The State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Michigan Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished opinion dated July 23, 2020 that the plaintiff’s battery and negligent supervision claims regarding the allegedly unauthorized removal of her ovary during surgery were sounded in… Read More
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$10.5M Kentucky Medical Malpractice Verdict For Leg Amputation After Sponge Left During Bypass Surgery
A Kentucky medical malpractice jury recently awarded $10.5 million against the defendant hospital for a woman who had to have a left leg partial amputation that resulted from a sponge left in her during bypass surgery in 2011. About four… Read More
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Delaware Supreme Court Holds Joint Tortfeasor Release Involving Physician In Medical Malpractice Case Also Released The Defendant Hospital
In its opinion filed on December 2, 2019, the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (“Delaware Supreme Court”) held: “Since the release provides that the plaintiff’s claim is reduced by “the greater” of Dr. Principe’s pro rata share of… Read More
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Utah Supreme Court Finds Utah Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Too Late Under UGIA
The Supreme Court of the State of Utah (“Utah Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on August 15, 2019 that despite the Utah medical malpractice plaintiff’s argument that a notice of claim she filed in September 2016, regarding the… Read More
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$135M Detroit Medical Malpractice Verdict For Permanent Paralysis After Scoliosis Surgery
A 10-year-old girl had rods surgically implanted in her spine in 2010 to treat scoliosis that were allegedly improperly implanted and thereby led to problems with her limbs, bowel, and bladder that were not timely diagnosed or properly treated. As… Read More
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Neurosurgeon In Kenya Operated On Brain Of Wrong Patient
Wrong patient surgery or wrong site surgery doesn’t just occur (rarely) in the United States. A neurosurgeon in Kenya recently operated on the brain of the wrong patient and the error was not discovered until more than two hours into… Read More
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Affirms That Medical Malpractice Complaint Was Filed Too Late
On February 21, 2018, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Appeals Court (“Massachusetts Appellate Court”) affirmed summary judgment for the defendant in a Massachusetts medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleged that the defendant surgeon was negligent in performing her abdominal… Read More
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$500K Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict In Lap Chole Case
On February 6, 2018, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $500,000 in a Baltimore medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleged that the defendant surgeon negligently clipped the… Read More
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Kentucky Appellate Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Where Critical Medical Record Not Produced Until Shortly Before Trial
The Commonwealth of Kentucky Court of Appeals (“Kentucky Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on January 5, 2018 that the trial judge had abused his discretion in dealing with the defense’s late production of relevant medical records and in… Read More
