The Appellate Court of Illinois First District (“Appellate Court”) on October 7, 2019 affirmed a general verdict in favor of the Illinois medical malpractice defendant, University of Chicago Medical Center, stating that when a jury returns a general verdict where… Read More
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New York Appellate Court Orders Defendant Hospital To Produce Audit Trail
The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”) stated in its Decision & Order dated March 20, 2019: “[a]though [the defendant hospital] argued that the audit trail may contain information… Read More
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Florida Supreme Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Improperly Admitted Expert Testimony
A deeply-divided Supreme Court of Florida (“Florida Supreme Court”) overturned a defense verdict in a Florida medical malpractice case on April 26, 2018, holding that the trial court erred by admitting the treating physician’s deposition testimony regarding how he would… Read More
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Pennsylvania Hospital Settles Medical Malpractice Case Involving Death of 11-Month-Old, For $6.5M
On April 13, 2018, a Pennsylvania judge signed off on a $6.5 million medical malpractice settlement involving the death on an 11-month-old child whose serious intestinal condition went undiagnosed and untreated by a Pennsylvania hospital until it was too late… Read More
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Illinois Appellate Court Reduces Medical Malpractice Verdict For Future Damages By $15M Because Plaintiff Died During Jury Deliberation
The Illinois Appellate Court, Second Division (“Illinois Appellate Court”) in its decision filed on February 6, 2018 held that the Illinois medical malpractice jury’s award of $22 million to the plaintiff must be reduced by $15 million, the portion of… Read More
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Pennsylvania Appellate Court Discusses Jury Bias In Affirming Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania, in its non-precedential decision filed on October 6, 2017, affirmed the defense verdict entered in a Pennsylvania medical malpractice case where a juror was employed by a company that did business with doctors and therapists… Read More
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Oregon Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Responsible For Newborn’s Suffocation Death
An Oregon woman filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in Oregon during early August 2017 against the hospital where she gave birth and a nurse who was involved with her care, alleging that their negligence led to the woman accidentally suffocating… Read More
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$1M Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict For 22-Year-Old’s Death
On June 30, 2017, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the family of a 22-year-old woman in the amount of just over $1 million for her wrongful death due to medical malpractice. During the five-day… Read More
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$1.1M South Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict For Hospital Negligence Leading To Death
On May 26, 2017, a South Carolina medical malpractice jury awarded the South Carolina medical malpractice wrongful death plaintiff $1 million in noneconomic damages and $103,054.10 in economic damages, after a four-day trial. The South Carolina medical malpractice jury determined that the defendant… Read More
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$250K Massachusetts Wrongful Death Verdict For Hospital Patient’s Death
A Massachusetts medical malpractice jury awarded $250,000 to the family of a 78-year-old hospital patient who died as a result of alleged hospital negligence. The Massachusetts wrongful death verdict was rendered on December 20, 1016, after a two-week trial and… Read More
