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$4.1M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict Overturned On Appeal

August 27, 2015

In its decision filed on August 26, 2015, the Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida (“Appellate Court”) overturned a Florida medical malpractice jury’s award of damages in the amount of $4,101,776 to a young child and her parents. The Florida medical malpractice jury h[...]

Georgia Supreme Court Discusses Medical Expert Qualifications In Medical Malpractice Cases

July 27, 2015

The Supreme Court of Georgia issued an opinion on July 13, 2015 discussing Georgia’s requirements concerning medical experts who testify in Georgia medical malpractice cases: in particular, what sort of experience is required of a practicing surgeon who is offered as an expert witness in a [...]

Florida Appellate Court Approves Limit On Number Of Medical Malpractice Experts Testifying At Trial

July 6, 2015

In its opinion filed on June 26, 2015, the District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida Fifth District (“Appellate Court”) “receded” from its decision in a prior case that had held that with only very broad [sic] limits, all qualified expert opinion testimony in a medic[...]

Defendant Physician’s Medical License Problems Held Irrelevant In Kentucky Medical Malpractice Case

December 25, 2014

In its decision issued on December 19, 2014, the Supreme Court of Kentucky (“Kentucky Supreme Court”) held that the defendant physician’s medical license problems were not admissible in the case it was deciding because evidence of collateral misconduct to show a person’s pro[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Summary Judgment For Defendant Reversed

October 24, 2014

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, has reversed a trial court’s granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant in a Maryland medical malpractice case. The trial judge had granted judgment for the defenda[...]

Minnesota Appellate Court Dismisses Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Appeal

May 23, 2013

In an unreported decision filed on May 13, 2013, the Minnesota Court of Appeals (Minnesota’s intermediate appellate court) affirmed the lower court’s granting summary judgment in favor of the medical malpractice defendants due to a deficiency in the plaintiff’s expert affidavit. Th[...]

Doctors Wrongfully Punished Their Own: Medical Society Is Successfully Sued By Its Member

April 3, 2013

On March 28, 2013, a federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania denied the motion of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons/American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (“AAOS”) to set aside the $196,000 jury verdict against it that was[...]

Proposed Change To Maryland Medical Malpractice Law Fails

April 12, 2012

One major complaint about medical malpractice litigation in Maryland and in other states in the U.S. is the costs associated with litigation. And the largest category of expenses related to medical malpractice litigation is the costs of medical experts’ services on both sides of the medical[...]

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