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Defense Verdict in Med Mal Case Seeking $18M

A suburban Philadelphia jury has rejected a couple's claims that a doctor's alleged failure to administer a certain medication during their daughter's delivery caused the infant to develop cerebral palsy. The family had been seeking $18 million in the lawsuit.
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Daily Report Online

DeKalb Jury Awards $6.5M in Birth Defect Med-Mal Case

The verdict came after the defense rejected a $1 million settlement offer.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Chester County Jury Issues Defense Med Mal Verdict in Case With $18M Demand

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel attorney Gary Samms, who represented Wheeler, said the experts played a significant role in convincing the jury.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Defense Disputed Whether Gout Medication Caused Illness

The patient claimed he suffered a rare reaction to a prescribed medication and stayed in the hospital for three months.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Suit Claiming Failure to Detect Tumor Yields $2.1 Million Verdict in Union County

A jury in a medical malpractice case, Leone v. Bauman, on Sept. 18 awarded $2.1 million to a man whose face was disfigured after his dentist failed…
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The Legal Intelligencer

MCARE Statute of Repose Is Unconstitutional, Pa. Supreme Court Rules

Justice Sallie Mundy said that, although the government's interest in controlling the rising costs of medical care and medical malpractice insurance is important, MCARE's statute of repose does not substantially relate to achieving those goals.
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Daily Report Online

Macon Plaintiffs Lawyer Opens Atlanta Branch, Hiring Daughter From King & Spalding

In a rare mother-daughter plaintiffs duo, Macon plaintiffs lawyer Kathy McArthur has hired her daughter, Lindsey Macon, from King & Spalding to open an Atlanta office for her firm.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Fulton Jury Finds for Doctor Accused of Ignoring Tests Showing Cancer Recurrence

In one of two lawsuits stemming from a woman's recurrence of cancer following a mastectomy, a jury cleared an oncologist accused of failing to follow up on scans tests ordered by another doctor indicting the cancer might be returning.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

How Electronic Medical Records Led to the Settlement of a Med-Mal Case

Lloyd Bell of the Bell Law Firm in Atlanta explains how a forensic computer inspection revealed what he needed to settle a med-mal case—and what every young man should know about cancer.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

St. Barnabas Hospital to Face Continued Med Mal Claims in Case Over Fetal Brain Damage

The long-running case focuses on allegations that medical professionals negligently performed an ultrasound on a pregnant mother despite her placenta previa diagnosis, allegedly resulting in a placental hemorrhage that caused her child brain damage and developmental delays.
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