By Mason Lawlor | October 11, 2022
"Because Plaintiffs' allegations against Erlanger were that of vicarious liability and not direct liability, we hold consist with Gilreath, as did the Trial Court, that there was no genuine issue of material fact and that Erlanger is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law because the GTLA prevented Erlanger from being held vicariously liable for the actions of non-employees," Chief Judge D. Michael Swiney wrote. "Therefore, we affirm the Trial Court's grant of summary judgment in favor or Erlanger."
By Cedra Mayfield | October 6, 2022
During Supreme Court of Georgia oral arguments on Wednesday, attorneys challenged the constitutionality of statutory caps on noneconomic damages in the appeals and cross appeals of Taylor, Exr. v. The Devereux Foundation Inc. et al. and Gwinnett Operations LLC et al. v. Michelle McKinney, Administrator.
By Aleeza Furman | October 6, 2022
A Philadelphia jury returned a nearly $19.7 million verdict Wednesday to a woman who said her primary care physician at one of the top hospitals in the state let a lesion in her spinal cord go undiagnosed for over four years.
The Legal Intelligencer | Analysis
By Max Mitchell | October 5, 2022
"My sense is that doctors will not change their decision-making depending on where a suit is filed," Baum said. "If they believe their conduct is defensible and they have good experts, I would encourage them to hunker down and defend their honor, their conduct and their reputation."
By Everett Catts | October 4, 2022
"The personhood movement in various states seeks to expand, as I understand it, the definition of a person and provide them with legal protections, while at the same time seeking to reduce the legal protections of their own citizens," medical-malpractice plaintiff attorney Lloyd Bell said.
By Andrew Denney | October 3, 2022
Michael Cox claimed that Dr. Dean Lorich, who operated on his ankle at New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center's Hospital for Special Surgery, cleared Cox to return to full training after failing to properly handle the injury to his cartilage.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier | October 3, 2022
As demonstrated by recent cases, the law pertaining to 'Arons' authorizations is fairly well developed at this point.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | September 30, 2022
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled the defendants waived their right to a new trial under the general verdict rule because they did not ask the jury to identify how much of the verdict was awarded based on the specific pain-and-suffering damages the defense sought to challenge.
By Everett Catts | September 28, 2022
"You don't hear about the cases that don't result in verdicts. That said, there's lots of speculation that verdicts are larger now, post-COVID, and that's reflecting on a greater societal view," Lloyd Bell, a longtime medical-malpractice plaintiff attorney, said of recent seven- and eight-figure verdict awards regarding baby-related cases.
By Adolfo Pesquera | September 23, 2022
"The evidence in trial was heartbreaking. A 30-pound girl, little more than a toddler, was physically and chemically suffocated by an out-of-control, financially motivated dentist," said plaintiffs counsel Ryan Skiver.
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