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Alabama Supreme Court Decision Rejects Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement

March 27, 2013

On March 22, 2013, the Supreme Court of Alabama (“Alabama Supreme Court”) issued its decision in a case contesting whether a nursing home resident’s representative (one of the daughters of the nursing home resident) bound her father’s nursing home malpractice claim to be ar[...]

$7.4 Million Los Angeles Medical Malpractice Verdict

March 26, 2013

On March 22, 2013, a Los Angeles Superior Court medical malpractice jury returned a verdict after less than two days of deliberations in the amount of $7.4 million in favor of a 26-year-old woman who suffered severe brain injuries after treatment at Palmdale Regional Medical Center. The medical m[...]

Florida $1M Medical Malpractice Verdict For Drug Allergy Death

March 20, 2013

Earlier this month, a Seminole County, Florida medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $1,017,000 that included $517,000 in economic damages, $500,000 for mental anguish, and attorneys’ fees. The Florida medical malpractice lawsuit alleged that th[...]

West Virginia Supreme Court Refuses To Enforce Nursing Home’s Arbitration Agreement

February 4, 2013

By its decision filed on January 24, 2013, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (“Supreme Court”) refused a nursing home’s attempt to enforce an agreement to arbitrate a nursing home resident’s nursing home malpractice case. The Supreme Court held, “West Virgi[...]

Catholic Hospital Defends Medical Malpractice Suit By Claiming Unborn Babies Are Not People

January 31, 2013

While Catholic doctrine establishes the belief that life begins at conception, a Catholic-based hospital in Colorado is defending a medical malpractice case against it and others by alleging and maintaining that unborn babies are not persons. That position would seem to contradict the Catholic [...]

Indiana Supreme Court Decides That Successful Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Forfeited His Right To Challenge Medical Malpractice Damages Cap

January 21, 2013

On January 15, 2013, the Indiana Supreme Court decided an appeal where the medical malpractice plaintiff received a favorable jury verdict in the amount of $8.5 million that was reduced to $1.25 million pursuant to the Indiana Medical Malpractice Act (“Act”). The Act provides in releva[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice $1.42 Million Verdict For Wrong Site Surgery

January 16, 2013

On January 14, 2013, a Baltimore City medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $1.42 million for a surgeon’s wrongful removal of the woman’s right ovary and right fallopian tube when the surgeon was supposed to remove the woman’s dise[...]

Medical Malpractice Defense Expenses Rising Faster Than Settlement Amounts

January 9, 2013

Medical malpractice insurance companies are responsible to pay not only the amount of settlements reached in medical malpractice cases and the amount of judgments entered against their insureds, but also the expenses in defending the medical malpractice claims made against their insureds. The so-cal[...]

Florida Supreme Court Upholds Patient’s Confidentiality In Medical Malpractice Case

December 26, 2012

In a case decided by the Supreme Court of Florida on December 20, 2012, the Florida Supreme Court decided the issue whether the Florida patient confidentiality statute prohibits a nonparty treating physician from having an ex parte meeting (without the medical malpractice plaintiff or her attorne[...]

New Jersey Medical Malpractice Claim For Failure To Report Suspected Child Abuse

December 20, 2012

On November 16, 2012, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division issued its opinion in an appeal of the August 13, 2010 orders dismissing medical malpractice claims of a minor against a hospital emergency room physician and the hospital itself. The medical malpractice lawsuit had alle[...]

U.S. Supreme Court To Decide If Drug Company Payments To Delay Generic Drugs Is Legal

December 12, 2012

When pharmaceutical companies develop new drugs, they obtain patents that provide them with the exclusive legal right to manufacture, distribute, and sell the patented drugs for a set number of years, without worrying that some competitor (such as generic drug manufacturers) will undercut thei[...]

Massachusetts Medical Malpractice $3.74 Million Verdict For Heart Attack Death

December 6, 2012

In June, 2012, a Massachusetts medical malpractice jury awarded $3.74 million to the family of a 59-year-old man who died from a heart attack in June, 2006. An autopsy determined that the man had coronary heart disease and prior heart damage . Four months earlier, he had been transported by paramedi[...]

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