The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”), in its non-precedential decision filed on September 9, 2019, addressed the issue, “To what extent does a plaintiff in a tort action, who obtains a default judgment, have to prove a causal… Read More
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Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms New Trial Order In Medical Malpractice Case Where Defense Repeatedly Asked Improper Questions
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) on July 10, 2018 affirmed an order for a new trial in a Pennsylvania medical malpractice case where the jury returned a defense verdict following the defense attorney repeatedly asking improper questions… Read More
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Pennsylvania Appellate Court Allows Mental Health Malpractice Case To Proceed
In its decision filed on January 17, 2017, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania held that the trial court erred in dismissing the plaintiff’s mental health medical malpractice case, finding that the plaintiff had sufficiently pled gross negligence in her Pennsylvania… Read More
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$5M Pennsylvania Hospital Malpractice Verdict For Misplaced Feeding Tube Leading to Death
On May 13, 2016, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the Pennsylvania medical malpractice wrongful death plaintiffs and against the defendant hospital and radiology practice in the amount of $5 million, which included $1.5 million for… Read More
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$2.39M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Post-Surgery Fall
A Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury recently returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $2.39 million after a seven-day trial and three hours of jury deliberations. The twelve-person Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury awarded the woman $800,000… Read More
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Man Who Contracted Mold Infection In Pennsylvania Hospital Has Died
A 70-year-old transplant patient who had contracted a fungal infection from mold while he was a patient in a Pennsylvania hospital has died. The man, who was the fourth patient to have become infected with mold last year while a patient at University of… Read More
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PA Superior Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict: When A Win Is A Loss
On January 6, 2016, in a non-precedential decision, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Court”) affirmed the trial court’s denial of the plaintiffs’ motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and their motion for a new trial, finding that the trial court properly… Read More
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Claim Against Pennsylvania Hospital For NTM Infection Linked To Heart Bypass Machines With Heater-Cooler Devices
On November 30, 2015, a husband and wife filed a notice of medical negligence claim against a Pennsylvania hospital regarding the husband’s open heart surgery in November 2013 that allegedly resulted in him contracting a very serious bacterial infection due to an allegedly unclean device… Read More
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$10.1M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Child’s Misdiagnosed Bacterial Meningitis
A Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a now 6-year-old boy and against defendant Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (“CHOP”) for the serious injuries the boy suffered when he was 11 months old allegedly due to CHOP’s failure… Read More
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$2.2M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Paraplegia
On October 23, 2015, a 12-person Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury found in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $2.2 million ($300,000 for past pain and suffering, $1.7 million for future pain and suffering, and $200,000 for the injured party’s… Read More
