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Nearly $4M Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Cleveland Clinic Physician For Permanent Facial Nerve Neuropathy

October 6, 2019

An Ohio medical malpractice jury listened to testimony and considered the evidence it was provided during a week-and-a-half trial after which it found the defendant Cleveland Clinic physician medically negligent in causing the plaintiff’s permanent facial nerve neuropathy during a temporal art[...]

$150K Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Botched Hysteroscopy Leading To Hysterectomy And Loss Of Kidney

October 4, 2019

A Maryland medical malpractice jury on Maryland’s conservative Eastern Shore returned its verdict in the amount of $150,000 in favor of a woman who lost her kidney and suffered other substantial injuries as a result of a hysteroscopy that was botched by the defendant physician. The Maryland me[...]

Kentucky Supreme Court Rules Expert Testimony Was Necessary In Stroke After Angiogram Medical Malpractice Case

October 3, 2019

The Supreme Court of Kentucky (“Kentucky Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on August 29, 2019: “we conclude that the res ipsa loquitor exception is inapplicable herein and expert opinion evidence is therefore required to establish causation. The expert testimony in this cas[...]

New Jersey Supreme Court Issues Reprimand To New Jersey Medical Malpractice Lawyer For Discriminatory And Demeaning Letters To Chinese Defendant

September 30, 2019

On September 6, 2019, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued a reprimand to a New Jersey medical malpractice lawyer, stating: “in his professional capacity, respondent made demeaning, discriminatory statements regarding [the medical malpractice defendant]. In aggravation, in 2012, he received an [...]

$55.9M New York Medical Malpractice Verdict For Quadraplegia Following Neck Surgery

September 29, 2019

A New York medical malpractice plaintiff obtained a $55.9 million medical malpractice verdict after a five-month jury trial regarding the laminectomy performed on her in 2009 at a New York hospital following her complaints of pain and tingling in her neck, arms, and hands. During the surgery, her sp[...]

Illinois Medical Malpractice Attorney Cannot Shield His Home In Bankruptcy From Default Judgment Against Him

September 25, 2019

The United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”), in its decision filed on August 5, 2019, stated, “We must determine to what extent contingent future interests created by Illinois law are exempt under this section. The most natural reading of [...]

Former Chief Of Pathology At Arkansas VA Indicted, Including Three Counts Of Involuntary Manslaughter

September 19, 2019

The Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Arkansas (“U.S. Attorney”) announced on August 20, 2019 that 53-year-old Robert Morris Levy (“Levy”), who served as the Chief of Pathology and Laboratory Medical Services at the Veterans Health Care System[...]

Massachusetts Appellate Court Rules Boston Public Health Commission May Be Held Liable For Decedent’s Suicide

September 18, 2019

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Appeals Court (“Massachusetts Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished Memorandum And Order dated August 27, 2019 that “the factual allegations in the plaintiff’s complaint plausibly suggest that the plaintiff may be entitled to relief under[...]

Study: Electronic Health Records (EHR) Contributing More To Medical Malpractice Claims

September 15, 2019

A recently conducted analysis undertaken by The Doctors Company, the largest medical malpractice insurance company owned by physicians, reported: “This type of EHR-related medical malpractice suit is becoming more common. For eight years, claims in which the use of EHRs contributed to patient [...]

Death Statistics For The United States (2017)

September 11, 2019

A total of 2,813,503 resident deaths were registered in the United States in 2017. The 10 leading causes accounted for 74.0% of all deaths in the United States in 2017. In 2017, the 10 leading causes of death (heart disease, cancer, unintentional injuries, chronic lower respiratory diseases, stroke,[...]

Montana Supreme Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict In Post-Tonsillectomy Stroke Case

September 9, 2019

The Supreme Court of the State of Montana (“Montana Supreme Court”) affirmed a Montana medical malpractice defense verdict in its August 13, 2019 memorandum opinion, stating “each party presented expert testimony regarding the standard of care. [The defendant’s] expert …[...]

Oklahoma Hospital Used Contaminated Gastroscopes On 998 Patients

September 8, 2019

According to a MAUDE Adverse Event Report filed during this past summer by Hota Corporation Pentax Tokyo Office (“Pentax Medical”), “Pentax medical became aware of a report on 26-jun-2019 stating that the forward water jet channel on three customer-owned pentax medical gastroscopes[...]

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