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Maryland Appellate Court Rules That Minor’s Wrongful Death Claim Is Tolled During The Period Of His Minority

May 24, 2017

The Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), Maryland’s highest appellate court, ruled in its opinion filed on May 22, 2017 that the Annotated Code of Maryland, Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, § 5-201 operates to toll a minor plaintiff’s wrongful death[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Applies Tolling Provision To Save Minor Children’s Medical Malpractice Claims For Mom’s Death

July 11, 2016

The Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Appellate Court”) filed its opinion on June 29, 2016 in a case where it held that the minor children of a mother who died of lung cancer allegedly due to the medical negligence of the defendants were not time-barred because of the two-year statute of [...]

Guam Supreme Court Applies Discovery Rule, Overturns $62,236.35 Dental Malpractice Verdict

January 2, 2016

The Supreme Court of Guam (“Guam Supreme Court”) overturned a dental malpractice verdict in the amount of $62,236.35 in favor of the plaintiff in its opinion filed on December 7, 2015, after determining that the one-year discovery ruled applied to the plaintiff’s dental malpractice[...]

California Appellate Court Holds That Biliary Stent Is A Foreign Object

February 24, 2014

On May 24, 1996, surgeons implanted a stent in the plaintiff’s bile duct during emergency abdominal surgery, following the man suffering a serious gunshot wound. The plaintiff alleged that he was unaware of the implanted stent until August 10, 2010, when he sought medical treatment fo[...]

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Maryland Appellate Court Rules That Minor’s Wrongful Death Claim Is Tolled During The Period Of His Minority

Indiana Appellate Court Applies Tolling Provision To Save Minor Children’s Medical Malpractice Claims For Mom’s Death

Guam Supreme Court Applies Discovery Rule, Overturns $62,236.35 Dental Malpractice Verdict

California Appellate Court Holds That Biliary Stent Is A Foreign Object

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