The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | February 28, 2019
A Westmoreland County trial judge was wrong to instruct a jury on the "two schools of thought doctrine" in a trial against a doctor accused of performing unnecessary cardiac stent procedures, but the flawed instruction did not ultimately contribute to the defense verdict, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.
By Reid Martin and Jack Walker | February 27, 2019
At times, the Supreme Court of Texas will review a case and provide an interpretation of the underlying law in a manner such that those who…
By Raychel Lean | February 26, 2019
Three Texas lawyers allegedly "forever lost" a medical-malpractice claim potentially worth $1 million by dropping the case on the last day a statutory expert report could have been filed. But the defendants claim they did nothing wrong, as medical experts told them the case had no merit.
By Greg Land | February 20, 2019
Nearly six years after Dr. Spyros Panos surrendered his medical license and pleaded guilty to health care fraud, an arbitrator awarded $140 million to settle what plaintiffs' attorneys say is the largest medical malpractice litigation in New York.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | February 15, 2019
The Supreme Court's announcement comes after members of the medical industry and defense bar pushed back against the proposed changes, which seeks to allow injured plaintiffs to sue in any venue where their health care provider regularly does business.
By David Gialanella | Charles Toutant | February 15, 2019
A suit claiming that a woman had to have her colon removed because of failure to diagnose a blockage, Szymanski v. Rothman, settled in Ocean County…
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | February 14, 2019
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will not disturb a lower court's ruling that changed the venue of a lawsuit against Abington Memorial Hospital alleging the hospital withheld documents that could have significantly increased the value of a nearly $20 million settlement.
By Katheryn Tucker | February 5, 2019
A former legal assistant won a $4.7 million medical-malpractice verdict after the judge released a key defendant from blame.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier | February 4, 2019
In their Medical Malpractice column, Thomas Moore and Matthew Gaier discuss the HBO movie 'Bleed Out' by Steven Burrows about what happened to his mother, Judie, after a broken hip led to brain injury, and the lawsuit that followed.
By Greg Land | February 1, 2019
Edmond Lindsay & Atkins partner Bill Atkins said jurors in the fatal med-mal case were put off by defense arguments that made the circumstances surrounding the death of a young man "sound like it was no big deal."
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