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The Legal Intelligencer

Med Mal Plaintiff Loses Bid to Seek Punitive Damages on Top of $21.3M Award

"It's not that the judge needed to endorse the plaintiff's viewpoint that it was reckless," Thomas Bosworth said, "it's merely that the judge needed to allow the jury to make that decision."
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The Legal Intelligencer

$3.5M Verdict Against Doctor for Failing to Recognize Man's Heart Attack

A Philadelphia jury awarded $3.5 million Sept. 28 to a man who claimed he suffered permanent cardiac damage as a result of his doctor's failure to recognize his impending heart attack.
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Daily Report Online

'The Jury Was Told to Award a Nuclear Verdict': Ga. Appellate Court Considers New Trial in Appeal of $10.1M Verdict

"We're talking to people from different backgrounds and walks of life," plaintiff-appellees argued. "If we're suddenly hemmed into saying only one type of word, I think that's a slippery slope."
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Connecticut Law Tribune

'They Are Coming Forward': Litigation Rising Against Yale Clinic Over Fentanyl

"The painkiller diversion went on for a matter of years, during which they ignored evidence of diversion and left countless patients in the dark about the truth of what had happened to them," Josh Koskoff, one of the attorneys for the plaintiffs, claimed.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Feldman Shepherd Lands 3 Laterals to Fortify Core Practices

Philadelphia Board of Education President Reginald Streater, formerly of Berger Montague, Daniel Klaproth of Murray, Stone & Wilson and Samuel Mukiibi of Grant & Eisenhofer will also continue their individual niches in civil rights and nursing home neglect cases.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Hits Doctor With $2.8M in Delay Damages but Slams Both Sides for Poor Performance

Judge Craig Levin called the defendants' motion and brief "excellent examples of how not to present issues."
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The Legal Intelligencer

Working on the Weekend: Trial With Rare Saturday Proceedings Ends With Defense Win in Leg Amputation Case

"The jury was attentive the entirety of the day on Saturday."
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Daily Report Online

Ga. Appellate Court Holds There's No Exception for Deadline Confusion—Even During the Pandemic

"When we were in the midst of COVID, every case was different," said defendant-appellee counsel. "In all candor, I never was sure if I was calculating the deadlines correctly."
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The Legal Intelligencer

Temple Hospital Faces $30M Judgment as It Backs Down From Failed Verdict Challenge

By opting not to appeal, TUH is accepting an August ruling that soundly rejected the hospital's efforts to advance an argument that the verdict should be remitted based on the harm it would cause to the community.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Jury Returns $3.5M Verdict Against Doctor for Failing to Recognize Patient's Impending Heart Attack

"Mr. DiMeo's commitment to his health and rehabilitation, rather than taking a victim's mentality, persuaded the jury to award the significant past and future non-economic damages in this case," Louis Tumolo of The Beasley Firm said.
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