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Pennsylvania Appellate Court Discusses Proof Necessary For Default Judgment Damages Against Defendant Who Misrepresented He Was A Physician

October 1, 2019

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”), in its non-precedential decision filed on September 9, 2019, addressed the issue, “To what extent does a plaintiff in a tort action, who obtains a default judgment, have to prove a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 connection between the to[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms New Trial Order In Medical Malpractice Case Where Defense Repeatedly Asked Improper Questions

August 13, 2018

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 of witnesses dur[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Allows Mental Health Malpractice Case To Proceed

February 1, 2017

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 mental health malpractice co[...]

$5M Pennsylvania Hospital Malpractice Verdict For Misplaced Feeding Tube Leading to Death

May 24, 2016

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 the wrongful death claims a[...]

$2.39M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Post-Surgery Fall

February 25, 2016

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 for her past non-economic l[...]

Man Who Contracted Mold Infection In Pennsylvania Hospital Has Died

February 10, 2016

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 Pittsburgh Medical Center (“UPMCR[...]

PA Superior Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict: When A Win Is A Loss

January 15, 2016

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 deter[...]

Claim Against Pennsylvania Hospital For NTM Infection Linked To Heart Bypass Machines With Heater-Cooler Devices

December 16, 2015

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 [...]

$10.1M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Child’s Misdiagnosed Bacterial Meningitis

November 27, 2015

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 to timely diag[...]

$2.2M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Paraplegia

November 4, 2015

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 wife, for her loss of consortium claim)[...]

$12.5M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Paralysis Following Misdiagnosis

August 18, 2015

On August 7, 2015, after an almost two-week medical malpractice trial and four hours of jury deliberations, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs (husband and wife) and against two defendant physicians for the delayed diagnosis of the husband’[...]

Federal Judge Rejects Strict Liability For Defective Medical Device Claim

July 25, 2015

On July 15, 2015, a federal judge with the U.S. District Court for Eastern District of Pennsylvania held that the exclusion from strict liability for prescription drug claims should also apply to prescription medical device claims. Despite the fact that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has yet to a[...]

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