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$4.7M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Check Central Line Placement

February 19, 2019

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 in the emergency room. The emergency room doctor who placed [...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Applies Common Knowledge Exception To Revive Medical Malpractice Case

September 24, 2018

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 of mer[...]

Florida Supreme Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Improperly Admitted Expert Testimony

May 6, 2018

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 have treated th[...]

$1.8M North Carolina Medical Malpractice Settlement For Failure To Timely Re-Intubate After Untimely Removal From Ventilator

April 3, 2018

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 settle their North Carolina medical malpractice cl[...]

$17M New Jersey Medical Malpractice Brain Damage Verdict For Child Taken Off Ventilator Too Soon

November 11, 2017

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 in the defendant hospital following surgery, she was removed from a v[...]

Missouri Supreme Court Discusses Juror Bias Claim In Medical Malpractice Case

August 19, 2017

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 24 because she allegedly[...]

Survey Results For Recently Hospitalized People In The United States

January 20, 2015

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 tha[...]

Louisiana Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges ER Misdiagnosis Led to Death

August 21, 2014

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 compensatory damages that include funeral expe[...]

Hey, Where Did My Hospital Go?

November 20, 2013

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 influenced by the financ[...]

Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections In Hospitals

November 12, 2013

Between 250,000 and 500,000 central line-associated blood stream infections (“CLABSIs”) occur in hospitals in the United States annually. CLABSIs cause serious complications leading to longer inpatient stays, increased costs, and higher risk of death. It is estimated that the non-infl[...]

Pennsylvania Hospital Patient Care Whistleblower Fired, Then Sues

October 28, 2013

A 13-year employee of a regional hospital in Pennsylvania, who at times worked as director of acute care services and quality project coordinator, filed a federal lawsuit against her former employer on October 22, 2013, alleging that she was told to leave the hospital premises on October 26, 2012 a[...]

New Estimate: Over 400,000 May Die Each Year In U.S. Due To Hospital Mistakes

September 21, 2013

In an article appearing in Scientific American entitled, “How Many Die from Medical Mistakes in U.S. Hospitals?,” the frequently quoted figure of up to 98,000 annual deaths in U.S. hospitals due to medical negligence has been updated to at least 210,000 and may be more than 400,000 prema[...]

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