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Georgia Appellate Court Rules Medical Malpractice Claim Against Dermatologist Filed Too Late

August 26, 2018

The Georgia Court of Appeals (“Georgia Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on June 8, 2018 that the plaintiffs’ medical malpractice claim against the dermatologist who treated their 16-year-old daughter was filed after the expiration of Georgia’s two-year statute of l[...]

$600K California Medical Malpractice Settlement For Flesh Eating Bacteria Death

April 21, 2017

In February 2017, a Santa Barbara, California hospital reportedly settled a California medical malpractice wrongful death claim by paying $600,000 to the family of a 43-year-old woman who died five years ago as a result of necrotizing fasciitis (better known as flesh eating bacteria) that the hospit[...]

Former Colorado Neurologist Sued By Four Patients Alleging Misdiagnosis Of MS

September 9, 2016

Four former patients of a former Colorado neurologist have filed federal medical malpractice lawsuits in Colorado against the neurologist, alleging that he misdiagnosed them with having multiple sclerosis (MS) and then negligently treated them for years for MS, which incurable disease they did not[...]

Connecticut Appellate Court Discusses “Open The Door” Doctrine In Medical Malpractice Case

August 7, 2015

In its decision filed on July 28, 2015, the Connecticut Appellate Court discussed the “open the door” doctrine in the context of a Connecticut medical malpractice defense verdict, concluding that the defendant emergency room physician’s testimony was not admissible as expert tes[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Teenager’s Required Heart Transplant

June 16, 2015

On May 8, 2015, a Maryland medical malpractice lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City on behalf of a now 16-year-old former student athlete who was required to have a heart transplant, and may need further heart transplants in the future, allegedly due to the negligent failure of [...]

Marvin Hamlisch’s Death The Subject Of New York Medical Malpractice Claim

October 14, 2014

Marvin Hamlisch, the internationally famed composer and conductor, died at the age of 68 on August 6, 2012, after collapsing and slipping into a coma following a flight from New York to Los Angeles. Mr. Hamlisch never woke up from his coma and he died five days later. The defendant doctor was respo[...]

Louisiana Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges ER Misdiagnosis Led to Death

August 21, 2014

On June 23, 2014, a Louisiana mother filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against a local hospital and two physicians, alleging that the misdiagnosis of her daughter led to her untimely death. The plaintiff seeks in her wrongful death lawsuit unspecified compensatory damages that include funeral expe[...]

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