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Maryland Appellate Court Discusses Certificate Of Qualified Expert Requirements In Maryland Medical Malpractice Cases

January 29, 2020

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, held in its unpublished opinion dated December 26,2019: “The ministerial act of transferring the case from the HCADRO to the circuit court—an action the Director [...]

Texas Appellate Court Rules Defendant Hospital Entitled To Sovereign Immunity From Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuit

January 27, 2020

The Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals (“Texas Appellate Court”) stated in its Memorandum Opinion dated December 31, 2019 that “the gravamen of [the Texas medical malpractice wrongful death plaintiff’s] complaint is that the diagnosis and treatment of decedent Tracy Crawford&#[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Allows Widow To Be Added As Party To Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuit After Statute Of Limitations Expired

January 26, 2020

The Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Appellate Court”), in its decision dated January 3, 2020, applied the relation-back doctrine in ruling that the trial court had abused its discretion in refusing to allow the widow be added to the Georgia medical malpractice wrongful death lawsui[...]

FDA Issues Public Safety Notification On Exosome Products

January 21, 2020

On December 6, 2019, the FDA warned the public, especially patients, health care practitioners, and clinics, of multiple recent reports of serious adverse events experienced by patients in Nebraska who were treated with unapproved products marketed as containing exosomes. These reports were brought [...]

Indiana Appellate Court Dismisses Nursing Home Negligence Appeal

January 20, 2020

In its opinion dated December 26, 2019, the Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Indiana Appellate Court”) held: “Joann Sartain filed a four-count complaint against Trilogy Healthcare of Hamilton II, LLC d/b/a Prairie Lakes Health Campus (“Prairie Lakes”). Prairie Lakes moved to dismi[...]

$5.8M Baltimore Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict Against Hospital

January 16, 2020

On January 14, 2020, a Baltimore City medical malpractice wrongful death jury returned its verdict in the amount of $5,870,000 against the University of Maryland Medical System (“UMMS”) that included $62,177 in economic damages, $9,972 in funeral expenses, and $5.8 million in noneconomic[...]

Colorado Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For 18-Year-Old Who Suffered Severe Brain Injury During Breast Enhancement Surgery

January 11, 2020

The parents of an 18-year-old woman who chose to have breast enhancement surgery on August 1, 2019 following her graduation from high school in order to enhance her self-confidence have filed a Colorado medical malpractice lawsuit against the surgeon and the nurse anesthetist performing the procedur[...]

USA Today Reports Nearly 6,900 Florida Physicians Do Not Have Medical Malpractice Insurance

January 9, 2020

USA Today reports: “Nearly 6,900 doctors in Florida lack malpractice insurance or other coverage … When they maim and kill, there’s less recourse, leaving patients damaged physically and financially, with families struggling to pay medical bills … Those physicians have been disci[...]

Florida Appellate Court Affirms Cap On Noneconomic Damages In Medical Malpractice Arbitration Cases

January 8, 2020

Florida Statute Section 766.118(2) states: “LIMITATION ON NONECONOMIC DAMAGES FOR NEGLIGENCE OF PRACTITIONERS.— (a) With respect to a cause of action for personal injury or wrongful death arising from medical negligence of practitioners, regardless of the number of such practitioner defe[...]

$816,988 North Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Diagnose Spinal Epidural Hematoma After Neck Surgery

January 7, 2020

On December 13, 2019, a North Carolina medical malpractice jury deliberated for three and a half hours before returning its verdict in the amount of $816,988 against an emergency room physician, an orthopedic surgeon, and a hospital. The North Carolina medical malpractice jury awarded $400,000 in pa[...]

Missouri Supreme Court Remands Medical Malpractice Case For Determination Of Plaintiffs’ Negligent Credentialing Claim

January 6, 2020

In its opinion dated December 10, 2019, the Supreme Court of Missouri (“Missouri Supreme Court”) held: “Without evidence showing a reasonable investigation into the surgeon’s background and qualifications would have revealed he was unqualified to perform laparoscopic cholecystect[...]

Medical Malpractice Claims Against Anesthesiologists

January 4, 2020

The Doctors Company, which is the largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer, recently published a study of closed medical malpractice claims against anesthesiologists entitled, “Making Further Advancements in Anesthesia Care Safety,” in which it found: “the two most commo[...]

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