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By Aleeza Furman | October 3, 2023
By opting not to appeal, TUH is accepting an August ruling that soundly rejected the hospital's efforts to advance an argument that the verdict should be remitted based on the harm it would cause to the community.
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By Aleeza Furman | October 2, 2023
"Mr. DiMeo's commitment to his health and rehabilitation, rather than taking a victim's mentality, persuaded the jury to award the significant past and future non-economic damages in this case," Louis Tumolo of The Beasley Firm said.
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By Aron Solomon | October 2, 2023
Dr. Gregg Shore, a colorectal surgery specialist in Sebring, Florida, has been involved in several medical malpractice suits. According to Florida Department of Health complaints, Shore committed malpractice in patient deaths and erroneously removed an organ.
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By Alex Anteau | September 26, 2023
"This is what happens when insurance companies force plaintiffs to try cases," plaintiff's counsel said.
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By Charles Toutant | September 22, 2023
The family of a woman who was disabled due to a ruptured brain aneurysm agreed to a $10 million settlement in a Middlesex County medical malpractice…
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By Charles Toutant | September 21, 2023
"To justify recovery, the plaintiff should observe the kind of result that is associated with the aftermath of an accident, such as bleeding, traumatic injury, and cries of pain," the doctor and her practice said in court papers.
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By Adolfo Pesquera | September 19, 2023
Alleged failures included not investigating and serving the hospital with suit, and failure to timely serve an initial report to a rehab center.
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By John Lyddane | September 18, 2023
In the first installment of this two-part Medical Malpractice Defense column, John Lyddane discusses the origin and historical development of the professional reliability exception to the general rule against hearsay. Its application to malpractice defense will be explored in the second installment.
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By Curt Schroder | September 14, 2023
The repeal of Rule 1006(a.1)—coupled with the recent trend of nuclear verdicts in Philadelphia County and the Superior Court's precedential decision in Hangey v. Husqvarna Professional Products, 247 A.3d 1136 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2021), appeal granted, 278 A.3d 301 (Pa. 2022), holding that venue could lie over a defendant who does only 0.005% of its annual business in the forum—has raised concerns over a return of the medical liability crisis that led to the adoption of the Rule 1006(a.1) in the first place.
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By Cedra Mayfield | September 13, 2023
"[Jurors] understand that despite a bad outcome that the doctor was there and focused and did his or her best," said Huff, Powell & Bailey partner R. Page Powell. "Those kinds of things still resonate with people."
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