By Everett Catts | June 23, 2022
"We think they were justified in awarding at least $10 million, because she was so grievously injured by the malpractice," said Jay Sadd, a partner with Slappey & Sadd in Sandy Springs and the lead plaintiff attorney.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | June 14, 2022
Kline & Specter's Shanin Specter said that allowing the General Assembly to make venue decisions would only ramp up tensions between the branches of government. The measure's sponsor said he wanted to ease interbranch relations.
By Adolfo Pesquera | June 14, 2022
The state appeals court in Dallas reversed itself in an en banc ruling that revises its view of deficiencies in medical authorization forms during…
By Allison Dunn | June 9, 2022
Despite their successful representation of a physician in a medical malpractice suit in federal court, the judge overwhelmingly denied the defense attorneys' request for nearly $150,000 in fees and costs.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Jeff S. Korek and Abe Melamed | June 8, 2022
As it stands today, and as it is unlikely to change without an act of the state legislature, a plaintiff who is the victim of blatant medical malpractice but does not become aware of it until after two-and-a-half years from the initial treatment date, will not have any recourse if the condition is not either cancer or a malignant tumor.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier | June 6, 2022
A person's right to decide to forgo life-sustaining treatment is recognized in this state, but whether a violation of that right gives rise to liability in tort has somehow been called into question.
By Allison Dunn | June 3, 2022
"The relevant inquiry is not whether the federal and state rules share a purpose but whether the Federal Rules 'answer[] the question in dispute.'"
By Mason Lawlor | June 1, 2022
The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld a decision to discipline a pediatric dentist who allegedly neglected to receive informed consent from the parent of a minor patient before placing eight steel crowns in the patient's mouth.
By Marianna Wharry | May 31, 2022
The Washington Supreme Court held May 26 that the state's law requiring a certificate of merit for medical malpractice against state agents is facially unconstitutional.
By Cedra Mayfield | May 26, 2022
"If you're doing a medical malpractice case, you have got to know the intricate details of the medical records," said plaintiff attorney Jeffery Arnold of Arnold & Stafford in Hinesville. "You have to know what the records say and what they mean."
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