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$12M Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict In Misdiagnosed Lung Cancer Case

August 19, 2018

On July 19, 2018, a Cook County, Illinois medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $12 million in a medical malpractice case against a radiologist and two family practice physicians for their alleged medical negligence in failing to diagnose a patient[...]

New Jersey Supreme Court Disallows Award Of Attorney Fees In Medical Malpractice Case Subject To High-Low Agreement

August 18, 2018

In its opinion filed on July 19, 2018, the Supreme Court of New Jersey (“New Jersey Supreme Court”) affirmed that the New Jersey medical malpractice plaintiff was not entitled to an award of attorney fees in a successful medical malpractice lawsuit where the parties entered into a high-l[...]

Mexican Medical Malpractice Claim Alleges Delayed C-Section Resulted In Death In Womb

August 7, 2018

The Mexico News Today reported that the Mexican Institute of Social Security is investigating the death of a full term baby in utero that the mother alleges in her Mexican medical malpractice claim was due to the hospital negligently delaying her delivery by Cesarean section. The mother alleges that[...]

Ohio Appellate Court Holds Statute Of Repose Applies To Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Actions

July 31, 2018

In its opinion filed on June 25, 2018, the Court of Appeals of Ohio Third Appellate District Wyandot County (“Ohio Appellate Court”) held that “based on the different motivations of a statute of limitations and a statute of repose, any argument asserting that Ohio’s medical-claim[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Defendants Suffer Loss Of Defenses In Botched Circumcision Case

July 26, 2018

A Georgia judge has struck the defenses of some of the defendants in a Georgia medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleges that the defendants negligently performed a circumcision on her 18-day-old son, because the defendants failed to preserve crutial evidence despite being on notice th[...]

FDA Issues Safety Communication Regarding Surgical Fires

July 20, 2018

On May 29, 2018, the FDA issued a Safety Communication entitled “Recommendations to Reduce Surgical Fires and Related Patient Injury: FDA Safety Communication” in which the FDA discusses the factors that increase the risk of surgical fires on or near a patient and also recommends practic[...]

Study Of Medical Malpractice Claims Involving Dural Tears During Spine Surgery

July 19, 2018

A study entitled “Medical Malpractice Claims Following Incidental Durotomy Due to Spinal Surgery” that was published on July 1, 2018 in the medical journal Spine analyzed 48 medical malpractice cases in which the patient suffered a dural tear during spinal surgery. The most frequently oc[...]

$29.5M Iowa Medical Malpractice Verdict For Patient’s Death From Allergic Reaction To Contrast Dye

July 9, 2018

An Iowa medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $29.5 million in favor of the family of a woman who died on June 9, 2015 as a result of an allergic reaction to the contrast dye administered to her during a CT scan. The June 13, 2018 Iowa medical malpractice verdict included [&[...]

Ohio Appellate Court Rules Lawyer For Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Cannot Continue To Represent Her

June 26, 2018

The Court of Appeals of Ohio Second Appellate District Miami County (“Ohio Appellate Court”) ruled in its June 1, 2018 Opinion that the plaintiff’s medical malpractice lawyer cannot continue to represent her in an Ohio medical malpractice case, stating “in light of the role p[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Podiatrist On Inadequate Records Claim

June 20, 2018

The Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Indiana Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on May 30, 2018 that the plaintiff failed to produce any evidence that would establish that the defendant podiatrist’s treatment of her fell below the applicable standard of care, and if the defen[...]

New Study Finds Cardiologists Comfortable With Greater Clinical Uncertainty Following Medical Malpractice Reforms

June 8, 2018

On June 6, 2018, JAMA Cardiology published the results of a study that analyzed “the association of damage caps with specific cardiac care decisions that involve clinical uncertainty, high patient risks, and significant malpractice risk.” The study “found evidence that physicians a[...]

New York Appellate Court Holds Summary Judgment Inappropriate For Medical Malpractice Defendants, For Eye Injury During Hip Surgery

May 30, 2018

The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Divison, Fourth Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”) decided on May 4, 2018 that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the New York medical malpractice defendants in a case where a man suffered an unexplaine[...]

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