By Greg Land | March 6, 2018
The unanimous opinion said jurors were allowed to rule on both medical malpractice and ordinary negligence, but the resulting "general verdict" did not specify which standard they applied.
By Jonathan Ringel | March 6, 2018
This contest is not about who represented the largest or most prestigious client. Nor is it necessarily about who got the biggest—or smallest—verdict.
By Charles Toutant | March 1, 2018
A lawyer's failure to file an affidavit of merit in a nursing malpractice suit is not an extraordinary circumstance warranting relief from filing deadlines, a New Jersey appeals court has ruled.
By VerdictSearch | March 1, 2018
Sanchez v. Harrisburg Avenue RadiologyDefense VerdictDate of Verdict: Jan. 8.Court and Case No.: C.P. Lancaster County, No. CU-13-04878.Judge: Jeffery…
By Andrew J. Carlowicz Jr. | March 1, 2018
The holding in this case seems to inject new life into the moribund “Ferreira” conferences in professional liability cases.
By Greg Land | February 6, 2018
The jury rejected the family's claims that the three days the deceased man spent with a dental bridge stuck in his throat contributed to his death from complications of Parkinson's disease several months later.
By John Council | February 6, 2018
Reid Martin recently convinced a state jury to hit an East Texas hospital with a $43 million verdict and a rare gross negligence finding. And he did…
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier | February 5, 2018
Medical Malpractice columnists Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier write: Effective Jan. 31, 2018, New York has adopted a discovery rule applicable to medical malpractice actions stemming from failures to timely diagnose cancer or a malignant tumor.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. Dannunzio | February 1, 2018
An award of approximately $6 million to the estate of a heart attack victim who died after a feeding tube was mistakenly inserted into his lung has been upheld by the Pennsylvania Superior Court.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Eric Rosenberg | January 30, 2018
Over the last seven years, the U.S. Supreme Court has rapidly and dramatically altered the landscape of personal jurisdiction law. Specifically, the court issued six opinions that overturned a lower court's exercise of personal jurisdiction, reinforced due process limitations on state assertions of jurisdiction, and narrowed the scope of constitutionally permissible general and specific personal jurisdiction.
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