The Madison St. Clair Record has an article on a medical malpractice case that is in its sixth day of the second time trying the case. The case alleges failure to diagnose skin cancer. Interestingly, the first case ended in a mistrial after a defense verdict when it was discovered…
A Florida appeals court gave an interesting ruling in Kristensen-Kepler v. Cooney on the question of whether there was potential liability against an ambulatory surgical center. Plaintiff’s wrongful death claim was that the ambulatory surgical center’s anesthesiologist negligently caused an infection in decedent’s spine. The court found that the surgery…
The Maryland Daily Record has an article today on a defense verdict in a claim against Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Hartford County. The claim was not against a doctor but the nursing staff. From reading the article, it sounds like a tough case in a difficult jurisdiction.
Three Circuit Court judges came out of the Prince George’s County Judicial Nominating Commission last week for the vacancy created by retirement of Maryland Court of Special Appeals Judge James P. Salmon: Judge Toni Evon Clarke Judge Melanie Marva Shaw Geter Judge Michele Denise Hotten No word on when Governor…
The AP reports that President Obama’s says he’s willing to start from scratch on health care — and will consider medical malpractice caps sought by most Republicans. I don’t think the President really supports malpractice reform. My fear is that, at this point, he would sacrifice too much – including…
The Washington Supreme Court unanimously (9-0) threw out a 2006 law that requires an injured patient to get a certificate of merit from an expert before suing for medical malpractice, finding that RCW 7.70.150, usurped the judicial branch’s power to determine the procedures by which courts adjudicate medical malpractice lawsuits.…
President Obama’s speech on malpractice both left Republicans demanding more and Democrats worried that President Obama will sell the rights of the few for health care reform. Clarifying his thinking (sort of), President Obama said on 60 Minutes on Sunday that there was no evidence that malpractice caps would make…
Dr. George E. Hossfeld, an emergency room doctor in Illinois, gets more than carried away attacking medical malpractice lawyers… and me.
A lawsuit by former CBS “Early Show” personality Mark McEwen against a Maryland doctor and Baltimore Washington Hospital has been dismissed on summary judgment. The Maryland medical malpractice lawsuit alleged that Baltimore Washington Medical Center should have recognized that McEwen was suffering from stroke-like symptoms and treated him with anti-coagulates.…
Former New England Patriots defensive back Tebucky Jones has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit claiming Patriots team doctors, and another doctor failed to diagnose his career-ending 2006 preseason knee injury, effectively ruining his pro career. Jones’ malpractice lawyers can expect a prompt motion for summary judgment claiming the players’ collective…