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Delco Jury Awards $1.125M Over Med Mal Claims

A Delaware County jury has awarded $1.125 million to a woman who had an extra bone removed during a foot surgery.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Split Panel Puts 'Continuous Treatment Doctrine' Under Microscope

A blind woman's medical malpractice action against her doctor cannot be dismissed as time-barred because she has raised factual issues about whether the applicable statute of limitations was tolled under the continuous treatment doctrine, a Manhattan appeals court has ruled.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Delco Jury Awards $1.125M for Botched Foot Surgery

A Delaware County jury has awarded $1.125 million to a woman who had an extra bone removed during a foot surgery.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Bovee v. Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center

Protective Order Barring Deposition Of Risk Management Director Granted
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

No Class Status for Drug Buyers in Provigil 'Pay-for-Delay' Case

A federal judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has denied class certification to wholesalers of the narcolepsy drug Provigil who claimed that its maker, Cephalon, paid off Ranbaxy Laboratories to delay generic versions of the medication from entering the market.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Why a Troup County Jury Returned a $2M Verdict in 15 Minutes

A medical malpractice defense attorney mainly representing doctors insured by MagMutual has handled some personal injury cases for plaintiffs over his 18 years of practice, but all of them settled—until this month, when he tried a car wreck case in Troup County Superior Court before Judge Jack Kirby. The result: a $2 million verdict for a two-and-a-half day trial. The jury deliberated for 15 minutes.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Cobb Jury Awards $3.2M in Fatal Failure-to-Monitor Med-Mal Case

A Cobb County jury awarded more than $3.2 million to the husband of a woman who went into cardiac arrest after medical staff administered multiple narcotics for injuries suffered in a car wreck.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Deficient Discovery Dooms Expert Report in Med Mal Carriers' Dispute

A federal magistrate has ruled that a medical malpractice insurance carrier may not use the report of its expert in a lawsuit against a rival carrier and a broker since it did not provide the defendants with research, largely relied on by the expert, during discovery.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Wentzel v. Cammarano, PICS Case No. 17-1254 (Pa. Super. July 19, 2017) Stevens, P.J. (17 pages).

Trial court abused its discretion in transferring venue in appellants' medical malpractice action back to county where premature newborn was hospitalized rather than letting it remain in county where cardiologist read test, diagnosed a condition requiring immediate treatment and made treatment plan but staff did not transmit the plan to hospital where child was in a timely fashion because the alleged negligent acts occurred in county where cardiologist was located. Order vacated.
6 minute read

Legaltech News

Pa. Justices Agree to Eye Facebook Post's Impact on Discovery Rule

The alleged misdiagnosis case had been tossed out partly because of Facebook posts indicating the plaintiff knew she suffered from Lyme disease years before filing suit.
4 minute read

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