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For Patient Safety Sake, Get Rid Of Doctors With Multiple Paid Medical Malpractice Claims!

August 28, 2020

“Physicians with poor malpractice liability records may pose a risk to patient safety … [a] small group of physicians accounts for a disproportionately large share of all malpractice claims and patient complaints. This maldistribution has long been evident, but studies in the past severa[...]

Federal Appellate Court Reverses $6.3M Medical Malpractice Verdict That Allowed Plaintiff To Recover Twice For Same Harm

August 26, 2020

In a case decided by the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) on July 17, 2020, the plaintiff had settled a medical malpractice lawsuit with the defendant orthopedic surgeons and physician assistants (“PAs”) but not against the defendant ho[...]

Why Can’t I Find A Medical Malpractice Lawyer?

August 14, 2020

There are too many victims of medical malpractice in the United States who won’t obtain fair compensation for their injuries. Some people may not recover adequate damages because of unrealistic and inadequate caps on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases in their state (for example,[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Addresses Claims For Unauthorized Access To Private Health Information

August 13, 2020

The Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Indiana Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on May 26, 2020, “We conclude that Appellees’ claims do not fall within the purview of the MMA and that the trial court properly denied Community’s motion to dismiss. Additionally, on the clai[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Discusses Need For Expert Affidavit In Negligent Credentialing Cases

August 11, 2020

The Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Appellate Court”) stated in its opinion dated June 29, 2020, “This Court has not addressed whether an expert affidavit regarding negligent credentialing on the part of a hospital is necessary in addition to the expert affidavit filed agains[...]

New York Appellate Court Reverses Portion Of Trial Court’s Reduction Of Medical Malpractice Pain And Suffering Award

August 5, 2020

The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”) decided on June 24, 2020, in a New York medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleged that the defendant perforated a part of her small intestine as he perform[...]

California Appellate Court Rules Summary Judgment Inappropriate For Defendant In Colonoscopy Medical Malpractice Case

August 2, 2020

The Court of Appeal of the State of California Third Appellate District (El Dorado) (“California Appellate Court”) ruled in its unpublished opinion filed on June 22, 2020 that the defendant gastroenterologist was not entitled to summary judgment in a California medical malpractice case w[...]

North Carolina Appellate Court Cites Old Precedent In Affirming That Nurses Cannot Be Held Liable For Medical Malpractice In North Carolina

July 28, 2020

The Court of Appeals of North Carolina (“North Carolina Appellate Court”) stated in its opinion dated June 16, 2020: “Nearly a century ago, our Supreme Court rejected the notion that nurses can be liable for medical malpractice based on their diagnosis and treatment of patients. Th[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case For Failure To Provide Proper Presuit Notice

July 25, 2020

The Georgia Court of Appeals Fifth Division (“Georgia Appellate Court”), in its opinion dated June 11, 2020, affirmed the dismissal of the plaintiff’s Georgia medical malpractice lawsuit, holding “both of Brown’s [plaintiff’s] ante litem notices failed to indicate the[...]

Medical Malpractice Statistics For Retinal Surgery

July 20, 2020

In an article posted on June 8, 2020 entitled “Malpractice Litigation in Vitreoretinal Surgery and Medical Retina” that was designed to report and analyze the causes and outcomes of vitreoretinal surgery and medical retina malpractice litigation concluded: “The complexity of treati[...]

California Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Defense In Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case Where Man Died From Aortic Dissection Eight Hours After Discharge From ER

July 15, 2020

The Court of Appeal of the State of California Second Appellate District Division Eight (“California Appellate Court”), in its June 1, 2020 published opinion, stated: “The trial court granted summary judgment to a hospital in a lawsuit brought by the family of an emergency room pat[...]

Oregon Supreme Court Holds $500,000 Cap On Noneconomic Damages Is Unconstitutional

July 14, 2020

In its opinion filed on July 9, 2020, the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon (“Oregon Supreme Court”) held: “ORS 31.710(1), as a limit on the noneconomic damages that a court can award to a plaintiff, violates Article I, section 10.” The Underlying Facts The plaintiff had t[...]

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