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Wisconsin Appellate Court Applies Discovery Rule In Reviving Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case

February 25, 2019

In its decision filed on February 14, 2019, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals held in a Wisconsin medical malpractice wrongful death case that “summary judgment should not have been granted in favor of [the defendant cardiac surgeon]. Instead, we conclude that there are competing reasonable infer[...]

$4.7M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Check Central Line Placement

February 19, 2019

On January 31, 2019, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned a $4.7 million verdict in favor of a woman whose lower right leg was permanently damaged when medication was administered in the ICU through a central line that was misplaced in the emergency room. The emergency room doctor who placed [...]

Medical Malpractice Statistics In The United States

February 18, 2019

CRICO Strategies (“CRICO”), a division of The Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions Incorporated, recently issued its report entitled Medical Malpractice in America: A 10-Year Assessment With Insights (“Report”). The 123,512 medical professional liabi[...]

$4.8M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Undiagnosed And Untreated Spinal Infection Leading To Paralysis

February 16, 2019

A Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury awarded a man and his wife in excess of $4.8 million on January 25, 2019 after a two-week trial and three-and-a-half hours of deliberations. The jury awarded $183,673 per year for the next 18 years for the man’s medical expenses, $1.23 million for past a[...]

89-Year-Old Connecticut Woman Sues EMTs For Fall From Stretcher

February 14, 2019

An 89-year-old woman in Connecticut has filed a lawsuit against the EMTs that responded to her home and were transporting her to the hospital when they allegedly failed to secure her to the stretcher, thereby leading to her fall to the ground. The elderly woman claims that she was severely injured a[...]

Almost Half Of U.S. Adults Have Cardiovascular Disease

February 11, 2019

The American Heart Association (AHA) announced on January 31, 2019 the findings of its Heart and Stroke Statistics — 2019 Update that was published in its journal Circulation. The researchers found that 48 percent of all adults in the United States (121.5 million in 2016) have some type of cardiov[...]

$3.4M Virginia Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict For Obese Patient Who Aspirated During Surgery

February 4, 2019

On January 23, 2019, a Virginia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in a Virginia medical malpractice wrongful death case in the amount of $3.4 million against one of the defendant doctors. After two and a half weeks of trial, the jury awarded $385,451 for expense[...]

New Hampshire Supreme Court Revives Medical Malpractice Case That Had Been Dismissed Due To Judicial Estoppel

January 20, 2019

In its opinion filed on December 21, 2018, the Supreme Court of New Hampshire (“New Hampshire Supreme Court”) held: “the trial court erred in dismissing the medical malpractice claim against the defendants on the basis of judicial estoppel. That claim belongs to the bankruptcy esta[...]

$14M Iowa Wrongful Birth Medical Malpractice Verdict

January 16, 2019

On January 8, 2019, an Iowa medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the wrongful birth plaintiffs in the amount of $14,504,790, which included $285,000 for the mother’s emotional distress from the date of the injury to the present and $1,346,938 for her future emotional distr[...]

FDA Receives Over 100,000 Suspected Medication Error Reports Each Year

January 14, 2019

The FDA reports that it receives over 100,000 reports of suspected medication errors in the United States every year. A medication error is defined as any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the healthcare[...]

Cleveland Clinic Resident Fired After Social Posts About “Giving Wrong Meds” To Jews Discovered

January 12, 2019

The Cleveland Clinic in Ohio announced that it has fired a first-year resident after it was discovered that she had tweeted numerous anti-Semitic rants, including on August 28, 2013: “@ShabanSalya Allah yo5od el yahood 3ashan enbattel nettar nroo7 3nd hel wes5een -___- [May Allah take back (en[...]

Michigan Appellate Court Finds Defendant’s Expert Qualified To Testify As To Standard Of Care

January 8, 2019

The State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Michigan Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished opinion dated December 13, 2018 that the defendant hospital’s expert was qualified to testify as to standard of care issues in a Michigan medical malpractice case. The Underlying Facts On Au[...]

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