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Maryland Medical Malpractice Case Remanded To Determine If Dismissal Was Appropriate For Failure To File Supplemental Certificate

August 8, 2018

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), in an unreported opinion filed on August 2, 2018, remanded to the circuit court a Maryland medical malpractice case where the plaintiff failed to timely file a supplemental certificate and the circuit court thereafter[...]

FDA Warns About Deaths In Patients With Liquid-Filled Intragastric Balloon Systems Used To Treat Obesity

June 27, 2018

The FDA issued a warning letter to health care providers in the United States on June 4, 2018 regarding reports of deaths in patients with liquid-filled intragastric balloon systems used to treat obesity. Since 2016, the FDA has received reports of a total of 12 deaths that occurred in patients with[...]

$4M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Baby’s Death Due To Undiagnosed Pertussis

June 5, 2018

A Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury recently returned its verdict in favor of the mother of a 32-day-old baby who died eight years ago from undiagnised pertussis (whooping cough). The mother’s Pennsylvania medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit that was filed in 2016 alleged that the d[...]

$18M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Woman Paralyzed Due To Medical Negligence

March 30, 2018

On March 6, 2018, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $18 million in favor of the 58-year-old plaintiff who walked into a hospital but left in a wheelchair, having suffered paralysis that she alleged was due to the medical negligence of the medical providers resp[...]

New Jersey Orthopedic Surgeon Barred From Prescribing Opioids

March 16, 2018

A New Jersey orthopedic surgeon has been temporarily barred from prescribing controlled dangerous substances (CDS) based on allegations he prescribed high dosages of addictive opioid painkillers to his patients for years without a legitimate medical purpose, often while turning a blind eye to signs [...]

Two California Doctors Charged With Fraud Involving Lap Band Surgeries

March 15, 2018

The Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Central District of California announced on February 28, 2018 that two California doctors, one of whom had his medical license revoked in 2009, have been arrested pursuant to a federal indictment charging them with mail fraud, wire fraud, false stat[...]

Tennessee Appeals Court Finds Substantial Compliance By Medical Malpractice Plaintiff

March 30, 2014

In its written opinion filed on March 28, 2014, the Court of Appeals of Tennessee at Knoxville (“Appeals Court”) decided an appeal in which the issue was “whether the Plaintiff failed to strictly comply with the pre-suit notice requirement that the affidavit of service of the writt[...]

Louisiana Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Post-Surgical Death

October 16, 2013

The family of a 67-year-old Louisiana woman who died following elective spine surgery has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the hospital where the surgery was performed, claiming that the medical staff negligently failed to diagnose and treat post-surgical complications that led to the wo[...]

New Oregon Medical Malpractice Mediation Law May Hurt The Public

October 12, 2013

An Oregon medical malpractice reform initiative signed into law during March 2013 by the Governor of Oregon might end up harming the public throughout the United States by permitting bad doctors to hide their past medical mistakes. SB 483 allows negligent doctors and their injured patients�[...]

Michigan Medical Malpractice Jury Awards $12.9M For Birth Injuries

October 9, 2013

On September 27, 2013, a Michigan medical malpractice jury returned an award in favor of the plaintiffs in a birth injury case in the amount of $12.9 million after a 12-day trial. The verdict will likely be reduced to approximately $4 million once Michigan’s $433,400 cap on noneconomic damages[...]

$5.5M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Due To Improperly Placed Cardiac Pacing Wires

September 14, 2013

On September 6, 2013, a Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $5.5 million in favor of the estate of a 53-year-old woman and her surviving daughter for the death of the woman when she bled to death within minutes after improperly placed temporary cardiac pacing wi[...]

Oklahoma Legislature Set To Reinstate Medical Malpractice Reforms During Special Session

September 8, 2013

On June 4, 2013, the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma held that the Oklahoma statutory requirement that an affidavit of merit be filed in actions for professional negligence (medical malpractice) is a “special law” that regulates the practice of law that violates the Oklahoma Constitutio[...]

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