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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Hospital In Medical Malpractice Case Alleging Apparent Authority

January 12, 2021

The Appellate Court of Illinois Second District (“Illinois Appellate Court”), in its opinion filed on June 11, 2020, affirmed summary judgment granted to the defendant hospital in an Illinois medical malpractice case, holding “although Kishwaukee’s advertisements initially could [...]

Washington Appellate Court Allows Juror With Connection To Defendant OB To Sit On Birth Injury Jury

April 11, 2020

On March 10, 2020, the Court of Appeals of the State of Washington Division Three (“Washington Appellate Court”) affirmed the trial court’s decision to allow a prospective juror to sit on a Washington medical malpractice jury in a birth injury medical malpractice case alleging that[...]

Texas Supreme Court Reverses $2.7M Brachial Plexus Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

March 16, 2020

On February 21, 2020, the Supreme Court of Texas (“Texas Supreme Court”) reversed a Texas medical malpractice jury’s verdict in the total amount of $2.7 million in a brachial plexus birth injury case, holding that Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code section 74.153’s standard o[...]

Oklahoma Supreme Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Defendants In Brachial Plexus Birth Injury Case

June 11, 2017

In its decision filed on May 16, 2017, the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma (“Oklahoma Supreme Court”) reversed summary judgment granted to the Oklahoma medical malpractice defendants by the trial court, finding that the plaintiffs had raised a question of fact by their summary[...]

Bill Introduced (Again) To Establish Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund

March 7, 2017

HB 1347 was introduced in the Maryland General Assembly during the current 2017 Session, which is entitled “Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund,” that would establish a system for adjudication and compensation of claims arising from birth-related neurological injuries, which would cost[...]

$30.5M Georgia Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

November 18, 2016

On November 9, 2016, a Georgia medical malpractice jury in a conservative jurisdiction returned its verdict in the amount of $30,545,655 in favor of a now 4-year-old child who suffered a severe, permanent brain injury leading to cerebral palsy as a result of medical negligence during her mother̵[...]

California Appellate Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Failure To Give Informed Consent Instruction

November 1, 2016

In its unpublished opinion filed on October 24, 2016, the Court of Appeal of the State of California Second Appellate District Division One (“Appellate Court”) reversed a California medical malpractice defense verdict, finding that the trial judge had erroneously failed to instruct the [...]

Three Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Filed Against Texas OB

October 20, 2016

On October 13, 2016, three birth injury medical malpractice lawsuits were filed against a Texas OB, alleging that the defendant OB’s medical negligence caused their newborns to suffer catastrophic injuries. One of the newborns died and the other two newborns suffered severe permanent neurologi[...]

$4.25M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Settlement For Death Of Twins Due To Eclampsia

September 12, 2016

A Pennsylvania medical malpractice lawsuit filed against physicians who provided prenatal care to a pregnant woman was recently settled for a reported $4.25 million payment to the plaintiff. In an opinion filed on August 18, 2016 by a state court judge in Pennsylvania, the judge gave the defendants [...]

$16M Alabama Medical Malpractice Verdict For Hospital’s Misleading Natural Birth Program Marketing

August 14, 2016

On August 5, 2016, an Alabama medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a woman who had undergone natural childbirth at the defendant hospital but suffered serious injuries during labor and delivery. The Alabama medical malpractice jury took about ten hours to deliberate after a two-[...]

$53M Chicago Medical Malpractice Verdict For Birth Injury

July 12, 2016

On June 29, 2016, a 12-person Chicago medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $53 million for the severe and permanent brain injury resulting in cerebral palsy suffered by a newborn who was delivered at the University of Chicago Medical Center in 200[...]

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