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New York Appellate Court Finds Trial Judge Erred In Setting Aside $10M Medical Malpractice Suicide Verdict On Issue Of Proximate Cause

July 9, 2024

A New York medical malpractice plaintiff filed an action against the defendant physician, Theodore Strange, to recover damages for medical malpractice and wrongful death related to the death of Richard Shouldis by suicide. Strange treated the decedent in the days and weeks before the decedent’s de[...]

Texas Supreme Court Reverses Suicide Medical Malpractice Award

October 9, 2022

Court Reverses Suicide Medical Malpractice Award: The Supreme Court of Texas stated in its opinion delivered on May 13, 2022: “In this health-care liability case, we must determine the appropriate causation standard to apply. The facts are tragic. A teen committed suicide after seeking treatme[...]

California Appellate Court Affirms $3.9M Drug Rehab Malpractice Verdict For Patient’s Suicide

September 24, 2021

In its published opinon dated August 31, 2021, the Court of Appeal of the State of California Fourth Appellate District Division Three (“California Appellate Court”) affirmed a jury’s verdict in the amount of $3.9 million ($1.7 million for past damages and $2.2 million for future d[...]

New York Judge Strikes $10M Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict Against Doctor For Patient’s Suicide

January 12, 2020

A New York trial judge has stricken the almost $10 million medical malpractice verdict against a prominent primary care physician that a jury had determined breached the standard of care in his treatment of his patient, which led to the patient’s suicide during the night of June 6 to June 7, 2[...]

Baltimore Hospital Found Not Liable For Inmate’s Suicide Death

October 11, 2019

After a nearly two-week trial and three hours of deliberations, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury determined on September 24, 2019 that a Baltimore hospital was not liable for the death of a prison inmate who broke the glass in the window of his hospital room and jumped five stories to his death.[...]

Massachusetts Appellate Court Rules Boston Public Health Commission May Be Held Liable For Decedent’s Suicide

September 18, 2019

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Appeals Court (“Massachusetts Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished Memorandum And Order dated August 27, 2019 that “the factual allegations in the plaintiff’s complaint plausibly suggest that the plaintiff may be entitled to relief under[...]

$3.5M South Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict For Suicide By Drowning

June 27, 2019

After a five-day South Carolina medical malpractice wrongful death trial, the jury returned its verdict in the amount of $3,500,250 against the defendant medical practice that employed the two defendant physicians (the two defendant physicians were found not liable by the jury) for the wrongful deat[...]

Maryland’s Highest Appellate Court Applies Immunity In Overturning Suicide Medical Malpractice Verdict

July 14, 2018

The Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), which is Maryland’s highest appellate court, held in its opinion filed on July 12, 2018 that “the process of involuntary admission begins with the initial application for involuntary admission of an individual and[...]

Arkansas Appellate Court Discusses Spoliation Of Medical Records In Medical Malpractice Case

February 22, 2018

The Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division II (“Arkansas Appellate Court”) in its opinion filed on October 25, 2017 discussed the duty to preserve medical records and the issue of spoliation of medical records in an Arkansas medical malpractice case. Duty To Preserve Under Ark. R. Civ. P[...]

Ohio Supreme Court Holds “Apology” Inadmissible In Medical Malpractice Case

September 28, 2017

The Supreme Court of Ohio (“Ohio Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on September 12, 2017 that under the plain and ordinary meaning of “apology,” for purposes of R.C. 2317.43(A) (Ohio’s apology statute), a “statement[] * * * expressing apology” is a statement tha[...]

Tennessee Supreme Court Reverses Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Complaint Based On No Pre-Suit HIPAA-Compliant Medical Authorization

August 24, 2017

In its opinion filed on July 5, 2017, the Supreme Court of Tennessee at Jackson (“Tennessee Supreme Court”) held that a prospective plaintiff who provides pre-suit notice to one potential defendant is not required under Tennessee Code Annotated section 29-26-121(a)(2)(E) to provide the [...]

Wisconsin Appellate Court Affirms Contributory Negligence Finding In Mental Patient’s Suicide

June 21, 2017

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals filed its decision on May 25, 2017 that affirmed a Wisconsin medical malpractice jury’s verdict that found that a psychotic patient committed to an inpatient mental health care facility could be found contributorily negligent for his suicide. The Wisconsin medica[...]

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