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Anesthesiologist Fined And Punished For Lapses in Standard of Care

On or about January 18, 2018, a patient described as “P.S.” was admitted to Jackson Memorial Hospital for treatment of triple vessel coronary artery disease. That same day, P.S.’s doctors performed a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) “without complications.” As the patient was being transferred from the operating room table to a bed, his ventilation machine was inadvertently disconnected from its power source…medscape.com, Anesthesiologist Is Punished for Standard of Care Lapses, Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA, May 2022

July 17, 2022

A Missed Diagnosis Leads to $100 Million Award

In January 2017, Nepalese immigrant Anuj Thapa was playing in an indoor soccer game at St. Cloud State University when another player tackled him. His left leg badly injured, Thapa was taken by ambulance to CentraCare’s St. Cloud Hospital…medscape.com, A Doctor’s Missed Diagnosis Results in Mega Award, Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA, June 2022

July 10, 2022

Georgia Couple Gets $10.1M Verdict in Med-Mal Case

The litigation stemmed from what was supposed to be a procedure in which the surgeon removes the gallbladder, a small pouch that stores bile produced by the liver…law.com, ‘A Good Result’: Ga. Couple Gets $10.1M Verdict in Med-Mal Case Due to Botched Surgery, Everett Catts, June 2022

July 3, 2022

Trial or No Trial: Jury To Decide

Jury deliberations are under way at trial over whether medical negligence caused a Georgia hospital patient’s profound brain damage…blog.cvn.com, Emory Healthcare Faces Trial Over Hospital Patient’s Severe Brain Injury, Arlin Crisco, June 2022

June 26, 2022

Notice Mailed Timely Or Too Late: Florida Supreme Court Resolves

In Boyle v. Samotin, a plaintiff in a medical malpractice case mailed the required presuit notice prior to the expiration of the statute of repose, but the defendant physician did not sign the return receipt for that notice until after the limitations period…law.com, Fla. High Court Resolves Conflict Among District Court Over Med Mal Notice Period, Junw 2022, Stephen Cain and Michael Levine

June 19, 2022

Georgia Jury Returns $4.25M Med-Mal Verdict

After a two-week trial in southeast Georgia’s Liberty County State Court, two Hinesville litigators
have achieved a $4.25 million jury verdict for the family of a nursing home patient who died from
the inadequate documentation and treatment of a bedsore…law.com, Georgia Jury Returns $4.25M
Med-Mal Verdict, Cedra Mayfield, May 2022

June 12, 2022

Georgia Appeals Court Reinstates Parents’ Med-Mal Claim

The Court of Appeals of Georgia has reinstated a lawsuit in which two parents claim Insight Psychiatric Services neglected to identify lupus in their daughter…law.com, Georgia Appeals Court Reinstates Parents’ Med-Mal Claim, Finds Expert Testimony Should Have Been Admitted, Mason Lawlor, May 24, 2022

June 5, 2022

Medical Malpractice May Have Been Erroneously Viewed As Ordinary Negligence

The Massachusetts Appeals Court vacated an interlocutory order and instructed a trial judge to take another look at a complaint filed against Winchester Hospital, finding that the judge initially erred in viewing the matter as one alleging ordinary negligence rather than medical malpractice…law.com, Appellate Court: Trial Judge Erroneously Viewed Med-Mal Suit as Ordinary Negligence Claim, Citing Improper Notice? May 2022

May 29, 2022

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