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$10.8M Missouri Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death After Routine Catheterization

September 3, 2013

On August 29, 2013, a Missouri medical malpractice jury awarded $10,831,155 to the family of a 34-year-old woman who died after a routine cardiac catheterization in February 2011. The woman left behind her husband and three children, ages 5, 9, and 11. The woman had gone to her doctor due to bronc[...]

Missouri Supreme Court Determines Cap On Noneconomic Damages Is Unconstitutional

August 1, 2012

In its written opinion filed on July 31, 2012, the Supreme Court of Missouri held “that section 538.210 [Missouri’s $350,000 statutory cap on noneconomic damages] is unconstitutional to the extent that it infringes on the jury’s constitutionally protected purpose of determining the a[...]

Missouri $1.5 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict

July 21, 2012

Earlier this month, a Missouri medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in a medical malpractice case that alleged that an 88-year-old woman who was a resident of a Missouri nursing home was left unattended and standing alone in her room after an aide helped her with [...]

Missouri Medical Malpractice Cap Being Challenged

April 5, 2012

A 2005 Missouri law that placed caps on non-economic damages in the amount of $350,000 is presently being challenged as unconstitutional in a case before the Supreme Court of Missouri. The case involves a medical malpractice claim arising out of the birth of a baby in Missouri on November 1, 2006.[...]

An Analysis Of Paid Medical Malpractice Claims In The U.S. For 2010

September 23, 2011

An analysis of paid medical malpractice claims in the United States for 2010 based on data from the National Practitioner Data Bank for physicians (MDs), osteopathic physicians (DOs), interns, and residents found that there were 9,894 paid medical malpractice claims. The highest number of paid clai[...]

Medical Malpractice Claims In Missouri — Official Report

May 14, 2011

According to the official 2009 Missouri Medical Malpractice Insurance Report, 2009 was a very good year for medical malpractice insurance companies in Missouri — they were profitable for the sixth straight year, with the total of payments for claims, loss adjustments, and administrative co[...]

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