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The Legal Intelligencer

Saxton & Stump Adds Health Care Litigator From White and Williams

Daniel Ferhat, whose work centers on medical malpractice defense, spent over two decades at White and Williams.
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The Legal Intelligencer

$43.5M Med Mal Verdict for Ex-Eagles Team Captain Withstands Appellate Challenge

"Putting a price tag on a dream is not an easy task. In the instant case the jury considered the evidence presented to reach their verdict and it does not shock the conscience where plaintiff went from a dream job in the NFL to a lifetime of pain and disability resulting from the improper repair and rehab of his knee injury."
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The Legal Intelligencer

Case Remanded to Philadelphia Court: Addressing Circuit Split, Federal Judge Rejects FiberCel Manufacturers' Fraudulent-Misjoinder Claims

"A closer examination of this split reveals that the circuits also differ on the precise contours of the doctrine. For example, courts disagree on whether state or federal joinder law governs the analysis and whether something beyond mere misjoinder is necessary to support a claim of fraudulent misjoinder," wrote U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Schmehl for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

$1.25M Settlement Reached for Paralysis After Spinal Stimulator Implanted

The defendants also claimed the plaintiff was partly to blame for waiting five days after the device was implanted.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

$100M South Florida Verdict: 'No Amount of Money Can Undo the Harm'

"The most challenging part was explaining the unexplainable," said plaintiffs counsel Grossman Roth Yaffa Cohen partner Aimee Ferrer.
3 minute read

Law.com

'Let's Be Blunt': State Court Justice Urges Revision of Civil Service Defense Rules to 'Prevent Gamesmanship'

"While that behavior does not violate the civil rules, it does affront the goals and values of the civil-justice process," a concurring justice wrote.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

In Challenge to $45M Verdict, Temple Health Claims Plaintiff's Causation Theory Contained 'Critical Gap'

"The jury explicitly found that the plaintiff was negligent, and the verdict is inconsistent with that finding," Temple Health general counsel John Ryan said.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Court Split: Are Hospitals Liable for Acts Performed on the Dead?

The parents argue the "directly related health care" element is not satisfied because Aiden's autopsy was unrelated to the health care provided.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Medical Malpractice Suits in Limbo After Steward Health Files for Bankruptcy

Steward Health touts itself as the largest private, tax-paying hospital operator in the country. With 33 community hospitals across nine states and…
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Efforts to Impeach Expert Backfired, Attorney Says After $37M Birth Injury Verdict

The defense did not present a medical expert but instead presented testimony from a physician to undercut the plaintiff's expert's testimony, one of the plaintiffs' lawyers said.
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