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Tennessee Compounding Pharmacy Recalls Products, Contamination Found In Two Batches

June 11, 2013

The FDA announced on June 6, 2013 that it has identified bacterial and fungal growth in samples from two unopened vials of preservative-free (“PF”) methylprednisolone acetate (“MPA”) 80 mg/mL, 10mL vials manufactured by Tennessee-based Main Street Family Pharmacy, LLC ([...]

New York Court Of Appeals Side-Steps Loss-Of-Chance Recovery In Medical Malpractice Case

June 10, 2013

In its decision filed on June 6, 2013, the New York Court of Appeals (“Court of Appeals”) declined to decide if the “loss-of-chance” theory of tort recovery is available in New York medical malpractice cases. The loss-of-chance doctrine allows recovery to patients “[...]

Alabama Lawsuit Alleges Permanent Injuries From NECC’s Contaminated Steroid

June 8, 2013

As part of the continuing fallout from allegedly contaminated steroid injections manufactured by the New England Compounding Company (“NECC”), an Alabama woman has filed a lawsuit against NECC and a local Alabama hospital in which she claims that she received contaminated steroid inje[...]

West Virginia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit For Botched Breast Enlargement Surgery

June 7, 2013

A 27-year-old West Virginia woman and her husband filed a medical malpractice lawsuit on May 17, 2013 against her breast augmentation surgeon for his alleged medical negligence in performing breast enlargement surgery on February 4, 2010. The medical malpractice plaintiffs allege that the woman f[...]

Oklahoma Supreme Court Finds Medical Malpractice Expert Affidavit Requirement Unconstitutional

June 5, 2013

On June 4, 2013, the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma (“Oklahoma Supreme Court”) held that the Oklahoma statutory requirement that an affidavit of merit be filed in actions for professional negligence (medical malpractice) is a “special law” that regulates the practice[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict In Preeclampsia Case

June 4, 2013

On March 8, 2013, a Richmond County, Georgia Superior Court medical malpractice jury found in favor of the two medical malpractice defendant doctors in a case involving a patient who lost her vision due to preeclampsia. The husband and wife medical malpractice plaintiffs alleged in their medical m[...]

Federal Effort Aimed At Reducing Medical Malpractice Incidents In The U.S.

June 3, 2013

On September 9, 2009, President Obama directed the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) to establish an initiative to help U.S. states and health care systems test models to meet the goals of putting patient safety first and working to reduce preventab[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Jury Awards $15.6 Million In Birth Injury Case

June 1, 2013

On May 30, 2013, a Maryland medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $15.6 million after three weeks of trial and almost three hours of jury deliberations for the brain damage resulting in severe learning disabilities and developmental delays suffered[...]

Elective Surgeries On Weekends Come With 86% Greater Odds Of Death

May 31, 2013

In a research article published by the well-respected British medical journal BMJ on May 28, 2013, the researchers reported that their review of all acute and specialist English hospitals carrying out elective surgery over three financial years, from 2008-09 to 2010-11, found that there was 44% h[...]

Foreign Doctors In The United States

May 28, 2013

Foreign doctors in the United States (those who graduated from medical schools outside of the U.S.) are formally referred to as International Medical Graduates (“IMGs”). From the time of the U.S. Civil War until World War II, Americans would go abroad for advanced medical education ([...]

Our Memorial Day Thoughts Are With Veterans Injured Due To VA Medical Malpractice

May 27, 2013

On this Memorial Day 2013, we remember and honor all of the members of all of the branches of the U.S. military who sacrificed their own needs when their country needed them the most. Fortunately, most veterans returned home after their tours of duty in good shape. However, others were permane[...]

Washington State Verdict In Favor Of Manufacturer Of Da Vinci Surgical Robot

May 24, 2013

On May 23, 2013, a jury in Washington State rendered its verdict in favor of Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (“Intuitive”), the manufacturer of the robotic surgery equipment known as the da Vinci Surgical System, after a five-week trial during which the plaintiff alleged that Intuitive was�[...]

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