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Ohio Supreme Court Holds Juror’s Post-Trial Letter Expressing Remorse Cannot Overturn Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict

September 2, 2020

The Supreme Court of Ohio (“Ohio Supreme Court”) held in its opinion dated July 23, 2020, “This case involves a jury verdict rendered late on a Friday evening in favor of the defense in a medical-malpractice action. After the trial was over, one of the jurors wrote a letter to the [...]

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[...]

$6.3M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict Against Cardiologist

December 25, 2019

On December 9, 2019, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice wrongful death jury returned its verdict in the amount of $6,308,000 in favor of the wife of a 48-year-old man who died from acute myocardial infarcation (heart attack) due to severely constricted cardiac arteries, six weeks after the defendant[...]

Michigan Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Cardiologist In Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuit

November 18, 2019

The State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Michigan Appellate Court”), in an unpublished opinion dated October 22, 2019, reversed summary judgment that had been granted by the trial court to the defendant cardiologist in a Michigan medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit involving a 57-[...]

New York Appellate Court Applies Continuous Treatment Doctrine To Save Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice Case

July 30, 2018

In its opinion filed on April 28, 2018, a New York appellate court reversed summary judgment for the defendant cardiologist in a New York medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleged that the defendant was medically negligent in prescribing the drug Pradaxa in combination with the plainti[...]

$7.9M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Cardiologists For Woman’s Stroke

July 28, 2017

On July 3, 2017, a Miami-Dade County, Florida medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $7,991,000 in favor of a 77-year-old woman who suffered a debilitating stroke affecting her left side after her cardiologists stopped her blood-thinning medication, Coumadin. The plaintiff&[...]

Indiana Cardiologist Faces 300 Claims Of Performing Unnecessary Cardiac Procedures

January 23, 2016

An Indiana cardiologist who retired in 2015 and his medical practice are facing nearly 300 Indiana medical malpractice claims that allege that he performed unnecessary cardiac procedures, including implanting unnecessary cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators. On December 8, 2015, an Indiana medical[...]

Ohio Cardiologist Found Guilty Of Medicare Fraud

October 4, 2015

On September 25, 2015, a federal jury in Ohio found an Ohio cardiologist guilty of a Medicare fraud scheme, after a four-week trial and more than a day of jury deliberations. The Ohio cardiologist was found guilty of performing unnecessary cardiac catheterizations, tests, stent insertions, and cau[...]

$3M Connecticut Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Cardiologist

July 1, 2015

On June 24, 2015, a Connecticut medical malpractice jury found in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiff and against a primary care physician and a cardiologist, awarding $3 million in compensatory damages. The Connecticut medical malpractice trial lasted six days and the jury deliberated for [...]

Indiana Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Allege Unnecessary Implanted Cardiac Devices

May 11, 2014

A Lake County, Indiana cardiologist is facing two medical malpractice lawsuits by two former patients whom both allege that the cardiologist implanted unnecessary cardiac devices in them. A separate federal whistleblower lawsuit has also been filed against the cardiologist and the hospital where he [...]

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