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By Lisa Willis | August 28, 2023
"The biggest hurdle was making sure we found people that understood," plaintiff counsel Joseph Anthony Zarzaur said.
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By ALM Staff | August 24, 2023
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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By VerdictSearch | August 24, 2023
In April 2015, plaintiff Frances Runski, 68, was diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis, a rare blood disorder, and hepatitis in Pittsburgh. Runski claimed that the disease was due to her taking the statin medication Lipitor, which had been prescribed by internist Anuradha Gowda.
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By Alex Anteau | August 23, 2023
"I didn't know what to expect going in, but it was a tough case. It could have gone the other way," defense attorney Grant Smith said.
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By Emily Cousins | August 23, 2023
"The true scale of the mass diversion of fentanyl at Yale University remains unknown," the complaint said. "But a Drug Enforcement Agency inspection and a criminal investigation found that over a five-month period, the diverting nurse adulterated at least 75% of all fentanyl housed at the REI Clinic."
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By Emily Cousins | August 22, 2023
In the past, courts were hesitant to grant emotional distress damages, but "as our understanding of emotional trauma has evolved", the reluctance has decreased, the opinion said.
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By Jonathan Freidin | August 22, 2023
This new process—which addresses a problem that many say did not exist—demonstrates the current Supreme Court's increased scrutiny of medical malpractice lawsuits that will result in more delays and higher costs for litigants.
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By Alex Anteau | August 18, 2023
"This is an issue that's being raised in basically all of the recent large medical-malpractice judgments, so it seems it's going to make its way into the court of appeals on way or another in the near future," said a plaintiffs' lawyer arguing against one appeal.
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By Emily Cousins | August 18, 2023
"Even though the providers made that claim, it is apparent that the insurance carriers continued to charge premiums for malpractice," Robert C. Lubus Jr. of Grady & Riley said. "Here, the Connecticut Supreme Court made it clear that in order to use the executive order as a shield, the malpractice had to have some relation to COVID or to a lack of resources caused by COVID. The facts of our case are such that we are confident that the nursing home will never be able to sustain this burden."
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By VerdictSearch | August 17, 2023
On Feb. 21, 2020, plaintiff, Marco Graziani, 29, a police officer, underwent an open reduction with internal fixation of a fractured right ankle. Dr. Jeffrey Kann was the surgeon. Graziani subsequently developed compartment syndrome, necessitating additional surgeries and resulting in an altered gait.
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