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$43M Texas Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Hospital And Its Doctor On Probation

February 14, 2018

A Texas medical malpractice jury awarded $43.32 million against a hospital and a doctor at the hospital who had been placed on probation by the Texas Medical Board, because the doctor allegedly misdiagnosed and mistreated a hospital patient, causing the plaintiff to suffer severe harm. The Texas med[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Affirms Pain Management Physician’s Discipline For Selling CDS Prescriptions in Parking Lots, Restaurants

December 28, 2017

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) held in its unreported opinion filed on December 13, 2017 that “there was substantial evidence to support the Board’s determination that [the pain management physician’s] prescribing practices, including [...]

Michigan Appellate Court Affirms Physician’s Discipline For Prescribing Over 25,000 Controlled Substances

May 18, 2017

In its unpublished opinion filed on April 25, 2017, the State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Michigan Appellate Court”) upheld the order of the Michigan Board of Medicine (“Board”) suspending a doctor’s license to practice medicine for six months and a day, renderin[...]

Washington Appellate Court Affirms Physician’s Disruptive Behavior Affected His Ability To Safely Practice Medicine

May 3, 2017

In its April 11, 2017 decision, the Court of Appeals of the State of Washington Division II (“Appellate Court”) affirmed the Department of Health, Medical Quality Assurance Commission’s (“MQAC”) final order requiring a medical doctor to undergo a psychological evaluation i[...]

$13.5M South Dakota Medical Malpractice Judgment Against 78-Year-Old Former Heart Surgeon

March 21, 2017

On March 2, 2017, a federal judge in South Dakota entered a $13.5 million judgment against a 78-year-old former South Dakota heart surgeon in a case involving a 21-year-old heart patient on whom the defendant performed heart surgery in 2010 that resulted in profound neurological injuries that the pl[...]

Florida ALJ Determines Butt Lift Doctor Committed Multiple Acts Of Medical Malpractice

January 18, 2017

In her Recommended Order dated January 6, 2017, a Florida Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) stated that a Florida doctor who performed cosmetic surgery procedures on multiple patients in May 2015, including liposuction and fat injection procedures commonly referred to as a “Brazi[...]

Three Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Filed Against Texas OB

October 20, 2016

On October 13, 2016, three birth injury medical malpractice lawsuits were filed against a Texas OB, alleging that the defendant OB’s medical negligence caused their newborns to suffer catastrophic injuries. One of the newborns died and the other two newborns suffered severe permanent neurologi[...]

Former Colorado Neurologist Sued By Four Patients Alleging Misdiagnosis Of MS

September 9, 2016

Four former patients of a former Colorado neurologist have filed federal medical malpractice lawsuits in Colorado against the neurologist, alleging that he misdiagnosed them with having multiple sclerosis (MS) and then negligently treated them for years for MS, which incurable disease they did not[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Discusses Admissibility Of Prior Physician Discipline When Testifying As A Medical Expert

August 23, 2016

In its opinion filed on August 19, 2016, the Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), Maryland’s highest appellate court, held that § 14-410 of the Health Occupations Article of the Annotated Code f Maryland (“HO”) generally prohibits the admission of a conse[...]

Florida Butt Lift Doctor’s Medical License Restricted

March 29, 2016

An Order of Emergency Restriction of License was issued by the State of Florida Department of Health on February 17, 2016, which immediately restricted a Florida physician who specialized in performing butt lifts and liposuction procedures on women at a Florida surgery center, from performing lipo[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Rules Disciplinary Action Against Physician Is Inadmissible In Subsequent Civil Action

February 13, 2016

In its reported opinion filed on January 28, 2016, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, ruled that the Maryland General Assembly did not intend that doctors who have been the target of Maryland Board of Physici[...]

Arrested Texas Neurosurgeon Remains In Jail

August 29, 2015

On August 21, 2015, a Texas judge refused to lower the $600,000 bail set for a neurosurgeon who had practiced in Texas before his medical license was revoked in December 2013 as a result of the Texas Medical Board determining that the neurosurgeon had exhibited a pattern of failing to follow appro[...]

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