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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.
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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

Daily Report Online

Plaintiff's Expert in Med-Mal Case Explains Censure, Blames Defendant for Baby's Brain Damage

A controversial expert witness who pioneered electronic fetal monitoring gave a moment-by-moment analysis of what he called "the baby being injured" just before birth during a potential $50 million medical malpractice trial Wednesday in Cobb County State Court.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Barred Testimony Prompts New Trial In Med Mal Case

The state Superior Court has granted a new trial to a woman who suffers from kidney failure in a medical malpractice case, ruling that she should have been able to introduce testimony from her expert detailing how a prescription drug and lack of monitoring contributed to her condition.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Unintended Consequences of Medical Indemnity Fund

Rosary A. Morelli, a partner at Morelli, Gerrard & Lassalle, and Matthew E. Kelly, an associate in the firm, write: Although the Medical Indemnity Fund has had the intended effect of reducing the amount of cash paid by hospitals with obstetrical units through settlement or trial, some unintended consequences have come to light in cases where one or more defendants settle, but other defendants choose to go to trial.
14 minute read

Daily Business Review

4th DCA Tosses $2.5 Million Award In Birth Defect Case

A $2.5 million award to a Palm Beach County woman who gave birth to a severely deformed boy was reversed by the Fourth District Court of Appeal, which said the jury should have been told most third trimester abortions are illegal in Florida.
4 minute read

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