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Kentucky Appellate Court Affirms Respondeat Superior Does Not Apply Where Surgeon Left Sponges In Patient

May 19, 2021

The Commonwealth of Kentucky Court of Appeals (“Kentucky Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished opinion rendered on April 16, 2021 in a Kentucky medical malpractice case where the plaintiff sought to hold a hospital liable for the alleged medical negligence of a surgeon who allegedly [...]

$10.5M Kentucky Medical Malpractice Verdict For Leg Amputation After Sponge Left During Bypass Surgery

January 23, 2020

A Kentucky medical malpractice jury recently awarded $10.5 million against the defendant hospital for a woman who had to have a left leg partial amputation that resulted from a sponge left in her during bypass surgery in 2011. About four years after the bypass surgery, the woman found out that the s[...]

Kentucky Appellate Court Applies Common Knowledge Exception To Expert Testimony In Stroke Misdiagnosis Medical Malpractice Case

August 4, 2017

NOTE: THE FOLLOWING KENTUCKY COURT OF APPEALS CASE WAS REVERSED BY THE KENTUCKY SUPREME COURT ON AUGUST 29, 2019 In its unpublished opinion filed on July 21, 2017, the Commonwealth of Kentucky Court of Appeals (“Kentucky Appellate Court”) held that given the ubiquity of information regar[...]

Kentucky Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case That Named Wrong Defendant

April 4, 2017

In its unpublished opinion rendered on March 3, 2017, the Commonwealth of Kentucky Court of Appeals (“Appellate Court”) affirmed the dismissal of the plaintiff’s medical malpractice case, finding that the plaintiff could not meet the requirement of mistaken identity of the proper[...]

Kentucky Jury Awards $21.2M For Unnecessary Cardiac Procedure

August 21, 2016

A Kentucky medical malpractice jury awarded a local man $21.25 million in compensatory and punitive damages on August 10, 2016 against a local hospital and its owner for allegedly allowing an unnecessary cardiac procedure to be performed on him. The jury found that the defendant hospital and its p[...]

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Kentucky Appellate Court Affirms Respondeat Superior Does Not Apply Where Surgeon Left Sponges In Patient

$10.5M Kentucky Medical Malpractice Verdict For Leg Amputation After Sponge Left During Bypass Surgery

Kentucky Appellate Court Applies Common Knowledge Exception To Expert Testimony In Stroke Misdiagnosis Medical Malpractice Case

Kentucky Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case That Named Wrong Defendant

Kentucky Jury Awards $21.2M For Unnecessary Cardiac Procedure

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