By Jasmine Floyd | February 24, 2022
"It is a cure in search of a problem. The statue exists supposedly to protect hospitals against frivolous claims associated with COVID-19. However, under the existing laws of the state of Florida, doctors, nurses and hospitals are already protected against such claims," attorney Peter Spillis said.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Allison Dunn | February 23, 2022
The plaintiff, Gerald Bellan, filed his appeal on May 26, after Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge James C. Crumlish III sided with PPMC in dismissing the complaint with prejudice, finding Bellan failed to serve the hospital within a 30-day period.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | February 21, 2022
"They should not be permitted to try to hide behind COVID-19 just because the jury awarded substantially more compensation for plaintiffs' injuries than defendants were willing to offer in settlement."
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Alan W. Clark | February 18, 2022
Recent appellate division decisions have made it abundantly clear that the medical malpractice doctrine of lost chance of a better outcome is an accepted basis for recovery of substantial damages.
By VerdictSearch | February 14, 2022
On June 6, 2013, plaintiff John Bukowski, 24, a nurse, underwent a hemorrhoidectomy. The procedure was performed at Moses Taylor Hospital, in Scranton. Bukowski, a hemophiliac, claimed that hematologist Dr. William Heim and the hospital did not manage his hemophilia medication properly, causing him to experience postsurgical rectal bleeding.
By ALM Staff | February 14, 2022
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
By Allison Dunn | February 9, 2022
"The bottom line is this: the Maine Judiciary is routinely sealing opinions written by Superior Court justices in medical malpractice cases," Taylor Asen, a partner at the plaintiff law firm Gideon Asen, said. "This practice, we believe, is a flagrant violation of the First Amendment. We don't think it's a close call."
By ALM Staff | February 8, 2022
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Andrew Larson | February 3, 2022
Cigna seeks a declaration that the labs must return roughly $18 million.
By Jason Grant | February 3, 2022
The woman, who intended to sue the city's public health system over a transected nerve, "failed to establish a reasonable excuse for her 10-month delay in filing a late notice" when she asserted that she didn't know her forearm's nerve was severed until she discovered it at separate, private hospital.
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