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Utah Supreme Court Finds Utah Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Too Late Under UGIA

September 6, 2019

The Supreme Court of the State of Utah (“Utah Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on August 15, 2019 that despite the Utah medical malpractice plaintiff’s argument that a notice of claim she filed in September 2016, regarding the medical services she received no later than 20[...]

Medical Tourism – Galenia Hospital, Cancun, Mexico

August 31, 2019

A 56-year-old woman from Mississippi, who needed knee replacement surgery that would be covered under her husband’s health care insurance, chose to have the surgery performed at Galenia Hospital in Cancun, Mexico, where a surgeon from Wisconsin flew in to perform the surgery. Not only did the [...]

$5M Brooklyn Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Diagnose Ongoing Urine Leak Following Kidney Transplant Surgery

August 29, 2019

On July 17, 2019, after a month-long New York medical malpractice trial, a Brooklyn medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a woman’s estate in the amount of $5 million. The woman had died at age 39 in 2000, one and a half years after she underwent kidney transplant surgery d[...]

The Underbelly Of The Stem Cell Industry Exposed

August 28, 2019

The results of a joint investigation undertaken by The New Yorker and ProPublica that was published on May 7, 2019 entitled “The Birth-Tissue Profiteers” found that “alongside legitimate, scientifically proven treatments, an industry has sprung up in which specialized clinics offer[...]

Florida Appellate Court Holds Fall From Exam Table After Medical Examination Was Ordinary Negligence, Not Medical Malpractice

August 26, 2019

The District Court of Appeal of Florida Second District (“Florida Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on August 7, 2019: “We thus conclude that jurors can use their common experience to determine whether, after a medical diagnostic test has been completed, the act of leavin[...]

Texas Appellate Court Allows Texas Medical Malpractice Case To Proceed

August 22, 2019

The Court of Appeals Thirteenth District of Texas Corpus Christi-Edinburg (“Texas Appellate Court”) held in its Memorandum Opinion filed on July 17, 2019 that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in a Texas medical malpractice case in its failure to grant the defendant’s mo[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Holds Trial Court Erred In Failing To Enter Judgment N.O.V. For Medical Malpractice Plaintiff

August 21, 2019

The Appellate Court of Illinois Third District (“Illinois Appellate Court”) held in its Order filed on July 19, 2019, “Plaintiff is entitled to judgment n.o.v. on the issue of liability where evidence overwhelmingly established that orthopedic treatment facility was negligent in fa[...]

New York Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defendant Not Entitled To Summary Judgment Where Plaintiff Suffered Blindness

August 20, 2019

The New York Appellate Division, First Department (“New York Appellate Court”), in its opinion filed on July 30, 2019, affirmed the trial court’s denial of summary judgment to the defendant, stating “The motion court correctly denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the ma[...]

Montana Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Against Suspended Gastroenterologist With Long History Of Personal Problems

August 19, 2019

A Montana couple have filed a multi-million-dollar Montana medical malpractice lawsuit against a former gastroenterologist whose Montana medical malpractice license was suspended in April 2019, with his consent, after the Montana Board of Medical Examiners found that he intentionally overdosed on Ju[...]

New York Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Anesthesiologist In Delayed Rendering Of Anesthesia Claim

August 14, 2019

The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”) held in its Memorandum and Order entered on June 7, 2019: “We reject plaintiffs’ contention that the affidavit of their expert raised triable issues of fact suff[...]

Toronto OB/GYN Induced Labor In Patients Without Their Consent To Line His Pockets With Profits

August 11, 2019

A long-time Toronto, Canada obstetrician/gynecologist had his ability to practice medicine revoked after an investigation determined that he induced labor in his patients by giving them dangerous drugs to hasten delivery, without their knowledge or consent, so that they would deliver their babies on[...]

Florida Appellate Court Holds Medical Negligence Claim Cannot Be Basis For Statutory Elder Abuse Claim

August 10, 2019

The First District Court of Appeal State of Florida (“Florida Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on July 15, 2019: “an allegation of medical negligence subject to the statutory requirements of chapter 766, Florida Statutes, cannot form the basis of a claim under section 41[...]

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