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George Washington Hospital Sued For Medical Malpractice Resulting In Birth Injury

September 13, 2020

The George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C. has been sued for medical malpractice that allegedly resulted in severe and permanent birth injuries, including brain damage. The D.C. medical malpractice lawsuit filed in late July 2020 alleges that GW Hospital and the other medical malp[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Overturns $40M Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

August 22, 2020

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”), in its opinion filed on July 16, 2020, overturned a Pennsylvania birth injury medical malpractice verdict in the amount of $40,258,000 because the trial court erroneously permitted the Plaintiffs’ lawyer to cross-[...]

Connecticut Supreme Court Rules Defense Appeal Of Medical Malpractice Verdict Filed Too Late

August 17, 2020

In its opinion filed on June 4, 2020, the Connecticut Supreme Court held: “a determination of the amount of offer of compromise interest to be awarded is not an essential prerequisite to an appealable final judgment on the merits … the plaintiffs’ motion for offer of compromise and pos[...]

Atlanta Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Failure To Perform Cerclage On Pregnant Woman

January 10, 2020

On December 13, 2019, an Atlanta medical malpractice jury deliberated for about an hour before returning a defense verdict in favor of an OB/GYN, a maternal fetal medicine specialist, and a nurse-midwife. The plaintiff had alleged that the defendants failed to perform a cerclage procedure for her in[...]

$30.55M Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Verdict For Baby’s Severe Brain Injury During Childbirth

May 31, 2019

On May 15, 2019, a Massachusetts medical malpractice childbirth injury jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $30.55 million for the catastrophic brain damage suffered by their baby during childbirth in January 2013. The Massachusetts birth injury jury deliberated over[...]

CDC Study: Three In Five Pregnancy-Related Deaths In U.S. Were Preventable

May 17, 2019

The CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report dated May 10, 2019 entitled “Vital Signs: Pregnancy-Related Deaths, United States, 2011–2015, and Strategies for Prevention, 13 States, 2013–2017” concluded that “Approximately three in five pregnancy-related deaths were pre[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Finds Extraordinary Circumstances To Excuse Late Filing Of Required Notice In Medical Malpractice Case

May 3, 2019

In its unpublished opinion filed on April 25, 2019, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“New Jersey Appellate Court”) held that a recent immigrant to the United States who suffered a life-threatening pelvic abscess and serious recurrent infections after delivering her ba[...]

Wisconsin Appellate Court Reverses Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Due To Erroneous Alternative Methods Jury Instruction

April 23, 2019

The State of Wisconsin Court of Appeals District I (“Wisconsin Appellate Court”), in its decision filed on April 16, 2019, reversed a defense verdict in a Wisconsin birth injury medical malpractice case, finding that the trial court erroneously provided the jury with a misleading alterna[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Upholds $46M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Mother’s Catastrophic Brain Injury Four Days After Giving Birth

March 19, 2019

The Court of Appeals of Georgia, in its opinion filed on March 7, 2019, upheld a Georgia medical malpractice jury’s award in the amount of $46 million for the catastrophic brain injury suffered by a mother who had given birth four days earlier. The Georgia medical malpractice jury had awarded [...]

New Study Finds Hospital Births During The Night Or On Weekends Are Riskier

March 17, 2019

A new study published in Risk Analysis: An International Journal entitled “Clinical capital and the risk of maternal labor and delivery complications: Hospital scheduling, timing and cohort turnover effects” found that the quantity of delivery complications in hospitals are substantially[...]

Delaware Supreme Court Affirms $3M Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

February 27, 2019

In its decision filed on February 4, 2019, the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (“Delaware Supreme Court”) affirmed a $3 million Delaware birth injury medical malpractce verdict involving a brachial plexus injury suffered by the baby during delivery. The Underlying Facts The plaint[...]

Texas Supreme Court Applies Willful And Wanton Negligence Standard In Birth Injury Case

January 25, 2019

In its opinion filed on December 21, 2018, the Supreme Court of Texas held that the Texas Medical Liability Act’s emergency-medical-care provision, which requires claimants asserting certain Texas medical malpractice claims to prove “wilful and wanton negligence,” applies to claims arising fro[...]

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