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By Cedra Mayfield | September 13, 2023
"[Jurors] understand that despite a bad outcome that the doctor was there and focused and did his or her best," said Huff, Powell & Bailey partner R. Page Powell. "Those kinds of things still resonate with people."
8 minute read
By ALM Staff | September 8, 2023
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read
By VerdictSearch | September 7, 2023
On June 21, 2013, plaintiff's decedent Faith Dixon, 53, presented to St. Joseph's Hospital with complaints of shortness of breath. She was diagnosed with an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, even though she had never been diagnosed with COPD.
5 minute read
By Riley Brennan | September 6, 2023
"Defendants are accordingly entitled to a new trial in which the jury can consider the case anew, without the prejudicial evidence that intruded into the first trial," the appeals court said.
5 minute read
By Allison Dunn | September 6, 2023
To qualify to serve on the MMRP, attorneys should be impartial, an active and in-good-standing member of the bar, and actively participating.
1 minute read
By Randy Weber | September 6, 2023
In medical practice, a simple prescription error can have devastating consequences, as evidenced by the tragic death of a 94-year-old woman who lost her life due to a Tallahassee doctor's careless mistake—prescribing a cardiac medication instead of a laxative.
4 minute read
By Alex Anteau | September 5, 2023
Plaintiff counsel said their client would have settled for the insurer's policy limit, but the amount offered wouldn't cover her medical expenses.
4 minute read
By Aleeza Furman | September 5, 2023
"HUP itself told the jury that its own people acted as a team. ... Plaintiffs made that approach part of their trial strategy, which was perfectly permissible," the plaintiffs said in their brief.
3 minute read
By Riley Brennan | September 5, 2023
The Massachusetts Appeals Court reversed a Superior Court's denial of an eye surgeon's motion to dismiss a medical malpractice action, concluding that a signed arbitration agreement was still valid despite the Spanish-speaking plaintiff's claim that he failed to understand it.
5 minute read
By Aleeza Furman | August 29, 2023
"MCARE cannot be construed as an incentive or invitation to the court to correct for litigation strategy decisions on the part of a provider or its counsel or to excuse witness performance leaving a provider exposed," Judge James Crumlish III wrote.
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