By Zach Schlein | May 6, 2019
Attorneys Todd Michaels and Daniel Harwin represented the family of Lilia Torres in Broward Circuit Court. Torres' surviving relatives and their legal counsel argued the negligence of Fort Lauderdale medical professionals caused Torres' death in July 2015.
By Robert Storace | May 3, 2019
An attorney who handled his own case alleging medical malpractice has learned that a federal judge has tossed the suit, citing a lack of personal jurisdiction. He is considering filing another lawsuit in Minnesota, the doctor's home state.
By Greg Land | April 29, 2019
Lawyers for the estate of an ailing 70-year-old nursing home resident said the jury's award showed that even a terminally ill patient's pain and suffering was not without value.
By Catherine Wilson | April 29, 2019
The patient's leg was amputated after he developed a bone infection following knee replacement surgery.
By Jason Grant | April 29, 2019
An Appellate Division, First Department panel wrote that Patrice McKenzie's use of her medical records, which “contain admissions sufficient to establish the potential merits of [her] action based on the conduct" of her doctor regarding lack of informed consent, allowed her to survive dismissal.
By Charles Toutant | April 25, 2019
The plaintiff's physical condition "was such that she was fortunate to have survived," the Appellate Division said. "She nearly lost her life, and would not have prioritized determining whether she had a cause of action against anyone."
By Charles Toutant | David Gialanella | April 11, 2019
In Baran v. ASRC Federal, a federal jury in Camden awarded $3.5 million on March 7 to a woman who claimed her former employer made false and defamatory…
By Tom McParland | April 9, 2019
The ruling, from a full panel of the state high court, revived a medical malpractice lawsuit by the daughter of Bridget Verrastro, which aims to hold Bayhealth Hospitalists liable for medical negligence for the alleged failure of two doctors to diagnose a tumor that caused her mother's death.
By The Legal Intelligencer | April 9, 2019
In The Legal's Medical Malpractice supplement, read about how not being entirely truthful to your doctor can affect your case, the debate over whether to cut the state's venue rule and the complex landscape of EHR and medical malpractice litigation.
By Katheryn Tucker | April 8, 2019
The event is one of a few sessions each year when the high court travels outside Atlanta to hear cases for the stated purpose of making the court's business and the judicial process more accessible to the public.
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