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Arizona Appellate Court Rules Assumption Of Risk Jury Instruction Improper In Antibiotic Malpractice Claim

October 5, 2017

In its unreported opinion filed on September 19, 2017, the Arizona Court of Appeals Division One (“Arizona Appellate Court”), Arizona’s intermediate appellate court, held that it was error for the trial court to instruct the Arizona medical malpractice jury with regard to the plain[...]

Why We Must Treat Doctors Like Professional Truck Drivers When They Harm Other People

July 7, 2014

Professional truck drivers receive specialized training before they are allowed to perform their job, and they gain necessary practical experience as they continue to accumulate miles over the years – the more they drive and the more experience they acquire, the more competent they become. Pro[...]

3 Medical Malpractice Defenses That Don’t Hold Water

June 30, 2014

3 of the common medical malpractice defenses that do not hold up to scrutiny are as follows: Defense Number 1: “My standard practice is to …” When doctors are sued for medical malpractice, they commonly testify that they do not specifically recall the incident that the plaintiff al[...]

South Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death After Surgery

April 14, 2012

On March 9, 2012, after a one-week trial before a South Carolina medical malpractice jury, the surviving husband of a woman who died in November, 2007 just three weeks after surgery, received a medical malpractice verdict in his favor in the amount of $2.4 million. The medical malpractice claim al[...]

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Why We Must Treat Doctors Like Professional Truck Drivers When They Harm Other People

3 Medical Malpractice Defenses That Don’t Hold Water

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