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Uterine Cancer Rates, Deaths Increase In U.S.

January 2, 2019

The CDC reported on December 7, 2018 that “Uterine cancer is one of the few cancers with increasing incidence and mortality in the United States, reflecting, in part, increases in the prevalence of overweight and obesity since the 1980s. It is the fourth most common cancer diagnosed and the se[...]

$15M Indiana Medical Malpractrice Verdict For Misread CT Scan

July 28, 2018

On June 15, 2018, an Indiana medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $15 million ($14 million for the patient and $1 million for her husband) against a radiology group for a radiologist’s negligent misreading of the wife’s CT scan that mi[...]

Washington Appellate Court Allows Prior Drug Use Testimony In Medical Malpractice Case

March 9, 2018

The Court of Appeals of the State of Washington (“Washington Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished opinion filed on February 20, 2018 in a Washington medical malpractice wrongful death case that testimony regarding the decedent’s prior drug use was properly admitted into eviden[...]

California Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Cancerous Pancreas Implanted Into Patient

December 21, 2017

A California medical malpractice lawsuit filed on December 7, 2017 in the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the County of Sacramento alleges that the defendants transplanted into the plaintiff a pancreas and kidney from a donor who had metastatic cancer, resulting in the plaintiff[...]

New Mexico Supreme Court Establishes Rule For Application Of Statute Of Repose In Medical Malpractice Cases

December 8, 2017

The Supreme Court of the State of New Mexico (“New Mexico Supreme Court”) held in its November 20, 2017 opinion that while the New Mexico Medical Malpractice Act (“MMA”), NMSA 1978, §§ 41-5-1 to -29 (1976, 4 as amended through 2015) forecloses any cause of action that does [...]

Proposed Law Would Extend New York’s Statute Of Limitations For Certain Medical Malpractice Claims

June 25, 2017

New York’s current statute of limitations for medical malpractice claims is two years and six months from the date of the alleged medical negligence, regardless whether the medical negligence and the harm caused by the medical negligence are known to the medical malpractice victim within the t[...]

Michigan Appellate Court Affirms Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice Expert’s Testimony Not Admissible

June 12, 2017

In its unpublished opinion filed on April 13, 2017, the State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Michigan Appellate Court”) affirmed the trial court’s order granting summary disposition in favor of the defendants in a Michigan medical malpractice wrongful death case because the plainti[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms $3M Medical Malpractice Verdict

February 7, 2017

In its decision dated January 20, 2017, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Appellate Court”) affirmed a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury’s verdict in the amount of $3 million in favor of the plaintiff that found that the two defendant radiologists had breached the standard o[...]

Brain Cancer Replaces Leukemia As Leading Cause Of Cancer Deaths Among U.S. Children

September 24, 2016

The CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) issued its Data Brief for September 2016 in which it reiterated the good news that since the mid-1970s, cancer death rates among children and adolescents in the United States showed marked declines, but also noted the bad news that there h[...]

Former Michigan Oncologist Settles 43 Medical Malpractice Claims For $8M

July 27, 2016

On July 20, 2016, a former oncologist from Michigan settled 43 medical malpractice claims filed by his former patients for a total of $8 million. The settlement takes into account Michigan’s cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases, which is currently $440,000 (or nearly $800,00[...]

West Virginia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Against Radiologist Who Missed Brain Tumor

June 28, 2016

A Huntington, West Virginia couple have filed a West Virginia medical malpractice lawsuit against a radiologist and the radiology practice that employed him, alleging that the radiologist missed a brain tumor on a brain scan that he read that led to the untreated brain cancer growing until it could [...]

$3M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Delayed Diagnosis Of Lung Cancer

November 30, 2015

On November 13, 2015, a Jefferson County, Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $3 million for past and future noneconomic damages in favor of a woman whose lung cancer went undiagnosed for four years due to alleged medical negligence by two physicians who were [...]

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