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South Carolina Appellate Court Applies Statute Of Repose To Overturn Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Defendants

February 26, 2018

The State of South Carolina Court of Appeals (“South Carolina Appellate Court”) overturned summary judgment that the trial court had entered in favor of the defendant physician and the defendant medical university in a case decided on February 7, 2018, finding that the circuit court erre[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Reduces Medical Malpractice Verdict For Future Damages By $15M Because Plaintiff Died During Jury Deliberation

February 23, 2018

The Illinois Appellate Court, Second Division (“Illinois Appellate Court”) in its decision filed on February 6, 2018 held that the Illinois medical malpractice jury’s award of $22 million to the plaintiff must be reduced by $15 million, the portion of the award for future damages, [...]

$13.16M California Medical Malpractice Verdict For Brain Damage Suffered During Endoscopy

February 20, 2018

A California medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $13.16 million late last week in favor of a young woman who suffered a brain injury during an endoscopy procedure due to her blood pressure being dangerously low during the procedure. The $5 million that the California jury [...]

Massachusetts Appellate Court Finds Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Offer Of Proof Sufficient

February 19, 2018

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Appeals Court (“Massachusetts Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished opinion filed on February 6, 2018 that the plaintiff’s offer of proof in a Massachusetts medical malpractice case was sufficient to raise a legitimate question appropriate for [...]

$645K Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Following Elective Back Surgery

February 15, 2018

On January 12, 2018, a Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in a Maryland medical malpractice lawsuit that alleged that a 64-year-old man died from heart complications following elective back surgery in October 2013 that was intended to address an injury [...]

Oregon Supreme Court Recognizes Wrongful Birth Claim, Rejects Wrongful Life Claim

February 10, 2018

In its opinion dated February 8, 2018, the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon (“Oregon Supreme Court”) recognized wrongful birth claims but rejected wrongful life claims in Oregon, thereby affirming the lower appellate court’s decision. In the case the Oregon Supreme Court was de[...]

$40M Pennsylvania Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict

February 3, 2018

On January 23, 2018, after more than two weeks of trial, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a now 6-year-old girl who suffered catastrophic injuries during birth that left her paralyzed below her chest due to a spinal injury. The Pennsylvania medical malpractice[...]

New York’s “Lavern’s Law” Signed Into Law

February 2, 2018

On January 31, 2018, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law “Lavern’s Law,” which changes the medical malpractice law in New York so that the two-and-a-half year statute of limitations in New York medical malpractice cancer cases begins to run on the date of discovery of th[...]

New Trial Ordered In Olympus Contaminated Scope Case

January 26, 2018

In its Order dated January 16, 2018, the Superior Court of the State of Washington For King County (“Court”) granted the plaintiff’s motion for new trial and for sanctions against Olympus America, Inc. and related defendants (“Olympus”) in a wrongful death case in which[...]

Confidential Medical Malpractice Settlement Agreements Harm Patient Safety – Part One

January 14, 2018

Too often victims of medical malpractice are required by negligent medical providers and their medical malpractice insurance companies to agree to sign confidentiality agreements (a/k/a non-disclosure agreements, or NDAs) in which they agree to keep silent and not discuss with anyone their underlyin[...]

Florida Supreme Court Holds LMHS Lien Law Unconstitutional

January 5, 2018

In its opinion filed on December 20, 2018, the Supreme Court of Florida (“Florida Supreme Court”) held that the LMHS Lien Law is a special law pertaining to creation, enforcement, extension or impairment of liens, and since those liens are based on a private contracts for the receipt of [...]

Tennessee Appellate Court Says Physician’s Handshake May Or May Not Be Medical Care

December 30, 2017

The Court of Appeals of Tennessee at Nashville (“Tennessee Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on December 19, 2017 that “[a]ccepting [the plaintiff’s] allegations as true and allowing [the plaintiff] the benefit of all reasonable inferences, we cannot conclude that [[...]

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