By Greg Land | October 17, 2017
The Georgia Supreme Court heard arguments Monday over whether a $22 million verdict against a pain specialist should be reversed because the jury was allowed to consider ordinary negligence.
By Michael Booth | October 13, 2017
In a case of first impression, a New Jersey judge has ruled that the family of a woman allegedly resuscitated against her wishes may sue the hospital and its staff for wrongful prolongation of life.
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By Zack Needles | The Legal Intelligencer | October 10, 2017
A more than $10 million verdict against Children's Hospital of Philadelphia over a failure to promptly diagnose an infant's bacterial meningitis remains in place after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court declined to take up the hospital's appeal.
By Jason Grant | New York Law Journal | October 10, 2017
An Appellate Division, First Department, panel found that issues of fact were raised as to whether Dr. May exacerbated decedent's injuries by advancing the catheter and performing excessive manipulation.
By VerdictSearch | October 5, 2017
On Oct. 13, 2014, plaintiff Barbara Ladyansky, 53, was exiting a hospital in Philadelphia after an eye exam and dilation. A car which she had ordered to pick her up was waiting at the curb. When she went outside, she thought she was stepping onto the handicapped ramp but in fact had confused it with the curb, causing her to trip and fall, resulting in a fracture of her left ankle.
By Jason Grant | New York Law Journal | October 4, 2017
Administrations of an anesthetic were uneventful and successful in sedating the plaintiff and did not cause pain syndrome, the appeals panel ruled.
By Greg Land | October 4, 2017
A DeKalb County jury awarded $6 million in a medical malpractice case involving an elderly woman's death several days after surgery, but it cleared a co-defendant emergency room doctor of liability.
By Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier | October 2, 2017
Medical Malpractice columnists Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier write: When someone is admitted to a hospital as the patient of a private attending physician, the hospital may still be subject to vicarious liability under the doctrine of ostensible agency for physicians who become involved in the patient's care during the admission. This question commonly arises with anesthesiologists and radiologists, although it may also apply where any physician is assigned by a hospital to provide a service or a consultation.
By Jon Lomurro and Abbott Brown | October 2, 2017
Two recent Appellate Division cases ('Ehrlich' and 'Granovsky'), have demonstrated that the doctrine of informed consent can be abused to confuse the issues. in medical malpractice cases.
By Zack Needles | September 29, 2017
Seeking to finally put to rest what he called a "perplexing and disquieting" trend of medical malpractice defendants attempting to bar vicarious liability claims where a plaintiff failed to name a specific agent, a Lackawanna County judge reiterated what he said the Pennsylvania Superior Court held more than three years ago: no such bar exists.
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