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New York Law Journal

Precluding Med Mal 'Maternal Forces' Defense

Joseph Lichtenstein, the principal of the Law Offices of Joseph M. Lichtenstein, writes: For the most part, the testimony of experts concerning causation is well within the bounds of broadly accepted medical and scientific theory Such testimony is properly challenged through robust cross-examination and is not the subject of a Frye or Parker challenge. Nonetheless, the maternal forces of labor defense has recently been found to be scientifically unreliable by a number of courts in New York.
12 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Allocating Settlements in Medical Malpractice Cases

When a malpractice plaintiff has settled with one or more defendants, and goes to trial against other defendants, how is the settlement allocated?
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

With its Experts Saying C-Section Wasn't Necessary, Defense in Cobb Med-Mal Case Rests

The defense rested late Wednesday in a Cobb County medical malpractice trial the plaintiffs have estimated is worth $50 million.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Jury Awards $62 Million in Medical Malpractice Case

A Brooklyn jury has awarded $62 million to a woman who lost both legs and most of her hearing to complications of a gynecological surgery at Winthrop-University Hospital.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Admitted Clerical Negligence Sends Med Mal Case Back to Trial Court

An undisputed clerical error will send a medical malpractice defense verdict back to the trial court, the Superior Court has ruled.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Luzerne Jury Awards $540,000 in Botched- Circumcision Case

By | January 14, 2014
On May 5, 2009, plaintiff Shirlee Miller delivered her first child, Robert West, at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. On the third day of hospitalization, West underwent a circumcision procedure, which was performed by Dr. Govindbhai Kachhadiya, according to the plaintiffs' pretrial memorandum.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Bucks Jury Clears Doctor in Heart Disease Death

By | January 14, 2014
James F. Ivers Jr., as administrator of the estate of his wife, Teresa D. Ivers, sued doctors Joseph Kipp, Lisa E. Miller and Vanita Treat, along with the Village of Newtown Medical Center, Richboro Family Care Medical Center, Bryn Mawr Medical Specialists Association and Holy Redeemer Health System after Teresa Ivers was found unresponsive in a parking lot.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Med-Mal DOA in Legislature but E-Discovery, Civil Forfeiture and Guns Have a Chance

Legislation that would replace Georgia's medical malpractice tort system with a worker's compensation-like board appears to be dead on arrival this session, but bills regulating e-discovery and civil forfeiture and relaxing concealed carry restrictions are poised for consideration during the 2014 session that begins today.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Same-Sex Couple Seeks Loss of Consortium in Med Mal Case

A same-sex couple is gearing up for a battle in its recently-filed medical malpractice case on whether the partner of the injured woman can seek loss of consortium damages.
7 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Doctor Found Liable For Failing To Help Suicidal Patient

Mary Morrin, executor of the estate of James Morrin v. Carl Koplin: A former Tolland doctor and his nurse practitioner failed to treat James Morrin's mental illness, according to lawyers for Morrin's estate. They instead gave the man numerous sleeping pills for insomnia and never recommended counseling.
5 minute read

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