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Iowa Appellate Court Agrees Some Claims Against Hospital May Be For Ordinary Negligence

December 6, 2021

The Court of Appeals of Iowa (“Iowa Appellate Court”) stated in ts opinion filed on November 3, 2021 in a lawsuit against a hospital for injuries suffered from a patient’s fall, “Jacqueline Struck appeals the district court’s order granting the defendants’ motions to dism[...]

Texas Appellate Court Says Slip On Liquid On Floor In Hospital While Walking To Procedure Room Is A Medical Malpractice Claim

May 7, 2020

The Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals (“Texas Appellate Court”), in its Majority Opinion dated March 26, 2020, held that the plaintiff’s claim that the defendant hospital was negligent as a result of her fall due to a liquid on the floor was “an alleged departure from accepte[...]

Kentucky Appellate Court Says Patient’s Fall From Hospital Bed Is A Medical Malpractice Claim

November 5, 2017

In its opinion rendered on October 13, 2017, the Commonwealth of Kentucky Court of Appeals (“Kentucky Appellate Court”) had to decide if the res ipsa loquitor doctrine applied, which would eliminate the need for an expert witness, in a case filed by the wife of a hospital patient in whic[...]

Michigan Appellate Court Rules Hospital Fall Injury Claim Was Medical Malpractice Claim

August 13, 2017

The State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Michigan Appellate Court”) ruled in its July 20, 2017 unreported decision that the plaintiff’s claim for damages for the injuries he sustained when he fell while walking to the bathroom in his hospital room was a claim for medical negligence[...]

$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[...]

$270K California Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Following Fall From Hospital Bed

July 10, 2015

The family of a 90-year-old woman who had fallen from her hospital bed while an inpatient in a California hospital in 2012 and suffered a fractured skull, bleeding in her brain, and a mid-shaft displaced and comminuted fracture of her femur as a result, filed a California medical malpractice wro[...]

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