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The Legal Intelligencer

New Rule Allows Military Medical Malpractice Claims

While the nonadversarial claims process is a step in the right direction, only time will tell whether the government rises to the occasion by providing timely compensation for those who serve our country.
5 minute read

Law.com

State Appellate Court Affirms Defense Verdict in Med Mal Birth Injury Case

The South Carolina Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court's application of state law pertaining to emergency obstetrical care exceptions in which gross negligence is required to impose liability.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Negligence of Health Care Providers: Malpractice or Ordinary Negligence?

The distinction between medical malpractice and negligence is a subtle one, for medical malpractice is but a species of negligence and no rigid analytical line separates the two. This article will discuss the factors and principles used by the appellate courts in making this distinction.
23 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

UPMC 'Provision' Could Ward Off Effects of Looming Med Mal Venue Rule Change—If It Can Survive in Court

Now, a one-sentence provision provision lines up with how any medical malpractice suit in Pennsylvania would proceed. But, come 2023, those limitations are set to disappear.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Birth Injury Case Settles For $1.5 Million in Camden County

A settlement of $1.5 million was approved on Sept. 26 in Camden County suit Gutierrez-Ramirez v. Mama, M.D. for a 7-year-old child who suffered…
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Study: NY Had Nation's Largest Number of Med-Mal Suits Filed Over Last Decade

The study showed an extremely wide variance among the states regarding the total costs of the lawsuits to the healthcare industry. New York, while having the most suits, ranked only 40th in resulting costs.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Fulton County Jury Awards $75M Verdict to Patient With Locked-In Syndrome

"They will say anything, they will do anything, they will hire anybody to say anything on their behalf to keep their hands wrapped around their money, and not give Jonathan hope for the future."
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The End of the Special Venue Rule in Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Cases

This article discusses the special treatment that medical providers have received and its impact on victims of medical malpractice and Pennsylvanians at large. It addresses the false narrative that led to the venue carve-out, its political backdrop, and why that narrative is still false today.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

$80M Medical Malpractice Jury Award in Long-running Case Is Limited by Accord Between Parties

The verdict was more than $40 million over what the plaintiff asked for.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

'Story's Not a Gimmick': Using Images and Digital Technology to Drive Home Your Message to Juries

"When people get involved in a good story, attention spans lengthen," says Ohio trial lawyer Jim Casey. "Story defeats bias. It defeats resistance and it crosses generations."
5 minute read

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