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Missouri Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case For Failure To File Affidavit

October 25, 2015

In its decision filed on October 13, 2015, the Supreme Court of Missouri (“Missouri Supreme Court”) en banc affirmed the trial court’s dismissal of a Missouri medical malpractice wrongful death case filed against three chiropractors because the plaintiffs failed to file the requir[...]

Michigan Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Hospital’s Failure To Monitor Cardiac Patient

September 30, 2015

A 72-year-old Michigan man who had a history of heart problems went to a Michigan hospital on May 10, 2014 because he was having shortness of breath, heaviness in his chest, and a fever. A physician at that hospital had the man transferred to another Michigan hospital so that he could be monitored i[...]

Minnesota Medical Malpractice Claim For Death Following Discectomy

September 24, 2015

A Minnesota medical malpractice trial that began on September 15, 2015 involves the death of a 44-year-old former Minnesota police officer who died on March 27, 2014 following a discectomy and disc fusion surgery that was performed on March 20, 2014. The Minnesota medical malpractice wrongful deat[...]

Utah Supreme Court Nixes Medical Malpractice Noneconomic Damages Cap For Death Claims

August 21, 2015

In its opinion filed on August 11, 2015, the Supreme Court of the State of Utah (“Utah Supreme Court”) held that the noneconomic damages cap in section 78B-3-410 of the Utah Health Care Malpractice Act (“Malpractice Act”) is not constitutionally permissible as applied to wron[...]

Nevada Urologist Faces Two Medical Malpractice Lawsuits In Six Months

August 19, 2015

A widow in Nevada filed a medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit against a Las Vegas, Nevada urologist on July 24, 2015, alleging that the urologist’s medical negligence led to her husband’s death. The Nevada medical malpractice lawsuit alleges that the defendant urologist had failed[...]

Connecticut Supreme Court Reinstates Medical Malpractice Case

September 22, 2014

In its opinion released on September 9, 2014, the Connecticut Supreme Court reviewed the decision of the trial court in a Connecticut medical malpractice case where the trial court granted the defendants’ motions to dismiss the medical malpractice case even though it was commenced within one [...]

$1.6 Million Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of 48-Year-Old Man

April 6, 2014

On March 28, 2014, after a three-week trial and 10 hours of jury deliberations over the course of two days, a Peoria, Illinois medical malpractice jury awarded $1.6 million to the surviving wife and children of a 48-year-old man who went to a hospital emergency department in September 2009 at whic[...]

Narconon Of Georgia Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit

February 23, 2013

On February 8, 2013, Narconon of Georgia settled a wrongful death lawsuit filed against it almost three years earlier by the family of a former patient who died of a drug overdose while supposedly receiving court-ordered drug treatment that cost the patient’s parents $30,000 for what they w[...]

Pennsylvania Wrongful Death Claim For Failure To Deliver Oxygen To Patient’s Home

October 30, 2012

On October 24, 2012, a Pennsylvania man filed a wrongful death lawsuit against an oxygen supply company for its alleged failure to timely deliver sufficient oxygen to the home of his 57-year-old mother who had advance stage lung cancer. The woman’s son claims in his wrongful death lawsuit th[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Settlement For Death Of 7-Year-Old

September 26, 2012

It has been reported that a Maryland medical malpractice claim involving the death of a 7-year-old boy who died in 2009 as a result of alleged medical malpractice arising from hernia repair surgery performed by an urologist on December 18, 2008 has been settled for an undisclosed sum. The medical [...]

New Court Decision Regarding Illinois Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements

September 21, 2012

In a written opinion filed on September 20, 2012, the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois (“Illinois Supreme Court”) in a case captioned Sue Carter v. SSC Odin Operating Company, LLC(2012 IL 113204) decided two issues: (1) whether an arbitration agreement between a resident of a [...]

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