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Doctor Involved In Operating Room Death Of Alabama Man Indicted

August 22, 2026

The Office of the State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit announced that a Walton County Grand Jury has returned an indictment charging Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky with second-degree manslaughter in the August 2024 death of a 70‑year‑old man from Muscle Shoals, Alabama. The indictment follows an[...]

California Appellate Court Rules Summary Judgment Appropriate For Orthopedic Surgeon In Hip Replacement Surgery Malpractice Action

January 7, 2026

Sean Guarino filed a California medical malpractice lawsuit against Dr. Jacob Tauber on May 26, 2020, alleging causes of action for medical malpractice and lack of informed consent. Guarino alleged that between approximately September 2018 and May 2019, Dr. Tauber negligently and carelessly examined[...]

Mississippi Appellate Court Overturns Defense Verdict In Surgical Medical Malpractice Case

November 7, 2025

Mary Margaret Upchurch suffered paralysis in her legs following a surgery performed at Merit Health Rankin by Dr. Adam Lewis, a neurosurgeon with Jackson Neurosurgery Clinic PLLC (“Jackson Neurosurgery”). Mary and her husband, Rickie, filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against multiple [...]

$2M New Jersey Medical Malpractice Verdict For Botched Tendon Repair Surgery

June 7, 2025

On January 21, 2025, a New Jersey medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $2,040,000 in favor of a man who suffered nerve injury and required further surgery after undergoing a torn tendon repair surgery. The New Jersey medical malpractice plaintiff alleged that during the Feb[...]

Surgical Specialists Have More Medical Malpractice Claims Than Non-Surgical Physicians

January 30, 2025

Surgical specialties account for most medical malpractice claims. A retrospective observational study to determine the risk for medical malpractice claims for physicians working in hospitals in the Netherlands using anonymized closed malpractice claims between 2007 up to 2021 from two Dutch insurers[...]

Did Surgeon Remove Liver Instead Of Spleen?

October 30, 2024

A 70-year-old Alabama man died unexpectedly after a surgeon at Ascension Scared Heart Emerald Coast in Miramar Beach, Florida removed his liver instead of his spleen, causing immediate and catastrophic blood loss resulting in the patient’s death. William “Bill” Bryan and his wife were at t[...]

Ohio Appellate Court Holds Physician Who Recommended Surgery Performed By Another Surgeon May Be Held Liable For Medical Malpractice

March 14, 2024

In 2013, Veronica Yeakle went to the emergency room after a fall related to a problem with her right knee. At the hospital, Dr. Abubakar Atiq Durrani was called to consult on whether the problem could be neurological. After reviewing the CT scan of Ms. Yeakle’s back, Dr. Durrani diagnosed several [...]

Illinois Appellate Court Affirms $1.25M Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Spine Surgeon

November 17, 2021

In July 2014, Chaya R. Brunk and Raymond Brunk filed an Illinois medical malpractice action against defendants Stephen J. Pineda, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon, and Springfield Clinic, LLP. In June 2015, the plaintiffs filed a second amended complaint against the defendants, alleging Dr. Pineda deviat[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Reverses Judgment For Medical Malpractice Defendant

January 5, 2021

The Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Indiana Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on December 18, 2020 that the medical malpractice plaintiff “presented sufficient evidence regarding the applicable standard of care to defeat [defendant] Dr. Majd’s motion for judgment on the e[...]

Michigan Appellate Court Affirms Battery And Negligent Supervision Claims Arising From Surgical Removal Of Ovary Were Medical Malpractice Claims

September 3, 2020

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 medical mal[...]

Study: Surgery Is The Second Most Common Cause For Medical Malpractice Claims

March 20, 2020

A study published on February 25, 2020 by the medical malpractice insurer Coverys entitled “Surgery Risks: Through the Lens of Malpractice Claims” stated: “Each year in the United States, more than 48 million surgical inpatient procedures are performed and more than 35.8 million ou[...]

New York Supreme Court: Dueling Expert Opinions In Medical Malpractice Case Precludes Summary Judgment

March 14, 2015

In a February 11, 2015 Decision and Order of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Clinton County (“Court”), the Court held that summary judgment is not appropriate in a medical malpractice action where there exist conflicting medical expert opinions because credibility issues[...]

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