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Iowa Supreme Court Applies Contradictory Affidavit Rule To Deny Medical Malpractice Claim

June 2, 2020

The Supreme Court of Iowa (“Iowa Supreme Court”), in its opinion filed on March 12, 2020, applied the contradictory affidavit rule in denying the medical malpractice claim of an Iowa woman who had to have an arm and eight toes amputated due to necrotizing fasciitis that she claimed the d[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Overturns $10M Jury Award For Loss Of Society And Comfort

May 29, 2020

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) held in its Memorandum Opinion dated April 9, 2020 in a medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit brought by the husband of the decedent, “Based on the trial court’s failure to examine the evidence in this case [...]

Missouri Supreme Court Holds Gynecological Medical Malpractice Case Filed Too Late

May 23, 2020

The Supreme Court of Missouri en banc (“Missouri Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on March 31, 2020: “the uncontroverted material facts are that the necessity that gave rise to Dr. Meddows-Jackson’s duty of continuing care ceased when the treatment for cyst removal and r[...]

U.S. Medical Malpractice Statistics

May 20, 2020

According to the American Medical Association (AMA), 34% of all physicians in the United States have been sued for medical malpractice during their medical careers. Almost half of U.S. physicians who are 55 and older have been sued for medical malpractice, and nearly 30% have been sued two or more t[...]

Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Orthopedic Doctor For Undiagnosed Talus Fracture

May 19, 2020

A Virginia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $882,000 in favor of a Loudoun County, Virginia sheriff’s deputy for the harm he suffered because the defendant orthopedic doctor failed to timely diagnose the talus fracture (ankle fracture) he suffered as a result of a[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Allows Wrongful Death Claim For Aborted Fetus

May 17, 2020

In its opinion filed on March 31, 2020, the Appellate Court of Illinois First District First Division (“”Illinois Appellate Court”) stated, “we answer no to the certified question that asked whether section 2.2 of the Wrongful Death Act bars a cause of action or recovery unde[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Revives Legal Malpractice Case Arising From Two Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

May 14, 2020

In a legal malpractice case decided by the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) on March 30, 2020, the defendant Pennsylvania medical malpractice lawyer and his law firm had represented the plaintiffs in two Pennsylvania medical malpractice lawsuits: one as a r[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Remands Medical Malpractice Case To Determine If Verdict Was Void As Inconsistent

May 12, 2020

The Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on March 30, 2020, “we vacate our original opinion, and applying the abuse-of-discretion standard of review set forth in Evans II, we affirm the trial court’s order to the extent that it denied [...]

Missouri Medical Malpractice Judgment Reduced From $12.8 M To $9.6M

May 11, 2020

A Missouri medical malpractice jury had awarded $12,820,990 to a 57-year-old man in his Missouri medical malpractice lawsuit against two doctors and others for the injuries the man sustained that the jury determined in November 2017 were due to medical negligence in failing to timely diagnose and tr[...]

Oncology Medical Malpractice Claims Statistics

May 10, 2020

The Doctors Company, the largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurance carrier in the United States, reviewed medical oncology claims that closed between 2012 and 2018. The March 2019 analysis found 101 medical oncology claims and two surgical oncology claims. The Doctors Company excluded th[...]

New Jersey Supreme Court Refuses To Apply Common Knowledge Exception In Medical Malpractice Case

May 8, 2020

New Jersey’s Affidavit of Merit Statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 to -29, requires plaintiffs alleging medical malpractice against a licensed professional to include an affidavit from a medical expert in their filing. The affidavit must provide that there exists a reasonable probability the standard[...]

Texas Appellate Court Says Slip On Liquid On Floor In Hospital While Walking To Procedure Room Is A Medical Malpractice Claim

May 7, 2020

The Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals (“Texas Appellate Court”), in its Majority Opinion dated March 26, 2020, held that the plaintiff’s claim that the defendant hospital was negligent as a result of her fall due to a liquid on the floor was “an alleged departure from accepte[...]

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