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$5.7M Kansas Medical Malpractice Verdict Against AdventHealth Shawnee Mission

September 9, 2025

Christopher Yates was awarded $5.7 million for the wrongful death of his wife, Kim Yates, by suicide. The Kansas medical malpractice jury determined that two defendants were at fault for the woman’s death due to medical negligence. Yates’ medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit alleged th[...]

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[...]

$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[...]

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