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New Jersey Appellate Court Finds No Extraordinary Circumstances To Excuse Failure To File Affidavit Of Merit In Prison Medical Malpractice Case

March 13, 2018

The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“New Jersey Appellate Court”) held in its opinion approved for publication on February 27, 2018 that the failure of the plaintiffs’ original New Jersey medical malpractice attorney to file the required Affidavit of Merit (AOM) in[...]

Virginia Supreme Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Verdict For Plaintiff For Failure To Prove Causation

March 12, 2018

In its opinion filed on February 22, 2018, the Supreme Court of Virginia (“Virginia Supreme Court”) overturned the $652,000 jury award in favor of the plaintiff in a Virginia medical malpractice case, holding that the circuit court erred in denying the defendant surgeon’s motion to[...]

Ohio Appellate Court Refuses To Enforce Arbitration In Medical Malpractice Case

March 11, 2018

The Court of Appeals of Ohio Third Appellate District Allen County (“Ohio Appellate Court”), in its decision filed on February 20, 2018, held that the defendant hospital in an Ohio medical malpractice case had waived its right to arbitrate the plaintiff’s medical malpractice claims[...]

Massachusetts Appellate Court Affirms That Medical Malpractice Complaint Was Filed Too Late

March 10, 2018

On February 21, 2018, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Appeals Court (“Massachusetts Appellate Court”) affirmed summary judgment for the defendant in a Massachusetts medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleged that the defendant surgeon was negligent in performing her abdomi[...]

Washington Appellate Court Allows Prior Drug Use Testimony In Medical Malpractice Case

March 9, 2018

The Court of Appeals of the State of Washington (“Washington Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished opinion filed on February 20, 2018 in a Washington medical malpractice wrongful death case that testimony regarding the decedent’s prior drug use was properly admitted into eviden[...]

Large Health Insurer Announces It Will Not Pay For Anesthesia Services For Many Cataract Surgeries

March 8, 2018

Anthem, Inc. (“Anthem”) is one of the largest health benefits companies in the United States. Anthem is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association serving members in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, Nevada, New Ham[...]

Our 7th Anniversary Of Posting Daily Medical Malpractice Blogs

March 7, 2018

On March 5, 2018, medicalmalpracticelawyers.com celebrated its seventh anniversary of posting daily medical malpractice blogs. Each of our over 2,500 consecutive daily blog postings can be searched by word or phrase. medicalmalpracticelawyers.com states on its website: “Medical malpractice law[...]

$500K Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict In Lap Chole Case

March 4, 2018

On February 6, 2018, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $500,000 in a Baltimore medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleged that the defendant surgeon negligently clipped the common bile duct during her gallbladder removal[...]

$11.35M Ohio Medical Malpractice Verdict For Birth Injury Brain Damage Claim

March 3, 2018

After a two-week trial and a day of jury deliberations, on February 15, 2018, an Ohio medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $11.35 million in favor a child who suffered brain damage due to alleged medical negligence during his delivery. The parents brought the Ohio birth inj[...]

New York Appellate Court Applies Continuous Treatment Doctrine In Allowing Medical Malpractice Claim

March 2, 2018

The State of New York Court of Appeals (“New York Appellate Court”), which is New York’s highest appellate court, applied the continuous treatment doctrine to a New York medical malpractice claim in its decision filed on February 18, 2018, thereby holding that summary judgment was [...]

Texas Supreme Court Finds Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Expert Report Sufficient

February 28, 2018

The Supreme Court of Texas (“Texas Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on February 2, 2018 that the trial court and the lower appellate court were wrong in finding that the plaintiff’s expert report was deficient, stating “[b]ecause his report identifies the ‘cond[...]

New Head Of Mississippi State Board Of Medical Licensure Faced 12 Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

February 27, 2018

It has been reported that the newly hired Executive Director of the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure (“Board”), which has jurisdiction over Medical Doctors (M.D.s), Osteopathic Physicians (D.O.s), Podiatrists (D.P.M.s), Physician Assistants (P.A.s), Radiology Assistants (R.A.[...]

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