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$744K Indiana Medical Malpractice Verdict For Orthopedic Surgeon’s Rush To Surgery

June 13, 2017

On May 17, 2017, a six-person Indiana medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $744,000 against a now deceased orthopedic surgeon whom the jury found to have rushed to perform unnecessary surgery on a 16-year-old’s shoulder without first attempting conservative treatment.[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Addresses Sufficiency Of Submission To Medical Review Panel

March 8, 2017

In its decision dated February 22, 2017, the Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Appellate Court”) addressed the sufficiency of the medical malpractice plaintiffs’ submission to a medical review panel that involved a birth injury claim (i.e., that the defendant health care providers wait[...]

Kentucky Republican Senate Members Try Again To Harm Medical Malpractice Victims

January 13, 2017

The Republican-controlled Kentucky Senate has repeatedly tried to introduce and pass legislation that would require Kentucky medical malpractice victims to suffer additional costs and delays in obtaining just compensation for their injuries from medical providers who breach the standard of care and [...]

Indiana Appellate Court Discusses Medical Review Panel Process

October 12, 2016

In its opinion filed on October 4, 2016, the Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Appellate Court”) held that the Indiana Medical Malpractice Act requires that an Indiana medical malpractice plaintiff need only present the following to a medical review panel (“MRP”): (1) a propose[...]

Georgia Senate Bill Seeks To Replace Juries With Review Panels In Medical Malpractice Cases

February 10, 2015

Despite the Georgia Constitution that provides “The right to trial by jury shall remain inviolate …” and further provides “No person shall be deprived of the right to prosecute or defend, either in person or by an attorney, that person’s own cause in any of the courts[...]

Kentucky Senate Republicans Push For Medical Review Panels

February 9, 2015

Late last week, the Republican-controlled Kentucky Senate passed a medical malpractice reform bill that would add an additional layer and burden to those seeking justice for medical malpractice committed in Kentucky. In what the foes of the Kentucky medical malpractice reform effort call unnecess[...]

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