A unanimous United States Supreme Court decision has now removed a significant procedural hurdle for medical malpractice plaintiffs in 28 states. In this case, the Court was asked to determine whether ...

The two most frequent complaining categories in cardiology malpractice cases are diagnosis-related and medical treatment claims, according to a cardiology malpractice report from The Doctor’s Company.

The admissibility of informed consent discussions and forms are a frequent issue in the trial of medical malpractice cases. While this evidence is obviously admissible in cases where the Plaintiff is ...

In 57% of the most serious malpractice cases, physicians reported receiving favorable outcomes due to dismissals or verdicts, according Medscape’s “The Rising Price of Risk Management: Physicians and ...

A jury in Seattle awarded $8.5 million to a man and his wife last week after the man suffered complications from a surgery at Virginia Mason Medical Center that he claims was performed by someone who ...

The article explains that late changes to theories of liability in malpractice cases are typically denied by courts, as they prejudice defendants. Courts prefer claims to be clear from the start, and ...

The failure of a hospital chain that provided its own malpractice insurance threatens to leave injured patients with no ...

Medical malpractice claims cost the healthcare industry billions of dollars, but the costs include more than just dollars. Often there is accompanying damage to a hospital’s reputation and to staff ...

This month’s case began as a medical malpractice incident in the emergency department. The case ended with a Florida court declaring that a statute limiting awards for pain and suffering to Medicaid ...