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New York Law Journal

Panel Orders New Trial in Medical Malpractice Case

A new trial must be held because a judge in a medical malpractice case failed to adequately answer questions from the jury about what evidence it could consider when determining plaintiff's proper care, an appeals court said.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Woman Awarded $2M for Botched Gallbladder Surgery

A Pittsburgh jury has awarded $2 million to a woman claiming she suffered ongoing internal injuries resulting from a botched gallbladder removal surgery.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Jury Clears Doctor, Administrator of Liability in Inmate's Death

The 25-year-old inmate was suffering from stage-four cirrhosis of the liver and acute alcoholic hepatitis at the time of his death.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Court Empowers Lawyers in Claims Bill Fee Disputes

The Fourth District Court of Appeal sides with attorneys seeking fees even if a legislative claims bill restricts them.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Doctors Must Obtain Informed Consent Themselves, Justices Rule

Only a physician, not a member of the physician's staff, can obtain informed consent from a patient prior to a medical procedure, a splintered Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Legislature Approves 'Lavern's Law' MedMal Bill

The state Legislature passed a scaled-back version of Lavern's Law on Wednesday that seeks to change the statute of limitations on medical malpractice lawsuits to give some victims more time to file complaints and seek restitution.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Split Panel Allows Med Mal Suit Over Contraceptive Device to Proceed

A split First Department panel allowed the lawsuit against Montefiore Medical Center, brought by a 17-year-old who suffered a pulmonary embolism and brain damage, to proceed based largely on a physician's statements that, "if the nurse practitioner had removed the NuvaRing, and referred plaintiff for further assessment, all of the subsequent injuries and complications suffered by plaintiff would have been avoided."
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court Upholds Dismissal of MedMal Suit as Untimely

A medical malpractice action alleging that a hospital failed to diagnose a man's cancerous wound must be dismissed because he filed a notice of claim too late, a state appellate court ruled Thursday.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Man With Wrong Testicle Amputated Awarded $870K in Huntingdon Co.

A man who entered surgery thinking one testicle was going to be removed only to find afterward that the wrong one was missing has been awarded $870,000, including $250,000 in punitive damages, by a Huntingdon County jury.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Scarpetta v. Arato & Blaszczyk Obstetrics & Gynecology, Inc.

Bankruptcy Trustee May Commence Medical Malpractice Suit in Representative Capacity
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