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By Charles Toutant | September 22, 2023
The family of a woman who was disabled due to a ruptured brain aneurysm agreed to a $10 million settlement in a Middlesex County medical malpractice…
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By Charles Toutant | September 21, 2023
"To justify recovery, the plaintiff should observe the kind of result that is associated with the aftermath of an accident, such as bleeding, traumatic injury, and cries of pain," the doctor and her practice said in court papers.
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By Adolfo Pesquera | September 19, 2023
Alleged failures included not investigating and serving the hospital with suit, and failure to timely serve an initial report to a rehab center.
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By John Lyddane | September 18, 2023
In the first installment of this two-part Medical Malpractice Defense column, John Lyddane discusses the origin and historical development of the professional reliability exception to the general rule against hearsay. Its application to malpractice defense will be explored in the second installment.
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By Curt Schroder | September 14, 2023
The repeal of Rule 1006(a.1)—coupled with the recent trend of nuclear verdicts in Philadelphia County and the Superior Court's precedential decision in Hangey v. Husqvarna Professional Products, 247 A.3d 1136 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2021), appeal granted, 278 A.3d 301 (Pa. 2022), holding that venue could lie over a defendant who does only 0.005% of its annual business in the forum—has raised concerns over a return of the medical liability crisis that led to the adoption of the Rule 1006(a.1) in the first place.
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By Cedra Mayfield | September 13, 2023
"[Jurors] understand that despite a bad outcome that the doctor was there and focused and did his or her best," said Huff, Powell & Bailey partner R. Page Powell. "Those kinds of things still resonate with people."
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By ALM Staff | September 8, 2023
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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By VerdictSearch | September 7, 2023
On June 21, 2013, plaintiff's decedent Faith Dixon, 53, presented to St. Joseph's Hospital with complaints of shortness of breath. She was diagnosed with an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, even though she had never been diagnosed with COPD.
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By Riley Brennan | September 6, 2023
"Defendants are accordingly entitled to a new trial in which the jury can consider the case anew, without the prejudicial evidence that intruded into the first trial," the appeals court said.
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By Allison Dunn | September 6, 2023
To qualify to serve on the MMRP, attorneys should be impartial, an active and in-good-standing member of the bar, and actively participating.
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