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By Max Mitchell | January 10, 2019
The state Supreme Court's Civil Procedural Rules Committee last month proposed rule changes that would allow injured plaintiffs to sue in any venue where the health care provider defendants regularly do business. As the rules stand, plaintiffs in medical malpractice cases are limited to suing in the venue where the injury occurred.
By Andrew Denney | January 10, 2019
The indemnity fund was created in 2011 to pay the future costs portion of verdicts and settlements in malpractice suits for birth-related brain injuries.
By Zach Schlein | January 10, 2019
Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled that interest on an award is accrued from the date a judgment — rather than a verdict — is entered. The court also held an exception only applies when a reversal on appeal produces an initial money judgment, rather than a modification of a judgment.
By VerdictSearch | January 10, 2019
On Sept. 11, 2012, plaintiff Tamara Brunozzi, 38, was diagnosed with high-grade invasive carcinoma and metastatic disease in her left breast. She claimed that her gynecologist, Roberta Renzelli-Cain, and a radiologist, Michelle Straka, failed to properly diagnose the cancerous mass in her breast.
By Jason Grant | January 7, 2019
In reversing the trial court's dismissal, an Appellate Division, Second Department, panel has ruled that a stroke victim who fell from his hospital bed “raised triable issues of fact” regarding whether North Shore University Hospital and a treating physician departed from accepted practice and whether the fall caused his condition to worsen.
By Charles Toutant | Michael Booth | December 21, 2018
A motorist who underwent five surgeries after his vehicle was struck head-on agreed to a $1.1 million settlement in his Morris County suit, Mosher…
By VerdictSearch | December 20, 2018
In May 2010, plaintiff Lacey Povrzenich, 14, underwent a kidney transplant after having been diagnosed with end-stage renal failure, in Pittsburgh.
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By Lizzy McLellan | December 17, 2018
Four-lawyer McIntyre, Hartye & Sosnowski will add a Hollidaysburg office to midsize Dickie McCamey.
By Andrew Denney | December 14, 2018
The late Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson's widow, who has clashed with the deceased DA's relatives in court over dividing his estate, is in another court battle with Mount Sinai Hospital and other defendants alleging that they failed to timely diagnose his colorectal cancer.
By R. Robin McDonald | December 11, 2018
Attorneys at Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley secured the settlement on behalf of a U.S. Army veteran despite South Carolina's $450,000 cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases.
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