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Michigan Supreme Court Rules Filing Affidavit Of Merit In Medical Malpractice Cases Not Required To Commence A Medical Malpractice Action Or To Toll Statute Of Limitations

September 20, 2023

Background Facts Candi Ottgen and her husband, Patrick Ottgen, brought a medical malpractice action against Abdalmaijid Katranji, M.D., and others, alleging that Katranji had negligently performed two thumb surgeries on Candi Ottgen on May 1, 2017, and July 23, 2017. Plaintiffs filed the action on A[...]

Michigan Supreme Court Holds No New Notice Required For New Medical Malpractice Theory In Existing Case

September 7, 2023

No New Notice Required For New Theory In Existing Case: The Michigan Supreme Court stated in its syllabus to its opinion dated July 6, 2023: “The NOI [notice of intent] requirement of MCL 600.2912b—that written notice be given to a health professional or health facility before a complaint is[...]

Michigan Appellate Court Remands Medical Malpractice Case For Jury To Determine Agency Issue

August 28, 2023

Appellate Court Remands Malpractice Case For Jury To Determine Agency Issue: The 56-year-old plaintiff underwent surgical removal of her parathyroid glands by Dr. Abdelkader Hawasli. According to Dr. Hawasli, he told plaintiff there was a possibility that he might also have to remove her thyroid gla[...]

$31.6 Million Michigan Medical Malpractice Birth Injury Verdict

May 30, 2023

$31.6 Million Birth Injury Verdict: On May 25, 2023, a Michigan medical malpractice birth injury jury returned its verdict in the amount of $31.6 million after a three-week trial and nine hours of jury deliberations. The now four-year-old child suffered hypoxia during labor that caused severe perman[...]

$20 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict Reinstated By Michigan Appellate Court

May 6, 2023

$20 Million Verdict Reinstated By Appellate Court: In its March 23, 2023 per curiam opinion, the State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Michigan Appellate Court”) held: “we are not bound by the panel’s prior determination that defendant is entitled to JNOV. Under these circumstance[...]

$500K Michigan Anesthesia Malpractice Verdict

April 27, 2023

$500K Anesthesia Malpractice Verdict: On February 27, 2023, a Michigan medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $500,000 for disability and pain and suffering the plaintiff suffered after he aspirated the contents of his stomach into his lungs during s[...]

Michigan AG Charges Nursing Home LPN With Altering Medication Records

March 16, 2023

AG Charges Nursing Home LPN With Altering Medication Records: The Michigan Attorney General’s Office announced on January 25, 2023 that a licensed practical nurse working at Medilodge of Gaylord has been charged with five counts of Intentionally Placing False Information in a Medical Record, a[...]

Michigan Appellate Court Affirms Experts’ Opinions Were Contradicted By Established Facts In Medical Malpractice Case

March 10, 2023

Experts’ Opinions Were Contradicted By Established Facts: The State of Michigan Court of Appeals, in an unpublished opinion dated November 3, 2022, held: “Because Dr. Bogdasarian’s and Dr. Hershon’s opinions concerning the decedent’s cause of death were contradicted by established [...]

Michigan Appellate Court Revives Medical Malpractice Case Erroneously Dismissed On Statute Of Limitations Grounds

January 14, 2023

Medical Malpractice Case Erroneously Dismissed: The State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Michigan Appellate Court”) stated in its published opinion issued on September 22, 2022: “For more than 40 years, civil plaintiffs have relied on the tolling of applicable statutes of limitatio[...]

Michigan Appellate Court Holds Cancer Death Case Was Medical Malpractice Claim, Not Lost Opportunity Case

December 22, 2022

Cancer Death Case Was Medical Malpractice: The Court of Appeals of the State of Michigan (“Michigan Appellate Court”) stated in its September 8, 2022 opinion: “The dispositive question in this medical malpractice case is whether plaintiff’s claim is a traditional medical malpract[...]

Michigan Appellate Court Affirms That Cardiologist Contacted About Patient May Have Created Physician-Patient Relationship And Therefore Owed Duty Of Care To Patient

December 8, 2022

Cardiologist Contacted About Patient May Have Created Physician-Patient Relationship: Statistically, most heart attacks result from a reduction of blood flow in a coronary artery supplying oxygen to the anterior portion of the heart. But some myocardial infarctions—15 to 20%—involve the heart’[...]

Michigan Appellate Court Holds Fall From Hospital Stretcher During Transport Was Medical Malpractice Claim

September 27, 2022

Court Holds Fall From Hospital Stretcher During Transport Was Malpractice: As Leegwater, a registered nurse working in the defendant hospital’s emergency department, pushed the stretcher through the doorway to the radiology suite, 97-year-old Elaine Quick apparently moved her left leg through [...]

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