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Indiana Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Not Entitled To Default Judgment For Defendant’s Failure To Make Timely Evidentiary Submission

September 14, 2025

Dewight Allen received medical care from Anonymous Providers 1 and 2 and Anonymous Physician 1 (“Providers”) and subsequently submitted a proposed complaint for medical malpractice with the Indiana Department of Insurance (DOI) and filed a complaint in the trial court. After Providers fa[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Rules Negligent Credentialing Claim Requires Underlying Medical Malpractice Claim

January 19, 2024

Jonathan Cavins was a pediatrician who was convicted of two counts of felony child molesting, one count of felony sexual misconduct with a minor, and two counts of felony child seduction for his commission of sexual acts on several male teenage patients, including John Doe II, while he was employed [...]

Indiana Appellate Court Says Claim Against Group Home Was For Medical Malpractice

July 22, 2019

The decedent received inpatient treatment for mental illness for five months after which he was admitted to the defendant group home that offered supervised living for patients who do not require inpatient services. The defendant group home, which is licensed as a Supervised Group Living home throug[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Plaintiff

December 9, 2017

In its Memorandum Decision filed on November 21, 2017, the Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Indiana Appellate Court”) affirmed the trial court granting summary judgment to the Indiana medical malpractice plaintiff, finding that the affidavit of the defendant’s medical expert filed in [...]

$744K Indiana Medical Malpractice Verdict For Orthopedic Surgeon’s Rush To Surgery

June 13, 2017

On May 17, 2017, a six-person Indiana medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $744,000 against a now deceased orthopedic surgeon whom the jury found to have rushed to perform unnecessary surgery on a 16-year-old’s shoulder without first attempting conservative treatment.[...]

Hospital Medical Providers: Are They Employees Or Independent Contractors?

October 3, 2012

Many people who receive medical care in a hospital in the United States are often unaware that one or more of the individuals who provide them with treatment, care, and services are not employees of the hospital but instead are “independent contractors.” The relationship of the medical[...]

Indiana Appeals Court Allows Medical Malpractice Case 35 Years Later

August 17, 2012

On August 10, 2012, the Court of Appeals of Indiana filed its opinion in a case in which it allowed a medical malpractice case to proceed despite the medical malpractice having occurred 35 years earlier. On August 4, 2009, the medical malpractice plaintiff filed her claim that alleged that her fami[...]

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