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The Legal Intelligencer

Jury Awards $3M Med Mal Verdict to Widow of Phila. Man Who Died From Cancer

The plaintiff's lawyer, Kevin Harden of Ross Feller Casey, said the case was an example of insurance companies attempting to "play chicken" with plaintiffs lawyers who they assume are under-resourced and coping with court delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. High Court Did Not Close Door to Obtaining Credentialing Info in 'Leadbitter'

While Leadbitter certainly refined some aspects of the watershed opinion it issued in Reginelli v. Boggs, credentialing information is still very much in play for plaintiffs in medical malpractice actions.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Superior Court Issues 'Cautionary Tale' for Lawyers Practicing Outside Their Specialty

A three-judge panel ultimately reversed a grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant doctor regarding a request for sanctions against the plaintiffs lawyer in a medical malpractice case. But the court did not mince words regarding the attorney's conduct.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Messa & Associates, Rothenberg Law Lawyers Spin Off Into New Personal Injury Firm

"We're one of the newer firms with younger lawyers that actually try cases," Strokoff said. "We kind of looked at it like, there's no time like the present. It appears that there is a transition in the plaintiffs bar, and we wanted to be at the front end of that."
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Viral Outbreak That Killed 11 Children at Wanaque Rehabilitation Center Prompts $6.2M Settlement

Since adenovirus, like COVID-19, is transmitted by respiratory droplets, the Wanaque case could be a dress rehearsal of sorts for pending litigation over the spread of the coronavirus in nursing homes.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Jury Rejects Suit Against Anesthesiologist Over Response to Aspiration Event

A jury rejected a man who claimed that he developed pneumonia because an anesthesiologist and nurse did not properly address a colonoscopy's complications. On…
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Daily Report Online

Ex-Defense Lawyer Wins $5M Judgment in Med-Mal Wrongful Death Case

"This," said Lee Gutschenritter of Finch McCranie, "is why I joined the plaintiff's side."
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Patients' Right to Their Own EMR Metadata

Medical records that used to be recorded primarily on paper, in the form of either handwritten or typed notations, are now entered on computers and stored electronically on computers or file servers. As Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier explore in this edition of their Medical Malpractice column, this new medical record medium has effected a sea change on medical malpractice litigation in several respects.
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Daily Business Review

Haliczer Pettis & Schwamm Partners Win Nearly $6.5 Million in Medical Malpractice Suit

"She should have been kept at the acute care facility," said attorney Trisha Widowfield.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Two Years After $6.5M Med-Mal Verdict, Ga. Judge Tacks on $1M in Fees Because of Settlement Rejection

DeKalb County State Court Judge Johnny Panos ordered the defendants to pay more than $1 million in fees and expenses and to post an appeal bond of more than $9.4 million, including $1.7 million in accrued interest.
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