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North Carolina Appellate Court Applies Continuous Course Of Treatment Doctrine In Reviving Medical Malpractice Case

October 30, 2018

The Court of Appeals of North Carolina (“North Carolina Appellate Court”) applied the continuous course of treatment doctrine in its opinion filed on September 18, 2018 in reviving a North Carolina medical malpractice case in which the plaintiffs alleged that the defendant obstetrician g[...]

$8.9M Minnesota Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Midwife For Birth Injury

October 19, 2018

A Minnesota medical malpractice jury found in favor of the plaintiff on September 28, 2018 for the serious and permanent injuries suffered by her 10.5 pound baby as a result of the defendant midwife underestimating the size of the baby and allowing the mother to attempt a vaginal delivery. The nurse[...]

Kentucky Supreme Court Reverses Dismissal After Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice Lawyer Allowed To Withdraw

October 14, 2018

In its opinion rendered on September 27, 2018, the Supreme Court of Kentucky (“Kentucky Supreme Court”) held that dismissal with prejudice of the plaintiff’s medical malpractice birth injury lawsuit brought by the infant’s “next friend” (mother) after the plaintif[...]

$2.4M Mississippi Medical Malpractice Verdict Against OBGYN For Negligent Treatment Of Ruptured Uterus During Labor

October 4, 2018

On August 31, 2018, a Mississippi medical malpractice jury awarded the plaintiff $2.4 million in compensatory damages against a local OBGYN, who had his hospital privileges suspended in February 2018. The incident for which the Mississippi jury found the defendant OBGYN liable had occurred in 2014. [...]

$32.5M Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Judgment Upheld Where Physician Failed To Document Medical Condition

August 24, 2018

On July 31, 2018, a Massachusetts appellate court upheld a $32.5 million Massachusetts medical malpractice judgment against a physician who failed to document her patient’s incidental medical condition in her medical record. As a result of the negligent failure to document the condition in the[...]

Ohio Appellate Court Overturns Brachial Plexus Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Due To Inadmissible Other Acts Evidence

June 19, 2018

The Court of Appeals of Ohio Sixth Appellate District Lucas County (“Ohio Appellate Court”) held in its Decision and Judgment dated May 25, 2018, in an Ohio shoulder dystocia brachial plexus birth injury medical malpractice case, that the trial court “abused its discretion in admit[...]

Oregon Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Baby Born With Herpes

February 13, 2018

On January 29, 2018, an Oregon medical malpractice jury found in favor of the defendant OB/GYN in a medical malpractice case in which the 25-year-old plaintiff alleged that the defendant OB/GYN was medically negligent in failing to order a test for herpes when the pregnant woman was examined by the [...]

$40M Pennsylvania Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict

February 3, 2018

On January 23, 2018, after more than two weeks of trial, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a now 6-year-old girl who suffered catastrophic injuries during birth that left her paralyzed below her chest due to a spinal injury. The Pennsylvania medical malpractice[...]

Michigan Appellate Court Holds Nurse Practitioner Cannot Testify As To Registered Nurse Standard Of Care

December 25, 2017

The State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Michigan Appellate Court”) held in its December 12, 2017 published opinion involving a Michigan birth injury medical malpractice case that a nurse practitioner who spends the majority of her time practicing or teaching pursuant to her specialty ce[...]

New Jersey Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Case Dismissed Due To Lack Of Proper Expert Opinion

August 28, 2017

The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“Appellate Court”) affirmed the dismissal of a New Jersey birth injury medical malpractice case in an unpublished opinion on July 14, 2017 because the plaintiffs did not produce any expert report to articulate the standard of care appl[...]

$15M Chicago Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Settlement

August 8, 2017

A Chicago hospital reportedly has agreed to settle birth injury medical malpractice claims against it, without admitting liability, for $15 million. The Chicago birth injury settlement was reached on July 17, 2017 and was approved by a judge before the Chicago medical malpractice lawsuit was dismiss[...]

Tennessee Appellate Court Rules Mother’s Birth Injury Claim Untimely, But Child’s Birth Injury Claim Was Timely Filed

July 8, 2017

The Court of Appeals of Tennessee (“Tennessee Appellate Court”) ruled on May 26, 2017 that a mother’s medical malpractice claim for the injuries she sustained during the birth of her child was untimely filed, but overruled the trial court’s ruling that the child’s birth[...]

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