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Florida Appellate Court Remands Case To Determine If Medical Malpractice Or Ordinary Negligence Is Alleged

November 12, 2021

The Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida (“Florida Appellate Court”) held in its opinion dated October 13, 2021: “Because Mr. Torres alleged sufficient facts to plead his action as one sounding in ordinary negligence, a dismissal with prejudice was not warranted at this [...]

Florida Appellate Court Holds Negligence Case Should Have Been Dismissed For Failure To Follow Medical Malpractice Presuit Procedures

July 5, 2020

The District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida Fourth District (“Florida Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished opinion dated May 20, 2020, “We agree with Defendants that the complaint sounds in medical negligence and that the trial court departed from the essential requir[...]

Connecticut Appellate Court Reinstates Lawsuit To Determine If Ordinary Negligence Or Medical Negligence Injured Plaintiff

March 28, 2020

In a case where the plaintiff alleged that a camera used during robotic surgery fell on her and injured her, the Connecticut Appellate Court stated in its decision released on March 3, 2020, “Depending on the factual circumstances, some of the allegations might support a conclusion of ordinary[...]

Almost Half Of U.S. Adults Have Cardiovascular Disease

February 11, 2019

The American Heart Association (AHA) announced on January 31, 2019 the findings of its Heart and Stroke Statistics — 2019 Update that was published in its journal Circulation. The researchers found that 48 percent of all adults in the United States (121.5 million in 2016) have some type of cardiov[...]

Florida Appellate Court Reverses New Trial Granted To Medical Malpractice Plaintiff

April 22, 2018

In its March 29, 2018 decision, the Court of Appeal of the State of Florida Fifth District (“Florida Appellate Court”) held that the trial court had abused its discretion in granting the Florida medical malpractice plaintiff’s motion for new trial, “because the record does no[...]

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[...]

California Appellate Court Says Fall On Wet Floor Not Medical Malpractice

May 3, 2015

In a case decided on April 23, 2015, the Court of Appeal of the State of California Fourth Appellate District Division Three (“Appellate Court”) determined that a hospital patient’s claim of negligence involving her slip and fall on a recently mopped floor that lacked warning s[...]

Illinois Surgeon Not Disciplined Until 9 Years After Removing Wrong Organ

January 11, 2015

An Illinois surgeon who removed a patient’s wrong organ during surgery in 2005 was not professionally disciplined for his egregious wrongful act until September 24, 2014. The surgeon was disciplined by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional[...]

Former Baltimore Ravens Cornerback Wins North Carolina Medical Malpractice Case

September 18, 2014

Former Baltimore Ravens cornerback Samari Rolle won a $650,000 North Carolina medical malpractice verdict on September 5, 2014 against an orthopedic surgery practice. The case was originally filed in 2011 and was scheduled for trial in April 2013 but the case had to be postponed when the defendant o[...]

Today, We Celebrate Our 1,300th CONSECUTIVE Daily Blog Posting

September 10, 2014

When we began our blogging on a daily basis three-and-a-half years ago on March 5, 2011, we had no particular goal in mind as to how many consecutive daily blogs we would post. In fact, we were concerned that we would soon run out of relevant medical malpractice topics that we could blog about and [[...]

Man Enters Hospital For Circumcision, Leaves Without His Penis

July 28, 2014

Sounds like a bad joke, but it was horrifically serious for a man in Alabama. On July 22, 2014, the Alabama man filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in Alabama state court against a hospital and others for his injuries and damages resulting from the amputation of his penis during a circumcision [...]

3 Medical Malpractice Defenses That Don’t Hold Water

June 30, 2014

3 of the common medical malpractice defenses that do not hold up to scrutiny are as follows: Defense Number 1: “My standard practice is to …” When doctors are sued for medical malpractice, they commonly testify that they do not specifically recall the incident that the plaintiff al[...]

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