connecticut reached a medical malpractice settlement with regard to the alleged medical negligence that occurred during the labor and delivery of the plaintiff’s child in a Connecticut-operated hospital that led to the baby suffering a stro[...]

$18.27M Kentucky Birth Injury Verdict Settled For $17.5M

February 13, 2015

On February 3, 2015, a Kentucky hospital agreed to settle a birth injury medical malpractice case for $17.5 million. In November 2014, a Kentucky medical malpractice jury had awarded the child and his mother $18.27 million for the serious and permanent brain injury suffered by the child during deli[...]

Ohio Judge Awards $28.7M In Medical Malpractice Birth Injury Case Involving Cerebral Palsy

January 14, 2015

On December 26, 2014, a judge in Ohio entered judgment in the amount of $28,745,991 in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiffs in a case in which it was alleged that the defendants’ medical negligence led to the plaintiffs’ child being born with cerebral palsy due to oxygen deprivat[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Discusses Medical Malpractice Expert Qualification Issue

December 12, 2014

In its decision dated November 21, 2014, the Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Court of Appeals”) addressed the issue whether a certified nurse midwife (“CNM”) was qualified to offer expert testimony on the standard of care applicable to the defendant hospital’s RNs. In par[...]

Indiana Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Loss In Stillborn Baby Case Upheld On Appeal

July 18, 2014

A woman whose baby died in the womb before birth filed an Indiana medical malpractice lawsuit against her physicians and their medical practice who had provided her with prenatal care, alleging that medical negligence during the month before birth while the fetus was viable led to the baby’s d[...]

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