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By Jason Grant | June 30, 2017
A new trial must be held because a judge in a medical malpractice case failed to adequately answer questions from the jury about what evidence it could consider when determining plaintiff's proper care, an appeals court said.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | June 29, 2017
A Pittsburgh jury has awarded $2 million to a woman claiming she suffered ongoing internal injuries resulting from a botched gallbladder removal surgery.
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By Greg Land | June 28, 2017
The 25-year-old inmate was suffering from stage-four cirrhosis of the liver and acute alcoholic hepatitis at the time of his death.
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By Noreen Marcus | June 28, 2017
The Fourth District Court of Appeal sides with attorneys seeking fees even if a legislative claims bill restricts them.
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By Zack Needles | June 22, 2017
Only a physician, not a member of the physician's staff, can obtain informed consent from a patient prior to a medical procedure, a splintered Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled.
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By Josefa Velasquez | June 21, 2017
The state Legislature passed a scaled-back version of Lavern's Law on Wednesday that seeks to change the statute of limitations on medical malpractice lawsuits to give some victims more time to file complaints and seek restitution.
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By Jason Grant | June 16, 2017
A split First Department panel allowed the lawsuit against Montefiore Medical Center, brought by a 17-year-old who suffered a pulmonary embolism and brain damage, to proceed based largely on a physician's statements that, "if the nurse practitioner had removed the NuvaRing, and referred plaintiff for further assessment, all of the subsequent injuries and complications suffered by plaintiff would have been avoided."
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By Jason Grant | June 16, 2017
A medical malpractice action alleging that a hospital failed to diagnose a man's cancerous wound must be dismissed because he filed a notice of claim too late, a state appellate court ruled Thursday.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | June 15, 2017
A man who entered surgery thinking one testicle was going to be removed only to find afterward that the wrong one was missing has been awarded $870,000, including $250,000 in punitive damages, by a Huntingdon County jury.
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By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 15, 2017
Bankruptcy Trustee May Commence Medical Malpractice Suit in Representative Capacity
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