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… Read More
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North Carolina Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Defendants
In its unpublished opinion filed on April 17, 2018, the Court of Appeals of North Carolina (“North Carolina Appellate Court”) held that the trial court erred in disqualifying the plaintiff’s expert witness and reversed the trial court’s order that granted… Read More
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$325K Pharmacy Error Settlement Reached In Wisconsin Wrongful Death Case
A Wisconsin lawsuit alleging that the error of a pharmacist who filled a patient’s prescription with double the strength of an opioid that the patient had been taking for a year-and-a-half that led to her death has been settled for… Read More
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Utah Appellate Court Imputes Nurse’s Concealment Of Medication Error To The Nursing Home Where She Was Employed
The Utah Court of Appeals (“Utah Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on January 19, 2018 that the defendant nursing home’s efforts to avoid full liability for its nurse’s medication error and her subsequent concealment of that error are… Read More
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Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Despite Defendant’s Refreshed Recollection At Trial
In an unpublished opinion of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Appellate Court”) dated January 24, 2017, the Appellate Court affirmed the Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury’s verdict in favor of the defendant emergency room physician, finding that the defendant’s refreshed recollection… Read More
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Hospital Pharmacy Tech Removed Fentanyl From 251 Medication Vials, Refilled Them With Water
A pharmacy tech in an Iowa hospital allegedly removed fentanyl from 252 medication vials that were placed on medication carts throughout the hospital and replaced the opioid medication with sterile water. The alleged substitutions occurred between August 26 and October 7, 2016,… Read More
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Oregon Woman Died Last Week Due To Hospital’s Medication Error
On December 3, 2014, a 65-year-old woman died from the serious injuries she suffered after she was given the wrong medication in an Oregon hospital’s emergency room on December 1, 2014. The woman’s family members were angered that it took the hospital several… Read More
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Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Dangerous Drug Combination
A patient at a Philadelphia health center has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the health center, three physicians at the health center, a physician’s assistant employed by the health center, and a pharmacy, accusing each of them of medical negligence… Read More
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Today We Celebrate Our 500th Consecutive Daily Blog!
Today’s blog is the 500th consecutive daily blog that we have posted. We feel a great deal of pride and enormous satisfaction having reached this milestone. Looking back on our previous 499 consecutive daily blogs, we realize just how much ground… Read More
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Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Kidney Failure
On May 18, 2012, a medical malpractice jury in Georgia awarded just over $1 million to a man who had filed a medical malpractice lawsuit that claimed that his doctor had failed to order necessary blood tests and urine tests that should have been ordered and… Read More
