A judge who helped West Virginia’s Supreme Court hear a recent medical malpractice case is blasting the outcome. First Circuit Judge Ronald Wilson dissented sharply Friday with last month’s ruling that upholds limits on jury verdicts. When adjusted for inflation, …
A Cedar Falls couple has been awarded $1.3 million in their lawsuit against the doctor who delivered their baby. A jury deliberated for about five hours before awarding Alan and Larysa the funds for injuries to their daughter during childbirth. …
After a mentally ill Georgia man was charged with stabbing his mother to death amid a psychotic rage, his father took a peculiar step that has so far divided Georgia courts: He filed a medical malpractice lawsuit seeking damages from …
Republican state lawmakers are circulating a bill that would tap more than a third of new tax revenue to repay money taken from a medical malpractice fund. The bill circulated for co-sponsors on Tuesday also eliminates the $30 million projected …
A British woman who claims a botched facelift left her with a “monster eye” was awarded nearly 6.2 million pounds ($9.9 million) by the High Court Monday. Penny Johnson, 49, sued her surgeon, Dr. Le Roux Fourie after receiving a …
The number of medical malpractice lawsuits filed against doctors and hospitals in Pennsylvania dropped last year for the sixth year in a row. A total of 1,491 malpractice lawsuits were filed in 2010, according to a report released last week …
Supporters said Tuesday that a Nevada bill allowing lawyers to correct clerical errors in malpractice lawsuits would be a saving grace for victims, but opponents contended it’s not specific enough and would encourage sloppy filings. The Senate Judiciary Committee heard …
Veterans, military families and others who oppose a decades-old law that shields military medical personnel from malpractice lawsuits are rallying around a case they consider the best chance in a generation to change the widely unpopular protection. The U.S. Supreme …
The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that a cancer patient may pursue an emotional distress claim that alleges a faulty diagnosis let undetected cancer spread. The court Wednesday upheld an appellate court decision in a lawsuit filed by the woman …
A bill that would further reform medical malpractice suits in Florida has been approved by a House panel. The Health Care Appropriations subcommittee approved the bill (HB 479) by a vote of 11-3 on Friday. But it also retained the …