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By Katie Hall | March 30, 2023
These case results are reported by Texas Lawyer affiliate VerdictSearch.
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By Nicole Callahan | March 29, 2023
The need for access to someone's health information arises in the field of medical malpractice litigation. Typically, the parties to such a litigation would have access to the alleged injured party's health records by authorizations provided by said party or the party's representative.
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By Colleen Murphy | Charles Toutant | March 28, 2023
A $12 million settlement in a Monmouth County medical malpractice case, and a $1.5 million settlement in a Union County auto case.
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By Gregory F. Brown, Alexandra E. Lynch, Christopher J. Tellner and Gregory S. Hyman | March 28, 2023
As the strain on health care workers imposed by COVID-19 passes, it is an open question whether Penn will be the exception or the rule for hospitals in Pennsylvania.
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By Courtney C. Barbacane | March 28, 2023
But what happens when an autopsy is performed, in anticipation of litigation, and the body is subsequently cremated? Regardless of whether the autopsy is performed by a county coroner or an independent pathologist, I would argue that cremation of the body is tantamount to the intentional destruction of evidence in a wrongful death case.
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By Paul F. Laughlin | March 28, 2023
Medical professional liability cases can be complex, expensive to prosecute and defend, trigger substantial emotions and be quite unpredictable in terms of outcome. Mediation can be particularly valuable and effective in securing acceptable outcomes for all parties. Choose wisely.
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By Everett Catts | March 28, 2023
"We're all human, and we make mistakes," plaintiff attorney James H. Potts II said. "I damned sure make them. Physicians make them. Nurses make them. The reason hospitals have physicians and nurses and [other health care staff members] looking after a patient is if someone else misses something and doesn't get it right, someone else [can] catch it. But when you've got everyone doing nothing, that's a problem."
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By Ezra Wohlgelernter | March 27, 2023
Oral cancer cases are complex cases, and best practice demands that they be handled by attorneys with extensive medical and legal knowledge and significant trial experience.
10 minute read
By Aleeza Furman | March 23, 2023
According to personal injury attorney Joseph Messa Jr., the question of whether defense counsel may communicate with a medical malpractice plaintiff's treating physician outside the bounds of authorized discovery is 'pretty much a no-brainer.'
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By Charles Toutant | March 23, 2023
An Essex County jury awarded $1.6 million in Estate of Gaza v. Popovich, M.D., a medical malpractice suit claiming errors following a gallbladder removal…
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