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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.
5 minute read

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.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Amid Criticism of Quality of Care at Hospital, Childbirth Trauma Suit Yields $11.9M

"If this had been acted on in the first two to three to four minutes, it would have been unfortunate but not tragic," plaintiff's attorney Samuel Davis said.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Lawyers Outdo Themselves, Getting $50M After Court Vacates $10M Award

"They offered one one-hundredth of the verdict," said prevailing plaintiff counsel Daniel J. Moriarty of Moriarty Injury Law. "That's important because everyone talks about verdicts in Georgia, but what people need to talk about is the fact that these verdicts happen because these insurance companies don't protect their insureds, and they lowball plaintiffs even in strong cases."
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Jury Awards $11M Over Postop Treatment of Perforated Esophagus

"There was evidence that the plaintiff was suffering from nine out of 10 and 10 out of 10 pain for a period of weeks, plural," the plaintiff's attorney said.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Stamford Jury Awards $30 Million to Mother Injured During C-Section

"The truth is, with modern medicine, especially with cesarean sections, these injuries shouldn't be as frequent as they are," Sean McElligott of Silver Golub & Teitell said. "Lawyers should take these cases to hold doctors to a standard of preventing unnecessary and avoidable injury to the mother during labor and delivery."
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Westchester Med Mal Case Resolved in Record Pre-Verdict Settlement for $35.6 Million

The case was tried by Thomas Moore and Judy Livingston of Kramer Dillof Livingston & Moore.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ignorance Is Not Bliss, It Is Dangerous: Hospitals Need to Take Action to Prevent Harm

Preventable diagnostic errors remain a significant cause of harm in U.S. hospitals, yet there is a substantial gap in the implementation of evidence-based practices to stop these errors.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Bench Trial Results in Record-Setting $8.5M Federal Tort Claims Act Judgment

"Trying a bench trial really allowed us to streamline our case and to be creative in terms of how we presented our evidence," said plaintiff counsel Lee Gutschenritter of Cash, Krugler & Fredericks in Atlanta.
9 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Beaumont Jury Awards $59.7M to Man Paralyzed From Medical Neglect

"The defendants' gross negligence eliminated a healthy recovery for Ricky Do," the plaintiff's complaint alleged.
4 minute read

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