Earlier this year, the Center for Justice and Democracy at New York Law School took a comprehensive look at compensatory damages caps by state. Not surprisingly, while few states limit
The family of Sarah Crayton will receive a $2.6M settlement in the medical malpractice case against the University of Chicago Medical Center and cardiologist Dr. Mardi Gomberg-Maitland. Crayton died in
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a class of chemicals manufactured since the 1940s, have been getting significant attention in the last year. Just recently, Denmark became the first country to
Doctors, physician’s assistants, and nurse practitioners are all professionally obligated to order the appropriate tests to diagnose potentially fatal conditions like cancer in a timely way. In Doctors Kept Dismissing
Investigations into the health risks of breast implants have been going on since the 1980s. Since 2011, one area of focus has been on complaints alleging that textured breast implants
Every year as many as 1.2 million laparoscopic cholecystectomies (CCY) (or gallbladder removal surgery) are performed in the U.S. making it one of the most commonly performed operations in the
Terry Lee Courts filed a medical negligence lawsuit against internist Matthew Harris M.D, in West Virginia’s Cabell Circuit Court (case number 19-C-284). Mr. Courts is the administrator of the estate
Roundup® is the most widely used herbicide in the world. Manufactured by Monsanto, it is a glyphosate-based herbicide that has been available since the mid-1970s. In 2015, the International Agency for
Dr. Rui Amaral Mendes, associate editor of BMJ Case Reports, writes that doctors need to listen carefully to their patients and build a timeline of what happened rather than relying
The fight for insurance coverage for behavioral and substance abuse care has been ongoing for decades. Several federal laws and regulations have been enacted to provide parity in coverage between
A Suffolk County, MA, jury awarded the family of Aiden Boulter $30.6M after finding that Cross Country Staffing Inc. was negligent in the care of Kim Boulter and her newborn
After already paying out millions in damages, Johnson & Johnson is facing a large-scale multidistrict litigation regarding the links between its talcum powder and ovarian cancer in women who used
Under the Federal Rules of Evidence, if you need to support your litigation with an expert witness, you must show in a hearing that your witness’ expert opinion is admissible
What is the role of the cruise ship and maritime medicine expert witness? When a cruise ship passenger suffers an accident, injury, or acute medical condition which results in litigation,
Minnesota couple Leotha Pinkney and John Richardson filed a malpractice lawsuit against the medical staff at Regions Hospital and HealthPartners in St. Paul, MN, alleging that medical staff did not
