Pennsylvania medical malpractice lawyer Archives

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Grants New Trial For Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Where Settling Defendants Not Dismissed Before Trial

February 4, 2026

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania stated in its non-precedential decision filed on December 15, 2025: “[T]he entitlement for settling defendants to remain as parties to an action in order to establish their status as joint tortfeasors, and then have a jury apportion liability among those part[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms Nursing Home Abitration Agreement Not Enforceable Against Visually Impaired Resident

July 30, 2019

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”), in a non-precedential decision filed on July 16, 2019, stated that there was “clear and convincing evidence that [a Pennsylvania nursing home resident] did not knowingly and voluntarily agree to arbitrate his disp[...]

$8.78M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Loss Of Legs

October 16, 2016

At the conclusion of a three-week Pennsylvania medical malpractice trial that ended on October 6, 2016, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury awarded $8.78 million to a 52-year-old man who lost his legs due to a series of negligent acts in a Pennsylvania hospital that led to sepsis and the need to[...]

Pennsylvania Verdict Against Nursing Home For Compensatory And Punitive Damages Upheld

August 1, 2014

On July 31, 2014, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Superior Court”) upheld a verdict from August 2012 against a nursing home and the health care network that controlled the nursing home for both compensatory and punitive damages that totaled $2,287,601. The jury found that the def[...]

$32.8M Pennsylvania Birth Injury Verdict For Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy

February 5, 2014

On January 17, 2014, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury found in favor of the plaintiffs and against two nurses who were the defendants whom the jurors determined to have been negligent in failing to alert the doctor performing the delivery of a baby that the baby’s heart rate had droppe[...]

Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Settlement For Death From Blood Clot After Hip Replacement Surgery

July 29, 2013

A Pennsylvania judge approved a $1 million settlement during July 2013 in a Pennsylvania medical malpractice (wrongful death) lawsuit brought by the surviving wife of a 56-year-old man who suffered a blood clot three weeks after hip replacement surgery that allegedly was misdiagnosed and caused [...]

Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Child’s Brain Injury After Surgery

June 23, 2012

On June 19, 2012, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury awarded $1.1 million for an 11-month-old who suffered brain injury shortly after surgery to remove his tonsils, adenoids, and to place tubes in his ears. The surgery was recommended to treat the little boy’s sleep apnea, which caused h[...]

Large Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misdiagnosed Heart Condition

June 5, 2012

On May 31, 2012, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury awarded the five young surviving children of a 38-year-old man $6.4 million as a result of alleged medical malpractice that resulted in the man’s death. The $6.4 million verdict included $5.5 million for the loss of guidance, tutelage[...]

Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Cases Level Off After Six Years Of Decline

May 15, 2012

On May 7, 2012, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a report regarding medical malpractice cases filed during calendar year 2011 as compared to the prior six years. For 2011, there were 1,528 medical malpractice cases filed compared to 1,491 for 2010. In 2009, there were 1,533 medical malpractic[...]

Pennsylvania Inmate Medical Malpractice Verdict

March 18, 2012

On February 17, 2012, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury awarded a former Pennsylvania prison inmate $312,000 for the injuries he sustained as a result of the alleged medical malpractice committed by a for-profit company that had contracted with the State Correctional Institution in Albion, Pe[...]

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Expands Medical Malpractice Recoveries

February 10, 2012

On December 22, 2011, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued a decision in a medical malpractice case in which it considered “whether a cause of action for negligent infliction of emotional distress, hereinafter NIED, exists where the emotional distress results from a “negligent breach of[...]

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Want To Restrict Nursing Home Malpractice Damages

January 22, 2012

The Pennsylvania House narrowly passed a bill this week that would restrict the amount of punitive damages that can be awarded as a result of nursing home neglect or abuse. Passed by a vote of 103 to 89, the proposed legislation would restrict the amount of punitive damages to no more than 200[...]

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