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California Appellate Court Rules Summary Judgment Inappropriate For Defendant In Colonoscopy Medical Malpractice Case

August 2, 2020

The Court of Appeal of the State of California Third Appellate District (El Dorado) (“California Appellate Court”) ruled in its unpublished opinion filed on June 22, 2020 that the defendant gastroenterologist was not entitled to summary judgment in a California medical malpractice case w[...]

Michigan Appellate Court Rules Summary Judgment Not Appropriate For Defendant Gastroenterologist

August 16, 2019

In its published opinion filed on July 25, 2019, the State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Michigan Appellate Court”) ruled that the circuit court did not err by denying the defendants’ motion for summary disposition in a Michigan medical malpractice case where the defendant gastroe[...]

Utah Supreme Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Jury Finding That Statute Of Limitations Barred Plaintiff’s Claim

April 30, 2018

In its opinion filed on April 11, 2018, the Supreme Court of the State of Utah (“Utah Supreme Court”) affirmed a Utah medical malpractice jury’s finding that the plaintiff’s claim was filed after the two-year statute of limitations for Utah medical malpractice claims expired [...]

New York Appellate Court Affirms $1M Medical Malpractice Verdict For Perforated Colon During Colonoscopy

September 11, 2017

In its decision filed on August 23, 2017, the Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”) affirmed the $1 million New York medical malpractice jury award in favor of the plaintiffs in a case involving an undiagnosed p[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Where Informed Consent Evidence Erroneously Introduced

August 5, 2017

The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on July 25, 2017 that the trial court had erroneously allowed informed consent evidence to be introduced by the defense during a New Jersey medical malpractice jury trial that resulted in a [...]

Michigan Appellate Court Discusses Ostensible Agency In Medical Malpractice Case

July 30, 2016

In an unreported decision, the State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Appellate Court”) discussed ostensible agency in a medical malpractice case where the plaintiff was attempting to hold a hospital responsible for the alleged medical negligence of a gastroenterologist who had perforate[...]

$5.1M New York Medical Malpractice Verdict For Hepatitis C Acquired During Routine Colonoscopy

February 20, 2016

A New York medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $5.1 million in favor of the plaintiff, who alleged in her New York medical malpractice lawsuit that the defendant physicians’ negligence caused her to become infected with Hepatitis C during a routine colonoscopy that t[...]

Naval Hospital Jacksonville Sued For Medical Malpractice For Brain Injury During Colonoscopy

August 1, 2015

A federal medical malpractice lawsuit filed on July 21, 2015 in the U.S. District Court in Florida alleges that the medical negligence of the medical personnel involved with a retired Navy Chief’s colonoscopy and endoscopy performed at Naval Hospital Jacksonville (Florida) led to his severe [...]

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