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New York Appellate Court Finds $5M Medical Malpractice Verdict Excessive

May 27, 2018

The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”) held in its Decison & Order dated May 9, 2018 that the $5 million New York medical malpractice jury verdict ($1,000,000 for past pain and suffering and $4,000,000 f[...]

Former New York Abortion Doctor Pleads Guilty To Criminally Negligent Homicide

May 22, 2018

On May 4, 2018, a former New York abortion doctor, who ran an abortion clinic in New York until it was closed after a patient died following a late-term abortion in 2016, reached a plea agreement with prosecutors during a month-long trial after the jury reported that it was deadlocked. The abortion [...]

Kentucky Appellate Court Orders New Medical Malpractice Trial Where Judge Failed To Strike Juror For Cause

May 20, 2018

The Commonwealth of Kentucky Court of Appeals (“Kentucky Appellate Court”) held in its decision rendered on May 4, 2018 that the Kentucky medical malpractice plaintiff was entitled to a new trial, stating: “We find that the trial court abused its discretion by not striking Juror 42[...]

Missouri Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case For Failure To File Affidavit Of Merit

May 19, 2018

The Supreme Court of Missouri (“Missouri Supreme Court”) held in its en banc opinion issued on May 1, 2018 that the Missouri medical malpractice plaintiff’s case was properly dismissed because she failed to file any affidavit of merit, not because she offered multiple affidavits or[...]

Nearly $8M Idaho Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Urgent Care Clinic For Patient’s Paralysis

May 17, 2018

On April 27, 2018, an Idaho medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $7.96 million gainst the defendant hospital and its urgent care clinic for the paralysis suffered by the plaintiff as a result of alleged medical negligence. The Idaho medical malpractice jury awarded $1 milli[...]

Louisiana Appellate Court Reverses Itself, Revives Medical Malpractice Case

May 16, 2018

The State of Louisiana Court of Appeal, Third Circuit (“Louisiana Appellate Court”), in its May 2, 2018 opinion, reversed its previous opinion and thereby revived a Louisiana medical malpractice lawsuit, finding that the trial court had erred in granting summary judgment to the defendant[...]

New York Appellate Court Reverses Directed Verdict For Primary Care Physician In Medical Malpractice Case

May 13, 2018

In its decision dated April 27, 2018, the Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”) held that the trial court erred in granting a directed verdict to the defendant primary care physician in a New York medical malpra[...]

North Carolina Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Defendants

May 11, 2018

In its unpublished opinion filed on April 17, 2018, the Court of Appeals of North Carolina (“North Carolina Appellate Court”) held that the trial court erred in disqualifying the plaintiff’s expert witness and reversed the trial court’s order that granted summary judgment to the defe[...]

FDA Issues Safety Alert Regarding Cross-Contamination Of Endoscopes

May 10, 2018

On April 18, 2018, the FDA issued a Safety Alert about the risk of cross-contamination with certain connectors that are used in gastrointestinal endoscopy. Specifically, the FDA warned that it has not received acceptable testing to demonstrate the safe use of 24-hour multi-patient use endoscope conn[...]

Florida Supreme Court Discusses What Is, And Is Not, A Medical Malpractice Claim

May 8, 2018

The Supreme Court of Florida (“Florida Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on April 26, 2018: “In accordance with the Legislature’s definition of medical malpractice and this Court’s relevant case law, we hold that for a claim to sound in medical malpractice, the act from[...]

Mississippi Supreme Court Grants New Trial In Surgical Sponge Medical Malpractice Case

May 7, 2018

The Supreme Court of Mississippi (“Mississippi Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on April 26, 2018 that the trial court erred by refusing to instruct the Mississippi medical malpractice jury as requested by the plaintiff in a case where the plaintiff alleged that the defendant su[...]

Florida Supreme Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Improperly Admitted Expert Testimony

May 6, 2018

A deeply-divided Supreme Court of Florida (“Florida Supreme Court”) overturned a defense verdict in a Florida medical malpractice case on April 26, 2018, holding that the trial court erred by admitting the treating physician’s deposition testimony regarding how he would have treated th[...]

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