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Patient's Blood Disorder Not Due to Statin Med: Defense

In April 2015, plaintiff Frances Runski, 68, was diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis, a rare blood disorder, and hepatitis in Pittsburgh. Runski claimed that the disease was due to her taking the statin medication Lipitor, which had been prescribed by internist Anuradha Gowda.
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Daily Report Online

How This Trucking Defense Lawyer Swayed a DeKalb Jury in a $2.75-4.125M Case

"I didn't know what to expect going in, but it was a tough case. It could have gone the other way," defense attorney Grant Smith said.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

New Lawsuit Filed Against Yale Over Nurse Who Stole Fentanyl Vials

"The true scale of the mass diversion of fentanyl at Yale University remains unknown," the complaint said. "But a Drug Enforcement Agency inspection and a criminal investigation found that over a five-month period, the diverting nurse adulterated at least 75% of all fentanyl housed at the REI Clinic."
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Connecticut Law Tribune

EVOLVING LAW: Court Allows Emotional Distress Damages in MedMal Definition

In the past, courts were hesitant to grant emotional distress damages, but "as our understanding of emotional trauma has evolved", the reluctance has decreased, the opinion said.
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Daily Business Review

Victims of Medical Malpractice Could be Left Without Options Due to These Process Changes

This new process—which addresses a problem that many say did not exist—demonstrates the current Supreme Court's increased scrutiny of medical malpractice lawsuits that will result in more delays and higher costs for litigants.
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Daily Report Online

New Verdict Remittal Appeal Emerges in High-Dollar Ga. Med-Mal Wrongful Death Verdicts

"This is an issue that's being raised in basically all of the recent large medical-malpractice judgments, so it seems it's going to make its way into the court of appeals on way or another in the near future," said a plaintiffs' lawyer arguing against one appeal.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Not Applicable: Connecticut High Court Interprets COVID-Era Executive Order

"Even though the providers made that claim, it is apparent that the insurance carriers continued to charge premiums for malpractice," Robert C. Lubus Jr. of Grady & Riley said. "Here, the Connecticut Supreme Court made it clear that in order to use the executive order as a shield, the malpractice had to have some relation to COVID or to a lack of resources caused by COVID. The facts of our case are such that we are confident that the nursing home will never be able to sustain this burden."
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The Legal Intelligencer

Surgeon's Postoperative Care Was Appropriate: Defense

On Feb. 21, 2020, plaintiff, Marco Graziani, 29, a police officer, underwent an open reduction with internal fixation of a fractured right ankle. Dr. Jeffrey Kann was the surgeon. Graziani subsequently developed compartment syndrome, necessitating additional surgeries and resulting in an altered gait.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Patient Who Sustained Perforation During Spinal Surgery Settles Essex County Suit For $1.1 Million

A woman whose bowel was perforated during spinal surgery received payment of a $1.1 million settlement in her Essex County medical malpractice suit, Franco…
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The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Judge Appears Skeptical of Temple Hospital's Claim That $25.9M Verdict Would Harm Community Health Care Access

Temple argued that paying the verdict in full would cut into its operating budget and hurt its ability to pay for necessary equipment, a concern it said is exacerbated by a landscape of increasingly costly medical malpractice litigation.
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