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The Legal Intelligencer

Surgeon's Postoperative Care Was Appropriate: Defense

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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New Jersey Law Journal

Patient Who Sustained Perforation During Spinal Surgery Settles Essex County Suit For $1.1 Million

A woman whose bowel was perforated during spinal surgery received payment of a $1.1 million settlement in her Essex County medical malpractice suit, Franco…
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The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Judge Appears Skeptical of Temple Hospital's Claim That $25.9M Verdict Would Harm Community Health Care Access

Temple argued that paying the verdict in full would cut into its operating budget and hurt its ability to pay for necessary equipment, a concern it said is exacerbated by a landscape of increasingly costly medical malpractice litigation.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Penn Hospital Argues Plaintiff's Liability Theory Marks 'Death Knell' for $182.7M Birth Injury Verdict

The assertion is the leading argument in HUP's 85-page brief supporting its motion for post-trial relief after the hospital was hit with Pennsylvania's largest-ever reported medical malpractice verdict.
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Texas Lawyer

Maximizing Damages in Medical Malpractice Cases

Litigants should emphasize less obvious economic losses such as loss of household services, which can form a significant and very real financial loss to a family.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Dentist Failed to Diagnose Jaw Cancer, Patient Alleged

On Feb. 1, 2017, plaintiff Robert Quigley, a construction manager in his late 30s, presented to Gwynedd Dental Associates, LLC, after having not seen a dentist in two years. The facility performed an X-ray which allegedly showed a cancerous tumor in his jaw. The practice categorized the pathology as a bony anomaly, and allegedly did not tell Quigley about the finding or what had to be done to investigate.
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Daily Report Online

ZERO DOLLARS: Jury Awards No Damages Against 'Dancing' Dr.'s Anesthesiologist

"[W]e respected and appreciated the jury's clear message to Dr. Pinkney following the verdict that his participation in, and behavior portrayed in that video, as a physician in this community, was unacceptable and warranted their admonishment to him personally," said plaintiff counsel Susan M. Witt of Witt Law Group in Atlanta.
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New York Law Journal

Discovery of Surveillance Video in Medical Malpractice Actions

In personal injury and medical malpractice actions in which plaintiffs have alleged they sustained injuries that have impaired their abilities to engage in their normal activities, it is not uncommon for the defendants to hire investigators to surveille and make video recordings of the plaintiff that may appear to refute, or confirm, the nature and degree of the impairment.
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Law.com

Kansas Court Reinstates Med-Mal Suit Against Surgeon Accused of Removing the Wrong Organ During Surgery

"A person without the pertinent medical knowledge can assess whether Dr. Lui's conduct was within the standard of care when he mistakenly removed a portion of a patient's pancreas instead of the adrenal gland during an operation to remove the adrenal gland," Judge Amy F. Cline wrote on behalf of the Kansas Court of Appeals.
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Daily Report Online

Bad Bedside Manner or Breach of Standard of Care? Trial Begins in Case Against Atlanta Viral 'Dancing Doctor'

The plaintiff alleges the video of the surgeon and anesthesiologist dancing while performing her surgery left her emotionally scarred after it went viral online.
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