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Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms $5M Medical Malpractice Verdict For Wrongful Death Caused By Misplaced Feeding Tube

February 24, 2018

In its opinion filed on January 30, 2018, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) affirmed a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury’s award in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $1.5 million for the wrongful death claim and $3.5 million for the consc[...]

$465K Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misdiagnosis Of Kidney Cancer

October 23, 2017

On October 17, 2017, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury awarded a total of $465,000 to the estate of an 87-year-old man and his wife of 65 years for the failure to diagnose his kidney cancer for two years. After the man’s kidney cancer was finally diagnosed in 2015, he lived for only six wee[...]

Florida Appellate Court Holds Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Should Have Been Granted Summary Judgment On Statute Of Limitations Issue

September 17, 2017

The Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida (“Florida Appellate Court”) held in a 2 to 1 opinion filed on August 30, 2017 that the trial court erred in not granting summary judgment in favor of the Florida medical malpractice plaintiff on the issue of the statute of limitations[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Discusses Effect Of Non-Party Subsequent Treating Physicians’ Negligence In Medical Malpractice Case

May 26, 2017

In a case decided on May 24, 2017, the Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Court of Appeals”), Maryland’s highest court, held: ” … a defendant generally denying liability may present evidence of a non-party’s negligence and causation as an affirmative defense. It was not [...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms $3M Medical Malpractice Verdict

February 7, 2017

In its decision dated January 20, 2017, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Appellate Court”) affirmed a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury’s verdict in the amount of $3 million in favor of the plaintiff that found that the two defendant radiologists had breached the standard o[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Discusses Whether ER Physicians Were Independent Contractors

February 6, 2017

In its opinion filed on January 19, 2017, the Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Appellate Court”) analyzed whether two emergency room physicians who had treated the plaintiff were agents or employees of the hospital or were independent contractors for whom the hospital would not be liable [...]

New Mexico Medical Malpractice Jury Finds Radiologist Negligent But His Negligence Did Not Contribute To Patient’s Death

July 8, 2016

On June 24, 2016, a New Mexico medical malpractice jury determined that the defendant radiologist breached the standard of care when he failed to recognize a cancerous tumor on a patient’s spine but the jury also determined that the radiologist’s negligence was not the cause of the 44-ye[...]

Kansas Supreme Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Radiologist In Medical Malpractice Case

April 2, 2015

In its opinion dated March 27, 2015, the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas (“Kansas Supreme Court”) had to decide whether the Kansas medical malpractice plaintiff had provided sufficient evidence of causation to survive summary judgment in a case where it was alleged that the defen[...]

New Mexico Supreme Court Reinstates Medical Malpractice Case

September 24, 2014

In a written opinion issued by the Supreme Court of the State of New Mexico (“New Mexico Supreme Court”) on September 18, 2014, the New Mexico Supreme Court reinstated a medical malpractice case that had ended in summary judgment being entered in favor of the defendant hospital because [...]

West Virginia Medical Malpractice Case Filed For 4-Year-Old’s Undiagnosed Ruptured Spleen

September 1, 2014

The parents of a four-year-old child filed a West Virginia medical malpractice case on July 16, 2014 against a physician, a radiology practice, and a local hospital, alleging that their medical negligence in failing to diagnose their son’s ruptured spleen led to his serious injuries. The fam[...]

Michigan Radiologist Held Liable For Newborn’s Death

March 29, 2014

Earlier this week, a Grand Rapids, Michigan medical malpractice jury returned its verdict against a deceased radiologist and his medical practice in the amount of $1.25 million, finding in favor of the parents of a newborn baby girl who died three days after her birth in June 2009. The Michigan med[...]

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