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$4M Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Verdict For Woman’s Death Shortly After Giving Birth

October 28, 2017

On October 5, 2017, a Massachusetts medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $4 million in favor of the plaintiff in a Massachusetts medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleged that a 36-year-old woman died due to medical negligence shortly after she gave birth to a[...]

Texas Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Expert Report Was Sufficient

September 8, 2017

In its opinion filed on August 17, 2017, the Court of Appeals for the First District of Texas (“Texas Appellate Court”) held that the trial court reasonably could have concluded that the plaintiff’s expert report met the requirements of Civil Practice and Remedies Code section 74[...]

Texas Appellate Court Affirms Sufficiency Of Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice Expert’s Report

June 22, 2017

In its Memorandum Opinion filed on May 25, 2017, the Court of Appeals Thirteenth District Of Texas (“Texas Appellate Court”) affirmed the trial court’s ruling that the plaintiff’s expert report filed with her Texas medical malpractice lawsuit was sufficient. The medical mal[...]

New York Supreme Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Defendants In Episiotomy Case

March 23, 2017

On March 7, 2017, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department (“Appellate Court”) affirmed summary judgment entered in favor of the New York medical malpractice defendants, finding that the New York medical malpractice plaintiffs had failed to meet their burden of pr[...]

Wisconsin Supreme Court Affirms $1.75M Brachial Plexus Injury Verdict, Discusses Daubert Challenge

January 11, 2017

In its decision filed on January 6, 2017, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin (“Wisconsin Supreme Court”) affirmed a Wisconsin medical malpractice jury’s verdict in the amount of $1,750,000 in favor of a baby who suffered a permanent brachial plexus injury during his delivery that the [...]

$19.3M Pennsylvania Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Settlement

January 2, 2017

In December 2016, a Pennsylvania court approved a $19.3 million birth injury medical malpractice settlement that involved the alleged negligent delivery of a baby on December 13, 2012 at Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton, Pennsylvania, that left the child with a profound and permanent brain injury t[...]

Florida Supreme Court Voids Medical Malpractice Arbitration Agreement

December 24, 2016

In its decision filed on December 22, 2016, the Supreme Court of Florida (“Florida Supreme Court”) held that a medical malpractice arbitration agreement between a patient and her health care provider was void as against public policy because it excludes required provisions of the Medica[...]

$4.2M Connecticut Medical Malpractice Verdict In Erb’s Palsy Birth Injury Case

November 8, 2016

On October 28, 2016, a Connecticut birth injury jury returned its verdict in the amount of $4.2 million in favor of a child who suffered Erb’s palsy as a result of medical negligence during his delivery in 2009. The Connecticut medical malpractice lawsuit that was filed in 2011 alleged that bi[...]

$11.5M Nebraska Medical Malpractice Verdict For Birth Injury

November 2, 2016

A Nebraska medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $11.5 million in favor of a severely injured child who suffered brain damage during his delivery due to medical negligence. The Omaha medical malpractice jury reached its verdict on October 24, 2016 after a trial that lasted m[...]

$11.75M Ohio Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

October 14, 2016

A birth injury medical malpractice jury in Ohio returned its verdict against the defendant hospital and the defendant OB-GYN on October 6, 2016 after a four-week trial, finding that the defendant hospital was 70% responsible, and the defendant OB-GYN 30% responsible, for the severe and permanent bir[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Discusses Effect Of Medical Malpractice Settlement On Subsequent Defendants

September 15, 2016

In its decision filed on August 31, 2016, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“Appellate Court”) was faced with the issue whether the New Jersey medical malpractice defendants were entitled to a pro tanto credit for the amount that the plaintiffs had obtained by way of [...]

$1.3M Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of Newborn Following Heart Surgery

June 20, 2016

On June 7, 2016, a Philadelphia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $1.3 million, by a vote of eleven to one after six days of trial, finding that the defendant anesthesiologist was negligent when she administered too much calcium to a newborn fol[...]

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