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Florida Appellate Court Overturns $15.6M Medical Malpractice Verdict Due To Improper Informed Consent Jury Instruction

July 11, 2019

On June 12, 2019, the District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida Fourth District (“Florida Appellate Court”) overturned a $15,591,619.00 Florida medical malpractice verdict against the defendant doctor, holding “the trial court erred when instructing the jury concerning infor[...]

How To Find A Medical Malpractice Lawyer

November 12, 2018

MedicalMalpracticeLawyers.com is the premier free website helping medical malpractice victims find medical malpractice lawyers in their U.S. state, since 2010. We have helped hundreds of people in the United States who have been harmed by medical negligence find medical malpractice lawyers to speak [...]

Kentucky Supreme Court Reverses Dismissal After Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice Lawyer Allowed To Withdraw

October 14, 2018

In its opinion rendered on September 27, 2018, the Supreme Court of Kentucky (“Kentucky Supreme Court”) held that dismissal with prejudice of the plaintiff’s medical malpractice birth injury lawsuit brought by the infant’s “next friend” (mother) after the plaintif[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Rules Spilling Of Acid On Child Would Be Medical Malpractice Claim, Not Ordinary Negligence

September 3, 2018

The August 9, 2018 non-precedential decision of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) ruled that the plaintiff’s allegation that a dermatology physician’s assistant’s (“PA”) alleged spilling of acid on a seven-year-old’s s[...]

Tennessee Appellate Court Says Physician’s Handshake May Or May Not Be Medical Care

December 30, 2017

The Court of Appeals of Tennessee at Nashville (“Tennessee Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on December 19, 2017 that “[a]ccepting [the plaintiff’s] allegations as true and allowing [the plaintiff] the benefit of all reasonable inferences, we cannot conclude that [[...]

Today We Celebrate Our 2,500th Consecutive Daily Medical Malpractice Blog Posting

December 23, 2017

When we started blogging nearly seven years ago, we did not plan to post blogs every day, for 2,500 consecutive days. We could not have fathomed that there would be 2,500 topics related to medical malpractice that would keep us busy posting, day in and day out. In deciding what the subject should be[...]

Medscape Medical Malpractice Report 2017 (Physicians Survey Results)

November 17, 2017

The “Medscape Malpractice Report 2017” that was made public on November 15, 2017 involved a ten-minute online survey of 4,137 physicians representing more than twenty five medical specialties who met the survey’s screening criteria and who completed the survey between August 25 and[...]

Kentucky Appellate Court Says Patient’s Fall From Hospital Bed Is A Medical Malpractice Claim

November 5, 2017

In its opinion rendered on October 13, 2017, the Commonwealth of Kentucky Court of Appeals (“Kentucky Appellate Court”) had to decide if the res ipsa loquitor doctrine applied, which would eliminate the need for an expert witness, in a case filed by the wife of a hospital patient in whic[...]

Mississippi Supreme Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Defendant Physicians On Lack Of Consent Claim

October 2, 2017

In it opinion filed on September 14, 2017, the Supreme Court of Mississippi (“Mississippi Supreme Court”) reversed summary judgment that was granted to the defendant physicians in a Mississippi medical malpractice case where the lack of the plaintiff’s consent to a surgical procedu[...]

Michigan Appellate Court Rules Hospital Fall Injury Claim Was Medical Malpractice Claim

August 13, 2017

The State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Michigan Appellate Court”) ruled in its July 20, 2017 unreported decision that the plaintiff’s claim for damages for the injuries he sustained when he fell while walking to the bathroom in his hospital room was a claim for medical negligence[...]

Oregon Supreme Court Recognizes Loss Of Chance Of Recovery Claim In Medical Malpractice Cases

May 13, 2017

In its opinion filed on May 11, 2017, the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon (“Oregon Supreme Court”) held, as a matter of first impression, that a medical negligence claim based on a loss-of-chance theory of injury in the circumstances presented is cognizable under Oregon common law ([...]

July 4th Reminds Us That Many Medical Malpractice Victims Cannot Obtain Justice And Equality

July 4, 2015

July 4th, Independence Day in the United States, is the national holiday when we celebrate the birth of the United States and our precious Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence states, in part: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, [...]

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