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New Jersey Law Journal

'Safety Valve' Saves Expert-Less Med Mal Suit, Court Rules

A New Jersey appeals court has reinstated a medical malpractice claim even though the plaintiff has not been able to secure an expert opinion from a physician who specializes in the same field as the defendant—despite some 100 attempts to do so.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Hospital Hit With $3.2M Verdict in Montco Over Vein Implant Death

The family of a man who died after a vein implant designed to stop blood clots migrated to his heart and caused fatal cardiac arrest has won a $3.2 million verdict against a Montgomery County hospital.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Hughes v. Wilkes Barre Hosp., PICS Case No. 17-1385 (C.P. Lackawanna Aug. 14, 2017) Nealon, J. (43 pages).

Venue in this medical malpractice proceeding was proper in the county where some of the alleged negligent treatment occurred. Plaintiffs' complaint alleged sufficient details to support claims for corporate negligence and vicarious liability, but they did not allege sufficiently culpable conduct to support punitive damages claims as to all the defendants.
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New York Law Journal

Interplay of CPLR 4111 and 5031 With Awards in Med Mal Lawsuits

William J. Giacomo discusses the statutes that control the calculation of a structured judgment in light of the 2003 amendment to CPLR 4111(d) and its effect on the court's role in calculating the appropriate judgment to enter upon a medical malpractice verdict.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

Georgia's AG Joins Coalition Seeking to Pressure Insurers on Opioids

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr today said Monday he has joined a bipartisan coalition of 37 states and territories urging health insurance companies to use their power to discourage doctors from prescribing opioids.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Fatal Medical Malpractice Case Ends in $2.6M Settlement

Gary Wheelis died after doctors gave him his third blood thinner after surgery.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Undiagnosed Abscess Resulted in Multiple Surgeries: Patient

On June 17, 2013, plaintiff Joseph Michael Shimko, 17, was diagnosed with hemorrhoids at Geisinger-Kistler Clinic, in Wilkes-Barre. He had presented to the facility with bilateral knee pain and what he believed to be hemorrhoids-related symptoms. He was seen by a second-year resident, who, upon diagnosing him with hemorrhoids, prescribed a suppository (he was also diagnosed with bilateral patellar tendonitis). The physician told him to return for follow-up care if his symptoms did not improve.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Jury Hits J&J With Record $57.1M Verdict in Pelvic Mesh Case

A Philadelphia jury has handed up a $57.1 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon after a trial over allegations that its transvaginal mesh product was defective.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Cicala v. Jacobs

Doctor Denied Motion to Disqualify Patient's Counsel; Motion Appears to Be Tactical Move
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Gonzalez v. Sanchez

Failure to Oppose, Raise Triable Fact Issues Grants Dismissal of Medical Malpractice Suit
3 minute read

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