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Justices Won't Review Venue Change in Dispute Over $19M Med Mal Settlement

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will not disturb a lower court's ruling that changed the venue of a lawsuit against Abington Memorial Hospital alleging the hospital withheld documents that could have significantly increased the value of a nearly $20 million settlement.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Jury Awards $4.7M in Med-Mal Case

A former legal assistant won a $4.7 million medical-malpractice verdict after the judge released a key defendant from blame.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Bleed Out'—The Movie

In their Medical Malpractice column, Thomas Moore and Matthew Gaier discuss the HBO movie 'Bleed Out' by Steven Burrows about what happened to his mother, Judie, after a broken hip led to brain injury, and the lawsuit that followed.
14 minute read

Daily Report Online

Atlanta Firm Notches $3.4M Med-Mal Win in Virginia Trial

Edmond Lindsay & Atkins partner Bill Atkins said jurors in the fatal med-mal case were put off by defense arguments that made the circumstances surrounding the death of a young man "sound like it was no big deal."
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Med-Mal Case Against St. Barnabas Dismissed After Expert Battle

Bringing into sharp relief the central importance of battling experts, including in the early stages of medical-malpractice litigation, an Appellate Division, First Department panel decided on Tuesday to toss out a lawsuit centered on a patient's developing of an ulcer while at St. Barnabas Hospital.
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New York Law Journal

Jury Decides Stony Brook University Surgeon Wasn't Negligent

The plaintiffs, patient Helen Medina and her husband, are represented by John Wisell and Nancy McGee of Wisell, McGee & Romano of Kew Gardens, New York.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Hall Booth Notches Defense Win After 3-Week Med-Mal Trial

The plaintiffs never demanded less than $10 million to settle their claims against a doctor accused of failing to order an emergency exploratory surgery for a woman who lost her small intestine due to a blocked bowel.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Krupnick Campbell Sees Arrivals, Departures as Group Spins Off

Four of the Fort Lauderdale firm's attorneys, including named partner Scott Liberman, have left to start their own boutique medical malpractice and personal injury firm.
2 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Danbury Jury Awards $2.7 Million to Estate of Cancer Patient Misdiagnosed With Inflamed Pancreas

"Joseph Ingram talked of how he and his wife used to sit on the porch on the rocking chair together and watch the sun go down," said Steven Errante, attorney for the estate of Gail Ingram. "Now, that chair is empty."
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Defense of the Informed Consent Claim

In his Medical Malpractice Defense column John L.A. Lyddane discusses how to approach the defense of the informed consent claim at trial. He writes: In the proper context, the defense should be able to demonstrate that although the outcome was undesirable, the decision to accept the risk prior to the procedure was a rational one and a reasonably prudent person would not have refused consent.
8 minute read

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