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'Houdini Would Have Been Amazed': How a Med-Mal Defense Lawyer Escaped a $10M Ask

Paul Weathington and Seleta Griffin of the Weathington Firm defended a doctor in a med-mal trial in which the plaintiffs asked the jury for $10 million.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Plaintiff's Death Caused by Failure to Test Cancer, Screen Hep C: Estate

On July 31, 2018, plaintiff's decedent Lonnie Kersey, 68, died from complications related to metastatic prostate cancer. His estate claimed that his death was due to improper care administered by his primary care physician.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

Gwinnett Jury Awards $30M in Case Over Catastrophic Birth Injury

The plaintiffs' legal team includes: Mahaffey Pickens Tucker's Steve Pickens, Matthew Benson and Jessica Pickens, as well as The Summerville Firm's Darren Summerville, plus his wife Madeline Summerville of Georgia Trial Consulting as jury consultant. "It was a team effort," Steve Pickens said.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Jury Awards $18M Verdict to Woman Who Said Delayed Diagnosis Made Her Cancer Prognosis Worse

Chester County Court officials said the verdict is the largest known award in a civil case to come out of the court, according to Patch.com.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Man Sues Fairview Park Hospital for Allegedly Giving Him Wrong Meds

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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New York Law Journal

The Parameters of Non-Physician Testimony in Medical Malpractice Trials

In his Medical Malpractice column, John L.A. Lyddane reviews case law relating to how the courts have treated non-physician witnesses in the past in order to predict how a proposed expert will be received. How will the court exercise its discretion on the scope of the admissible testimony?
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Appeals Court: Minority Tolling Provision Does Not Apply to Minor Decedents

"The Legislature specifically addressed liability for acts that occurred to a person who has died when it drafted the Wrongful Death Act and plainly intended all wrongful death cases be filed within two years of a decedent's death," stated the judge. "Because the Act is limited in its application to those already deceased, had the Legislature intended to apply minority tolling to claims brought on behalf of deceased minors, it would have stated so explicitly."
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The Legal Intelligencer

Examining the Intersection of Medical Negligence and Criminal Law in Pa.

RaDonda Vaught's case has led to vigorous opposition from various medical professional interest groups that object to what they view as essentially the criminalization of mistakes, which are inherent in a health care setting.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

Hospital, Doctor Groups Eye Florida Medical Malpractice Case

The dispute could have broader implications because it involves questions about the qualifications of doctors who provide expert opinions required before medical-malpractice lawsuits can proceed.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Should Plaintiffs Get Emotional Distress Damages for Something Witnessed Over FaceTime? New Suit Pursues Novel Claim

Counsel for Clotaire, Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig partner Bethany Nikitenko, said the case could be a vehicle for courts to consider whether a bystander can be virtual for the purposes of emotional distress claims.
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