$17.6M Opioid Malpractice Verdict

July 26, 2017

A Missouri medical malpractice jury awarded the plaintiffs $17.6 million on June 27, 2017 after a seven-day trial in a medical malpractice case against the plaintiff’s former primary care physician who was alleged to have prescribed ever-increasing amounts of opioids for the plaintiff’s [...]

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Missouri Pharmacy Malpractice Lawsuit Underway

February 24, 2016

On February 22, 2016, jurors were summoned to a Missouri courthouse to begin the initial process of seating a jury to hear a Missouri pharmacy malpractice lawsuit filed by the family of an elderly woman who died as a result of alleged negligence committed by a local pharmacy in filling the woman&[...]

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Missouri Medical Malpractice Damages Cap Signed Back Into Law

May 10, 2015

On May 7, 2015, the Governor of Missouri signed into law caps on noneconomic damages in Missouri medical malpractice cases after a three-year lapse following the Missouri Supreme Court finding that the prior medical malpractice cap was unconstitutional because the flat $350,000 cap violated the co[...]

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