On October 17, 2019, a Prince George’s County, Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a man who lost his right leg allegedly as a result of the defendant hospital’s orthopedic surgeon’s negligence following the man being… Read More
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$4.7M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Check Central Line Placement
On January 31, 2019, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned a $4.7 million verdict in favor of a woman whose lower right leg was permanently damaged when medication was administered in the ICU through a central line that was misplaced… Read More
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New Jersey Appellate Court Applies Common Knowledge Exception To Revive Medical Malpractice Case
The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“New Jersey Appellate Court”) decided in its opinion published on September 6, 2018 that the “common knowledge” exception relieved the New Jersey medical malpractice plaintiffs of the obligation to serve an affidavit… 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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$1.8M North Carolina Medical Malpractice Settlement For Failure To Timely Re-Intubate After Untimely Removal From Ventilator
The family of a 30-year-old woman who died after she suffered profound and irreversible brain damage because she was removed from a ventilator too soon following surgery, and attempts to re-intubate her were too late and unsuccessful, have agreed to… Read More
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$17M New Jersey Medical Malpractice Brain Damage Verdict For Child Taken Off Ventilator Too Soon
A New Jersey medical malpractice jury found in favor of a now 16-year-old in the amount of $17 million on October 26, 2017, after a six-week medical malpractice trial, unanimously (8 to 0) finding that when she was 7-years-old and… Read More
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Missouri Supreme Court Discusses Juror Bias Claim In Medical Malpractice Case
The Supreme Court of Missouri (“Missouri Supreme Court”), in its opinion issued on August 1, 2017, affirmed a Missouri medical malpractice defense verdict, finding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion by failing to strike for cause prospective juror… Read More
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Survey Results For Recently Hospitalized People In The United States
The largest independent, non-profit, consumer-product-testing organization in the United States surveyed 1,200 recently hospitalized people and reported the results of the survey in the February 2015 edition of its monthly magazine. The eye-opening results include survey respondents reporting that 29% of them experienced… Read More
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Louisiana Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges ER Misdiagnosis Led to Death
On June 23, 2014, a Louisiana mother filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against a local hospital and two physicians, alleging that the misdiagnosis of her daughter led to her untimely death. The plaintiff seeks in her wrongful death lawsuit unspecified… Read More
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Hey, Where Did My Hospital Go?
You may have noticed that your local, independent hospital has either been taken over by a larger, regional health care system or has closed its doors altogether. The consolidation of hospitals in the United States is expected to increase in the coming years, especially… Read More
