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Kansas Appellate Court Reinstates Medical Malpractice Case Against Surgeon Who Removed Wrong Organ

October 10, 2023

Jeannine Williams-Davidson underwent surgery to remove her left adrenal gland at Stormont-Vail Hospital. The surgeon who performed the operation misidentified her pancreas as her adrenal gland and removed a portion of the pancreas instead. Jeannine required further surgery and ongoing medical treatm[...]

Recoverable Damages In Negligent Reproductive Health Care Cases

Nebraska Supreme Court Applies Res Ipsa Loquitur In Reinstating Medical Malpractice Case Involving Knee Infection After Joint Injection

June 18, 2022

The Nebraska Supreme Court held in its opinion filed on April 8, 2022 in a Nebraska medical malpractice case where the plaintiff alleged that he developed a serious infection in his knee following an injection into the joint, “The evidence presented by Freedom Healthcare was that it is extreme[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Vacates Defense Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Instruct Jury Regarding Res Ipsa Loquitur

September 1, 2020

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”), in its opinion dated July 20, 2020, vacated the jury’s verdict in favor of the defendant anesthesiologist and remanded the case for a new trial, because the trial court erred to refusing to instruct the jury with [...]

Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict To Allow Res Ipsa Loquitur Argument

August 1, 2020

The Appellate Court of Illinois First District First Division (“Illinois Appellate Court”) held in its opinion dated June 15, 2020, “We find that Willis [the plaintiff] presented sufficient evidence to permit a jury to decide whether she proved that defendants controlled the instru[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Affirms Res Ipsa Loquitur Did Not Apply In Medical Malpractice Case

October 10, 2018

The Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Indiana Appellate Court”) held in its September 14, 2018 opinion that the res ipsa loquitur doctrine does not apply in a medical malpractice case when the injury that occurs is a known complication of surgery or a medical procedure that can occur even if[...]

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Kansas Appellate Court Reinstates Medical Malpractice Case Against Surgeon Who Removed Wrong Organ

Nebraska Supreme Court Applies Res Ipsa Loquitur In Reinstating Medical Malpractice Case Involving Knee Infection After Joint Injection

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Vacates Defense Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Instruct Jury Regarding Res Ipsa Loquitur

Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict To Allow Res Ipsa Loquitur Argument

Indiana Appellate Court Affirms Res Ipsa Loquitur Did Not Apply In Medical Malpractice Case

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