By Meredith Hobbs | December 11, 2019
Dan McGrew and his team have decamped from Weathington McGrew to start their own defense litigation boutique focused on medical malpractice cases.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | December 10, 2019
A cardiologist employed by St. Luke's University Health Network improperly diagnosed 48-year-old James Cowher as suffering from anxiety and panic attacks, rather than from a heart condition, when he was treated for chest pains, according to the complaint. He died of a fatal heart attack several days later while running.
Daily Business Review | Quick Takes
By Catherine Wilson | December 9, 2019
Liability had been conceded, and the jury deliberated for only two hours before returning the big verdict.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Cliff Rieders | December 5, 2019
I decided to take another look at this interesting and complex question. Under the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure, a certificate of merit has to be based upon the statement of a licensed professional.
By Greg Land | December 2, 2019
Defense lawyers said that, even if the defendant doctors had diagnosed the neurological disorder earlier, there is no effective treatment.
By Verdict Search | December 2, 2019
The family blamed the death on poor communications on the medical team and inappropriate prescription drugs.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier | December 2, 2019
In most medical malpractice actions, the defendants and other medical professionals who rendered the care and treatment that is the subject of the lawsuit do not have specific recollections of all of the events. Therefore, they often testify about their custom and practice. In their Medical Malpractice column, Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier discuss a handful of significant decisions on the issue of the admissibility of evidence of habit or routine practice.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Daniel Harwin and Melissa Gunion | November 27, 2019
Section 768.21(8) excludes adult children from recovering damages for pain and suffering for the death of a parent due to medical negligence. It also excludes pain and suffering damages on behalf of parents who lose an adult child due to medical negligence.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | November 26, 2019
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has declined to weigh in on a Superior Court ruling that said a Jehovah's Witness' repeated written and verbal refusal to allow doctors to perform a blood transfusion prior to her death prevents her estate from proceeding with a medical malpractice lawsuit.
By Verdict Search | November 25, 2019
A jury sides with a family physician after a patient with a back injury developed paralysis in his legs and feet.
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