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Indiana Medical Malpractice Case Involving Death Of Prominent Molecular Biologist Due To Medication Error Has Been Settled

November 21, 2020

It has been reported that an Indiana medical malpractice wrongful death claim filed by the widow of a 61-year-old prominent molecular biologist who was in the hospital recovering from a stroke when a nurse recklessly caused his death on November 1, 2019, one week after giving him massive doses of fe[...]

Virginia Supreme Court Determines Trial Court Erred By Granting Judgment To Defendants Mid-Trial In Medical Malpractice Case

March 5, 2020

The Virginia Supreme Court held in its opinion filed on February 13, 2020 in a Virginia medical malpractice wrongful death case, “On a motion to strike at the conclusion of Shareef’s case-in-chief, the circuit court was required to view all of his evidence in the light most favorable to him,[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Allows Widow To Be Added As Party To Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuit After Statute Of Limitations Expired

January 26, 2020

The Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Appellate Court”), in its decision dated January 3, 2020, applied the relation-back doctrine in ruling that the trial court had abused its discretion in refusing to allow the widow be added to the Georgia medical malpractice wrongful death lawsui[...]

Mississippi Supreme Court Affirms Loss Of Chance Doctrine In Mississippi Medical Malpractice Case

February 6, 2019

The Supreme Court of Mississippi (“Mississippi Supreme Court”) in its opinion handed down on January 24, 2019 reaffirmed Mississippi’s loss of chance doctrine in Mississippi medical malpractice cases, which requires a plaintiff to show that proper treatment would have provided the [...]

Florida Supreme Court Holds Medical Malpractice Defendant’s Negligence Need Only Be A Substantial Cause Of The Plaintiff’s Harm

December 22, 2018

The Supreme Court of Florida (“Florida Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on December 20, 2018: “Our medical malpractice jurisprudence makes clear that a physician may be the proximate cause of a patient’s injury even if that physician is not the primary cause of that inju[...]

For Lack Of Heir Or Will, Indiana Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case Cannot Proceed After Plaintiff’s Death

July 15, 2018

The Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Indiana Appellate Court”) stated in its opinion filed on June 14, 2018 that “This appeal presents the issue of what happens when one of the statutory beneficiaries enumerated in the statute (in this case, a spouse) survives the wrongful-death deced[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice $1.3 Million Jury Verdict For Paralysis Leading To Death

January 23, 2013

On January 17, 2013, a medical malpractice jury in a conservative jurisdiction in Maryland returned a verdict in favor of the surviving daughter of a patient and the patient’s estate for the alleged unnecessary paralysis and subsequent death of a 77-year-old woman who had arrived at a hospita[...]

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