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New York Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Claim Barred By Workers’ Compensation Law

February 12, 2021

In its Decision and Order filed on January 14, 2021, the Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, First Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”) held: “Plaintiff’s medical malpractice claim against Dr. Delfin is barred by the Workers’ Compensation Law [...]

Mississippi Pharmacy Owner Sentenced To 18-Year Prison Sentence For His Part In $287M Health Care Fraud Scheme

February 7, 2021

On January 15, 2021, the U. S. Department of Justice announced that a 54-year-old Mississippi businessman who co-owned numerous compounding pharmacies and pharmaceutical distributors was sentenced to 18 years in prison on his guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and one[...]

Survey Finds Tort Reforms Lead To Less Jury Trials; Jury Trials Still Preferred Over Arbitration

January 27, 2021

An article appearing on December 11, 2020 in the Louisiana Law Review entitled “Reasons for the Disappearing Jury Trial: Perspective from Attorneys and Judges” that reported on a survey of 1,460 attorneys and judges (173 judges (70% state and 30% federal) and 1,282 attorneys (63% who han[...]

1.8% Of Doctors Responsible For More Than Half Of Medical Malpractice Payouts In The U.S.

January 24, 2021

CBS News recently reported that “1.8 percent of doctors are responsible for more than half of all malpractice payouts. Of that small group, “Only 1 in 7 have had action taken against them by any state [medical board].”” Source That calculation was performed by Robert E. Oshel[...]

North Carolina Appellate Court Overturns Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case Based On Statute Of Limitations

January 20, 2021

The Court of Appeals of North Carolina (“North Carolina Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on December 15, 2020 in a medical malpractice case alleging that the defendants failed to provide appropriate follow-up care or refer the plaintiff to a specialist after a test showed that[...]

Virginia Senate Bill Would Eliminate Current Limitations On Medical Malpractice Damages

January 15, 2021

On January 13, 2021, Senate Bill 1107 was offered that is entitled “Limitation on recovery in certain medical malpractice actions,” which would eliminate the cap on the recovery in actions against health care providers for medical malpractice where the act or acts of malpractice occurred[...]

New York Appellate Court Orders Summary Judgment For Defendants In Brain Tumor Medical Malpractice Case

December 9, 2020

The New York Appellate Division, Fourth Department (“New York Appellate Court”), in its opinion entered on November 13, 2020, held, in part: “We further conclude that the court erred in denying the cross motion of Radiology Associates for summary judgment dismissing the amended com[...]

Unmasked OB Spreads Devastating Infection To Mother During Baby’s Delivery

December 6, 2020

A medical malpractice claim has been filed against a Tel Aviv, Israel OB for allegedly spreading his group A Streptococcus (“Strep A”) infection to the patient whose baby he was delivering because he failed to wear a mask during the delivery. The 39-year-old woman was delivered by vacuum[...]

Medical Malpractice Claims Involving Intraoperative Neuromonitoring For Spinal Surgery

November 25, 2020

A research article entitled “Damned if you monitor, damned if you don’t: medical malpractice and intraoperative neuromonitoring for spinal surgery” published online in the Journal of Neurosurgery in November 2020 concluded: “The use and interpretation of intraoperative neurom[...]

Physicians’ Attitudes Toward Medical Ethics, 2020

November 16, 2020

An article appearing on Medscape on November 13, 2020 entitled “Ethics 2020 Life, Death, and Painful Dilemmas A Decade of Changes in Physicians’ Attitudes” reported on the results of a survey of 5,130 physicians in the United States from July 25, 2020 to September 10, 2020 about se[...]

Study Finds Medical Device Manufacturers’ Payments To Physicians Influenced Their Device Selection

November 12, 2020

A study published on November 3, 2020 in JAMA Network entitled “Association Between Industry Payments to Physicians and Device Selection in ICD Implantation” concluded: “In this cross-sectional study, a large proportion of ICD or CRT-D implantations were performed by physicians who[...]

Surgery Medical Malpractice Statistics For 2010 Through 2019

November 11, 2020

Coverys, “a nationally recognized medical professional liability insurer and a leader in helping the medical community address the challenges of healthcare delivery in today’s rapidly changing landscape,” published a report in October 2020 entitled “A Call For Action: Insights Fr[...]

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