By Colleen Murphy | September 12, 2024
The plaintiff alleged that her condition worsened under the doctor's care and that the doctor did the bare minimum to address spikes in her interocular pressure.
By Allison Dunn | September 10, 2024
"If you're out in the trenches like me, and I've handled a lot of medical malpractice cases, I'm going to make certain that the expert and the doctor that is being sued are of the same training so that you can establish that they both have the same standard of care because that's where most of these cases break down," Gary L. Cooper, a partner at Cooper & Larsen, argued on behalf of the defendant attorney Monday.
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By Amanda O'Brien | September 9, 2024
Daniel Ferhat, whose work centers on medical malpractice defense, spent over two decades at White and Williams.
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By Max Mitchell | September 3, 2024
"Putting a price tag on a dream is not an easy task. In the instant case the jury considered the evidence presented to reach their verdict and it does not shock the conscience where plaintiff went from a dream job in the NFL to a lifetime of pain and disability resulting from the improper repair and rehab of his knee injury."
By Max Mitchell | September 3, 2024
"Putting a price tag on a dream is not an easy task," Philadelphia trial judge Charles Cunningham had stated. "In the instant case the jury considered the evidence presented to reach their verdict and it does not shock the conscience where plaintiff went from a dream job in the NFL to a lifetime of pain and disability resulting from the improper repair and rehab of his knee injury."
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By Riley Brennan | September 3, 2024
"A closer examination of this split reveals that the circuits also differ on the precise contours of the doctrine. For example, courts disagree on whether state or federal joinder law governs the analysis and whether something beyond mere misjoinder is necessary to support a claim of fraudulent misjoinder," wrote U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Schmehl for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
By Charles Toutant | August 30, 2024
The defendants also claimed the plaintiff was partly to blame for waiting five days after the device was implanted.
By Lisa Willis | August 28, 2024
"The most challenging part was explaining the unexplainable," said plaintiffs counsel Grossman Roth Yaffa Cohen partner Aimee Ferrer.
By Allison Dunn | August 23, 2024
"While that behavior does not violate the civil rules, it does affront the goals and values of the civil-justice process," a concurring justice wrote.
By Charles Toutant | August 23, 2024
"I think bladder incontinence, when it's permanent, is a very significant injury. ... All the problems that come with that from a physical perspective are just compounded by the emotional impact of feeling ashamed, embarrassed," the plaintiff's attorney said.
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