By Allison Dunn | March 23, 2022
An Iowa jury found physicians were negligent during the delivery of a baby, awarding his family $97.4 million in damages, the largest award in the state's history, the plaintiffs attorneys announced Monday.
By ALM Staff | March 22, 2022
The ruling from a Bronx Supreme Court judge and a summary by the Law Journal's decisions editors can be found here.
By Charles Toutant | March 22, 2022
The family of a woman who died of cancer after a doctor allegedly failed to diagnose a tumor has agreed to a $1 million settlement in their Essex County…
By VerdictSearch | March 17, 2022
On Sept. 4, 2015, plaintiff Lucretia Burgess, 48, a program director, visited a hospital. She was suffering shortness of breath. Tests revealed soft-tissue masses throughout her lungs. Burgess was ultimately diagnosed with stage-4 metastatic uterine cancer.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By John L.A. Lyddane | March 14, 2022
The realities of discovery in complex cases create situations in which access to vital information is foreclosed simply because there is insufficient data to allow for an evidence-based decision.
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | March 11, 2022
Judge Amanda Mercier ruled that a trial court has broad discretion to sanction lawyers who surprised opponents with a new expert witness the day before the trial.
By Jason Grant | March 10, 2022
In a suit filed by lung-cancer patient Geraldine Ford against her former radiologist, the Appellate Division, First Department tossed out her malpractice and lack-of-informed-consent action, which has medical facts underlying it that in certain respects are similar to those in Lavern Wilkinson's matter. The law was named after Wilkinson, who died in 2013.
By ALM Staff | March 9, 2022
This lawsuit was surfaced on Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Allison Dunn | March 4, 2022
The Connecticut Supreme Court upheld the denial of dismissal of a medical malpractice lawsuit against UCONN Health Center/John Dempsey Hospital after the plaintiff reached a $2 million settlement with CVS Pharmacy in connection with a man's death.
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | March 3, 2022
Presiding Judge Stephen Dillard ruled that Emory Healthcare cannot force arbitration of a medical-malpractice case over an infant's death. He explained why and spelled out how the hospital could have succeeded.
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