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How To Avoid Becoming A Medical Malpractice Victim – Part II: Get Your Medical Records, Read Them Carefully, And Get Them Corrected, If Necessary

September 27, 2018

Victims of medical malpractice are most often harmed through no fault of their own. Yet some of the victims of medical negligence may have avoided their serious injuries if they had requested and obtained a copy of their medical records, read them carefully for accuracy, and requested necessary corr[...]

North Carolina Supreme Court Reverses Lower Appellate Court, Finding That Plaintiff’s Claim Was Medical Malpractice, Not Ordinary Negligence

September 26, 2018

The Supreme Court of North Carolina, in it’s two-page opinion filed on August 17, 2018, “agree[d] that the majority at the Court of Appeals erred when it converted plaintiff’s claim of medical malpractice into a claim of ordinary negligence … We therefore reverse the decision of [...]

How To Avoid Becoming A Medical Malpractice Victim – Part I: Ask Questions Until You Understand

September 25, 2018

This blog posting is the result of what we have learned after many years of assisting medical malpractice victims throughout the United States find local medical malpractice lawyers willing to investigate the reasons why they experienced unexpected and harmful results from medical treatment. Not all[...]

Idaho Supreme Court Affirms $3.7M Medical Malpractice Verdict

September 23, 2018

In its opinion filed on September 6, 2018, the Supreme Court of the State of Idaho (“Idaho Supreme Court”) affirmed an Idaho medical malpractice verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $3,775,864.21 (the Idaho medical malpractice jury determined that the plaintiff and her husb[...]

Wrongful Pregnancy Medical Malpractice Claims

September 22, 2018

A wrongful pregnancy medical malpractice claim, which is sometimes called a wrongful conception claim, is brought by “parents of a normal but unplanned child [seeking] damages either from a physician who allegedly was negligent in performing a sterilization procedure or abortion, or from a pha[...]

Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Case Filed For Death Of Premature Baby Who Contracted Virus In NICU

September 21, 2018

A medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit reportedly was filed in August 2018 against Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (“CHOP”), alleging that a premature baby treated at the hospital in 2016 was one of 23 infants who contracted a virus while being treated in the hospitalR[...]

Kansas Supreme Court Upholds Plaintiff’s Verdict In Medical Malpractice Case

September 20, 2018

In its opinion filed on August 24, 2018, the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas (“Kansas Supreme Court”) held: any perceived distinction between the phrases “causing an event” and “contributing to an event” is a distinction without a difference; plaintiffs’[...]

$74M New Mexico Medical Malpractice Birth Injury Verdict

September 18, 2018

During August 2018, a New Mexico medical malpractice birth injury jury returned its verdict in favor a child who suffered permanent, catastrophic birth injuries because the physician who provided prenatal care to his mother failed to properly monitor the growth of the baby in utero that resulted in [...]

Maryland Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Maryland Medical Malpractice Case Due To Untimely Expert Certificate And Report

September 11, 2018

In its unreported opinion filed on August 6, 2018, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) held that the Maryland medical malpractice plaintiff had failed to timely comply with the requirement in Maryland medical malpractice cases that a sufficient Certifica[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Rules Spilling Of Acid On Child Would Be Medical Malpractice Claim, Not Ordinary Negligence

September 3, 2018

The August 9, 2018 non-precedential decision of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) ruled that the plaintiff’s allegation that a dermatology physician’s assistant’s (“PA”) alleged spilling of acid on a seven-year-old’s s[...]

Arizona Supreme Court Allows Medical Malpractice Claim Against Hospital To Continue After Surgeon Settles

September 2, 2018

The Supreme Court of the State of Arizona (“Arizona Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on July 9, 2018 that a stipulated dismissal with prejudice of an agent-surgeon does not preclude a party from asserting a claim against the surgeon’s principal for its own independent negligen[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Rules Medical Malpractice Claim Against Dermatologist Filed Too Late

August 26, 2018

The Georgia Court of Appeals (“Georgia Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on June 8, 2018 that the plaintiffs’ medical malpractice claim against the dermatologist who treated their 16-year-old daughter was filed after the expiration of Georgia’s two-year statute of l[...]

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