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The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Med Mal Lawyers In for Busy Year as Court Adjusts for Filing Boom

“Despite the increased inventory, we want to keep it current," Administrative Judge Daniel Anders said, "and to do that we’re going to have to increase the number of pretrials and trials scheduled.”
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New Jersey Law Journal

$10 Million Settlement Reached for Baby Injured by Disconnected Ventilator

“We are very happy to get justice for the Voyez family after all of these years and to provide them with compensation so that they can provide the care their son needs,” Michael J. Epstein of the Epstein Law Firm told the Law Journal.
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New York Law Journal

Prior Inconsistent Statements and Medical Malpractice Defense

Here we examine some of the concerns for the defense of medical malpractice cases when an issue arises as to the use of a prior inconsistent statement at trial.
7 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Major Plaintiff Victories: Women's Health Care Gets Expensive in Court

“This is one of those cases that when it first comes in the door, you know it's going to go to trial,” attorney Sean K. McElligott said. “It's going to be a challenge, and those types of cases tend to go the distance."
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Fla.'s Statute of Limitations and Statutes of Repose in Med Mal Cases: It's Not Over Until It's Over

The second part of that provision comes into play when grounds for malpractice may not be immediately apparent to the patient. One example of this would be a patient who undergoes surgery and foreign object is left behind, but the patient does not learn of the retained object until a year after surgery.
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New Jersey Law Journal

'Point Us to the Plain Language': NJ Supreme Court Grills Defense Statutory Requirements for Affidavit of Merit

The arguments involved a case where the trial court and Appellate Division came to opposite conclusions on whether plaintiffs must serve an affidavit of merit in multiple specialties for a suit against a doctor with more than one specialty.
5 minute read

Law.com

State Appellate Court Denies Hospital's Request to Move Med Mal Suit From Chicago

The court denied the defendants' attempts to move the medical malpractice suit from Cook County to Will County.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Med Mal Claim for Injury Stemming From Epidural Nets $2.75 Million Settlement

The defendants all denied that there was a deviation from the standard of care.
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Law.com

Radiology Service Provider May Be Held Liable for 'Unavailable' On-Call Physician, State Appellate Court Rules

"We have no difficulty concluding that a hospital with an emergency department owes a duty of reasonable care to patients admitted on an emergency basis," Massachusetts Court of Appeals Judge Gregory I. Massing said.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Law Firm Faces Malpractice Suit After Doctor Hit With $6M Judgment

"Had Frisoli been properly informed about the offer of judgment and the risks attendant with rejecting the offer of judgment, Frisoli would have accepted the Tapias' offer to settle the claim," the suit claims.
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