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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.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

In Malpractice Suit Against Anesthesiologist, $4.2M Settlement Is Far Greater Than Insurance Coverage

"What I think the plaintiffs bar really needs to focus on is you can get more than the coverage, and for some reason, it's not been done very often," the plaintiff's attorney said.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Decisions Apply Lavern's Law in Medical Malpractice Suits

"The statute begins to run under the discovery rule not when the patient was diagnosed with cancer, but when patient knew ... that there was negligence," write Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier.
16 minute read

Daily Report Online

Rural Jury Awards $47M Medical-Malpractice Verdict

"This verdict shows that there are courageous people all over the state who aren't afraid to stand up for accountability and responsibility and who believe that the value of an arm and a leg is not any different in Union County than in Fulton County," said plaintiff counsel Moses Kim of The Moses Firm in Atlanta.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Jury Hits Temple Hospital With $44.9M Verdict Over Patient's Post-Discharge Choking Injuries

In order to prove the hospital's negligence, plaintiffs counsel had to refute their own client's version of events.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

No Privilege for Medical Facilities Without a Separate Patient Safety Committee, Says NJ Supreme Court

"Defendants' certifications, which avow that their quality assurance and improvement committees also operated as patient safety committees to comply with the PSA, defeat their claims for the self-critical-analysis privilege," Justice Fabiana Pierre-Louis wrote for the court.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Md. Supreme Court Affirms Virginia Damages Cap in Medical-Malpractice Case

"We hold that the circuit court erred in applying the Maryland cap on non-economic damages to the damages that the jury awarded to Ms. [Shelly] Blackston," Justice Angela M. Eaves wrote in her opinion for the Maryland Supreme Court. "Therefore, the cap on damages under Virginia law, not Maryland law, is applicable to the damages awarded by the jury."
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Plaintiffs Avoid Mass Tort Treatment as Infant Formula Litigation Heats Up

While the two formula cases to go to trial this year were against product manufacturers, the Philadelphia litigation brings hospital defendants into the mix.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Appeals Court Reduces Damages Award for 'Pre-Impact Terror' in Med Mal Case

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decisions editors. 
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Bronx Judge Sets Aside 'Excessive' $6.1M Verdict in Med Mal Case

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decisions editors. 
1 minute read

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