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$625K Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict For Premature Removal Of Foley Catheter

March 16, 2021

In early February 2021, a Florida medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $625,000 against a Florida hospital after a nurse removed a patient’s Foley catheter after only four days following surgery despite the fact that it was supposed to remain in the patient for at lea[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Zero Damages Award In Medical Malpractice Case Where Jury Found The Defendant Nurse Negligent

October 18, 2019

An Illinois Appellate Court (First District Second Division) has affirmed a zero damages medical malpractice verdict even though the Illinois medical malpractice jury determined that the defendant nurse was negligent in injecting the plaintiff with another patient’s allergy medicine after whic[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment Granted To Nurses Who Failed To Diagnose 7-Year-Old’s Severe Ankle Injury, Leading to Amputation

September 12, 2019

The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“New Jersey Appellate Court”) in its unpublished opinion filed on August 23, 2019, reversed summary judgment granted to the defendant nurses in a New Jersey medical malpractice case, finding that the plaintiffs established a prima faci[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Applies Common Knowledge Exception To Revive Medical Malpractice Case

September 24, 2018

The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“New Jersey Appellate Court”) decided in its opinion published on September 6, 2018 that the “common knowledge” exception relieved the New Jersey medical malpractice plaintiffs of the obligation to serve an affidavit of mer[...]

Oregon Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Responsible For Newborn’s Suffocation Death

August 30, 2017

An Oregon woman filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in Oregon during early August 2017 against the hospital where she gave birth and a nurse who was involved with her care, alleging that their negligence led to the woman accidentally suffocating her newborn when she rolled over onto her newborn who [...]

Tennessee Appellate Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Due To Undisclosed Testimony Of Nurses

August 27, 2017

The Court of Appeals of Tennessee at Knoxville (“Tennessee Appellate Court”) filed an opinion on August 7, 2017 that overturned a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case involving a woman suffering an unforeseen allergic reaction to a medication she received during labor that resul[...]

$1.875M Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Nurse’s Negligence Following Gallbladder Surgery

January 18, 2016

A North Carolina woman had elevated liver enzymes that led to her have her gallbladder removed during laparoscopic surgery (i.e., laparoscopic cholecystectomy) in Virginia. During the procedure, the surgeon improperly cut the woman’s common hepatic duct and her left and right hepatic ducts, ac[...]

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