Pennsylvania medical malpractice attorneys Archives

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms Defendant Doctor In Medical Malpractice Case Failed To Timely Seek Continuance Of Trial Date Due To Religious Holiday

May 22, 2025

A Pennsylvania medical malpractice trial began on September 25, 2023 and ended on September 28, 2023. Defendant Peter Gross, D.O. (“Dr. Gross”) did not attend the first day of trial because it was Yom Kippur, but he attended trial on each of the remaining days. On the last day of trial, [...]

Federal Appellate Court Rules Pennsylvania Legislature Can Raid State Medical Malpractice Insurer’s $300 Million Surplus

February 11, 2025

Nearly fifty years ago, in response to a purported medical malpractice insurance “crisis” in the state, the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania established the Joint Underwriting Association (“JUA”). The JUA’s primary function is to act as a professional liability [...]

$14 Million Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failed Intubation Leading To Death Of 4-Year-Old

December 11, 2024

On December 11, 2023, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $14 million for the death of a 4-year-old due to a botched intubation at the now closed Einstein Medical Center in Elkins Park. The jury reportedly held Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), t[...]

Charges Filed Against Man Accused Of Assaulting Women While Posing As Nurse At Pennsylvania Urgent Care Facility

June 26, 2024

Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Abington Township Police Chief Patrick Molloy announced on April 12, 2024 that 24 felony and misdemeanor criminal charges involving 12 additional victims have been filed against Ramon Garcia, 33, of Philadelphia. The 24 charges relate to assaul[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms Hospital Must Disclose Root Cause Analysis Notes Regarding Patient’s Bad Surgical Outcome

November 26, 2023

Wanetta Ford-Bey underwent wrist surgery at the defendant hospital. Shortly after the surgery, she suffered cardiacand respiratory failures that required her transfer to another facility for further care. A nurse internally reported the incident pursuant to hospital’s “Sentinel Event Policy” ([...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Reduces Cancer Malpractice Verdict

April 25, 2023

Court Reduces Cancer Malpractice Verdict: A Pennsylvania medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit alleged that the decedent’s primary care physician failed to timely follow up on an abnormal PSA test that subsequently led to the diagnosis of metastatic stage IV prostate cancer two years late[...]

$1,335,000 Federal Medical Malpractice Verdict For Missed Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis

July 8, 2021

On June 17, 2021, a federal judge in Pennsylvania awarded a 46-year-old woman $1,335,000 after a jury found that the defendant doctor negligently failed to diagnose her ovarian cancer at a stage when it was treatable. The Maryland woman’s medical malpractice lawsuit alleged that she was referr[...]

Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Claim For Good Deed Turned Deadly

February 25, 2012

An unmarried couple who had been together for 21 years and had an eighteen-year-old son together had to deal with a life-altering situation when the man’s kidneys were failing due to his diabetes and kidney dialysis wasn’t working well for him. Out of a sense of compassion and caring,[...]

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