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Federal Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Removed State Medical Malpractice Case For Failure To Comply With Federal Law

June 13, 2024

Dwan and Aaron Bray filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in state court individually and on behalf of their minor child, N.B., against Dr. Timothy J. Thress and various medical entities and actors. Plaintiffs sought damages stemming from defendants’ negligence as to Dwan Bray’s pre-natal care and[...]

Federal District Court Finds United States Entitled To Charitable Immunity Cap In Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Case

September 5, 2023

Underlying Facts United States Entitled To Charitable Immunity Cap In Massachusetts Malpractice Case: Since at least 2012, Paula Meador was a patient at Greater Gardner Community Health Center (“GGCHC”), which is located in Worcester County, Massachusetts. GGCHC is a location of Community Health[...]

Federal Appellate Court Affirms $8.3M Brachial Plexus Birth Injury Verdict

August 12, 2020

In its decision dated June 29, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) affirmed a federal district court’s medical malpractice birth injury award in the total amount of $8.3 million, including $2.6 million in lost earnings and $5[...]

Federal Sixth Circuit Holds Ohio’s Affidavit Of Merit Requirement Does Not Apply In Federal Medical Malpractice Case

November 11, 2019

In its opinion published on November 7, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) addressed whether a federal inmate who had surgery while imprisoned in a federal prison in Ohio that left him permanently disabled was required to file an af[...]

Newly Proposed Federal Legislation Would Eviscerate Medical Malpractice Victim Rights

March 1, 2017

The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee approved on February 28, 2017 by a vote of 18 to 17 proposed federal legislation, H.R. 1215, that if passed by the full House and Senate and signed into law, would drastically harm medical malpractice victims throughout the United States by sever[...]

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Federal Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Removed State Medical Malpractice Case For Failure To Comply With Federal Law

Federal District Court Finds United States Entitled To Charitable Immunity Cap In Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Case

Federal Appellate Court Affirms $8.3M Brachial Plexus Birth Injury Verdict

Federal Sixth Circuit Holds Ohio’s Affidavit Of Merit Requirement Does Not Apply In Federal Medical Malpractice Case

Newly Proposed Federal Legislation Would Eviscerate Medical Malpractice Victim Rights

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