By Robert Storace | June 29, 2021
The Connecticut Appellate Court has upheld a jury's verdict in finding the maker of The Miracle Lamp in the products liability portion of a products liability/medical malpractice claim liable for a woman's injuries. The Miracle Lamp burned a woman who was undergoing acupuncture treatment.
By VerdictSearch | June 24, 2021
On Jan. 20, 2015, plaintiff Giovannie Crespo died an hour after he was born at Lehigh Valley Hospital, in Hazelton. His mother, plaintiff Altagracia Jimenez, claimed that his death was due to substandard care by the obstetrics nursing staff and by her obstetrician-gynecologist, Vadim Loshakov.
By Jason Grant | June 23, 2021
The Appellate Division, First Department on Tuesday suspended Patricia M. De Grace-D'Aliasi from practicing law, writing that it had ordered her to undergo the medical exam based upon an attorney grievance committee motion that itself was "based on [De Grace-D'Aliasi's] irrational conduct during and after a medical malpractice trial in which she represented herself as well as her conduct before the AGC."
By Greg Land | June 23, 2021
The defense said the case was wrenching for jurors who ultimately cleared an emergency room doctor of medical malpractice claims filed after a woman miscarried and her 16-week old fetus was flushed down a hospital toilet.
By Greg Land | June 22, 2021
With 55% fault apportioned to a defendant doctor and 45% to a Perry hospital that settled out of the case before trial, a $6.6 million award is set to be entered in the plaintiffs' favor against the surgeon.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | June 15, 2021
A federal judge has ordered $8,500 in sanctions against a plaintiffs attorney who repeatedly interrupted and interjected during a deposition in a dental malpractice case to the point where defense counsel could not participate.
By Max Mitchell | June 11, 2021
"There's been a lot of thought and concern amongst the trial bar about how are juries going to think about doctors and hospitals," the plaintiffs' attorney said. "I'm not as concerned about it as I was before."
By Kenneth Artz | June 9, 2021
There are ways to improve patient safety and reduce iatrogenic injury, a problem that neither the health care industry, nor the legal one, has made effective progress in solving.
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By Max Mitchell | June 9, 2021
Barrett DeAngelo's Michael Barrett compared working in the socially distanced setting with trying a case in a sports arena. "It's sort of like trying a case at the Wells Fargo Center," Barrett said. "Until you do it, you really can't appreciate it."
By Greg Land | June 2, 2021
Presiding Judge Stephen Dillard wrote that Emory Healthcare's practice of presenting patients with admissions forms including an "ostensibly indefinite arbitration agreements" cannot bind those who don't sign subsequent forms.
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