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Kentucky Supreme Court Discusses Ex Parte Communications In Medical Malpractice Cases

August 2, 2015

The issue that the Supreme Court of Kentucky (“Kentucky Supreme Court”) had to decide in a case it decided on July 2, 2015 was whether litigants in Kentucky may, and under what conditions, engage in ex parte interviews with treating physicians in Kentucky medical malpractice cases. The[...]

$18.27M Kentucky Birth Injury Verdict Settled For $17.5M

February 13, 2015

On February 3, 2015, a Kentucky hospital agreed to settle a birth injury medical malpractice case for $17.5 million. In November 2014, a Kentucky medical malpractice jury had awarded the child and his mother $18.27 million for the serious and permanent brain injury suffered by the child during deli[...]

Kentucky Senate Republicans Push For Medical Review Panels

February 9, 2015

Late last week, the Republican-controlled Kentucky Senate passed a medical malpractice reform bill that would add an additional layer and burden to those seeking justice for medical malpractice committed in Kentucky. In what the foes of the Kentucky medical malpractice reform effort call unnecess[...]

Kentucky Cancer Clinic Allegedly Overtreated Patients To Increase Profits

January 15, 2015

Two physicians associated with a Kentucky cancer clinic agreed in June 2014 to pay $3.7 million to federal and state authorities to resolve health care fraud claims. Now, former patients are left to wonder if they received unnecessary procedures or had unnecessarily extended cancer treatments in ord[...]

Defendant Physician’s Medical License Problems Held Irrelevant In Kentucky Medical Malpractice Case

December 25, 2014

In its decision issued on December 19, 2014, the Supreme Court of Kentucky (“Kentucky Supreme Court”) held that the defendant physician’s medical license problems were not admissible in the case it was deciding because evidence of collateral misconduct to show a person’s pro[...]

Kentucky Medical Malpractice Case Alleging False HIV Test Result Was Filed Too Late

September 21, 2014

A Circuit Court judge in Kentucky has entered summary judgment against a man with regard to his Kentucky medical malpractice lawsuit filed against the University of Kentucky Medical Center that alleged that the plaintiff was falsely told in 2004 that he was HIV positive. The Kentucky medical malp[...]

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