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Daily Business Review

Every Life Matters—Why Florida Needs to End the Free Kill Law

Section 768.21(8) excludes adult children from recovering damages for pain and suffering for the death of a parent due to medical negligence. It also excludes pain and suffering damages on behalf of parents who lose an adult child due to medical negligence.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Ruling Nixing Med Mal Suit Over Jehovah's Witness' Blood Transfusion Refusal Stands

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has declined to weigh in on a Superior Court ruling that said a Jehovah's Witness' repeated written and verbal refusal to allow doctors to perform a blood transfusion prior to her death prevents her estate from proceeding with a medical malpractice lawsuit.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Defense: Doctor's Conservative Approach Was Correct for Patient

A jury sides with a family physician after a patient with a back injury developed paralysis in his legs and feet.
1 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Hudson County Med Mal Case Over Post-Surgical Infections Settles for $1.6M

A woman who developed recurring infections after botched colon surgery agreed to a $1.6 million settlement in her Hudson County suit, Arnone v. Shembde.…
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Daily Report Online

Cobb County Judge Blocks Challenge to $850K Verdict for Hospice Patient's Fractured Arm

Defense lawyers challenged the verdict because the jury did not apportion any fault to one of five defendants it found liable for the patient's injury.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Surgeon Cleared of Causing Double Vision in Eyelid Surgery

The patient said she underwent three additional surgeries to correct her vision.
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

Culpable Conduct and Informed Consent

In his Medical Malpractice Defense column, John L.A. Lyddane discusses the value of exploring a culpable conduct defense when faced with an informed consent claim from a patient who may share responsibility for an unsatisfactory medical procedure outcome.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Appeals Court Reinstates Suit Against Health Care Provider Over Showing of Juror Bias

'The jurors expressed their views that medical malpractice suits have affected the cost and availability of medical services and that there should be a minimum or maximum amount of money that may be awarded to an injured party," a plaintiff's lawyer said.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Paul Weiss Associate Wins Major Sixth Circuit Case in First-Ever Oral Argument

"It was my first argument opportunity," said Will Marks, a former clerk for Sixth Circuit Judge Jeffrey Sutton. "I couldn't give it up."
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

$5 Million Settlement Paid for Girl Who Suffered Brain Damage at Birth

A $5 million settlement reached on behalf of an Essex County girl who suffered brain damage at birth was paid on Sept. 12 in Vinci v. Montemurro. A…
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