Medical malpractice insurance experts take note: the definition of “medical occurrence” in an insurance policy may be as straightforward as you think. In John Patty, D.O., LLC v. Missouri Professional
In an unusual case in Washington state, the plaintiff’s medical expert witness failed to persuade the court that a Department of Veteran Affairs primary care physician had breached his duty
The family of Tennessee resident Chesta Shoemaker has filed a lawsuit against Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Shoemaker was under the care of general surgeon Dr. Gretchen Edwards for a kidney
The Florida Appeals Court in Osceola County rejected a medical malpractice lawsuit by a plaintiff against her orthopedic surgeon. The plaintiff alleges that she suffered a broken femur during a
The Massachusetts Medical Society published A Crisis in Health Care: A Call to Action on Physician Burnout on January 17, 2019. The report describes burnout as “a syndrome involving one
More than thirty-five medical malpractice cases against Dr. Gerard Stanley and Sculpt Contemporary Cosmetic Surgery will be heard in Douglas County District Court, Omaha, Nebraska. Plaintiffs are charging him with
Singer Chris Cornell’s widow filed a medical malpractice suit against his cardiologist alleging negligent prescription of dangerous controlled substances which led to Cornell’s suicide. The complaint describes the cardiologist prescribing Cornell more than 940 doses of
An Oklahoma County District Court jury awarded almost $25.6M to the family of a cancer patient denied coverage by Aetna. The award is believed to be the largest in the
Following Biojoint surgery on his knees, plaintiff Ken Browne filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against James Stannard, medical director of the Missouri Orthopaedic Institute, James Cook, a veterinarian who is
In February 2018, Michigan teenager Marquel Brumley was diagnosed with a viral infection at an urgent care facility and was sent home for the infection to run its course. When
The Department of Justice announced on March 23, 2018, that Massachusetts based medical device manufacturer Alere Inc. and its subsidiary Alere San Diego have agreed to pay the U.S. $33.2M
A Pennsylvania federal jury awarded $47M to parents in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed on behalf of their daughter. Ian Harker and Corradina Baldacchino filed their lawsuit against Dr. John Chan,
Two patients at the Mizzou Biojoint Center in Columbia, MO, have filed lawsuits alleging medical negligence following knee surgery. The 13th Judicial Circuit of Missouri lawsuit charges James Stannard, MD,
Mary Harber of Susanville, CA, went to the hospital to have a benign tumor removed from her abdomen in April 2017. She is suing Shasta Regional Medical Center and Dr. Richard
In 2012, Saint Francis Hospital, Inc., Neurological Surgery, Inc., and Douglas Koontz, M.D., performed decompressive laminectomies on Johnson John’s spine. After surgery, John allegedly became partially paralyzed, suffered constant pain,
