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A state appellate court recently published an opinion in a medical negligence case stemming from a 2011 surgery. The case was brought by a couple after the wife underwent surgery at a local hospital and subsequently suffered a stroke. Approximately two years after the surgery, the couple brought a claim against the manufacturer of the medical device…

Earlier this month, a Pennsylvania appeals court heard and affirmed a $3 million verdict against a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson arising from a product liability case. The lawsuit stemmed from an incident in which a child suffered severe birth injuries after the mother was prescribed and took a migraine medicine during her pregnancy. According…

An appellate court released an opinion in a medical malpractice claim brought by the estate of an individual who died while in the care of a hospital. In the case, a man was admitted into the hospital after complaining of severe right side pain. He was given narcotic pain medication but had a bad reaction to it,…

The Supreme Court of Hawaii recently released an opinion addressing a physician’s duty to disclose information to a patient. The opinion stemmed from a 2008 incident when the plaintiff suffered a lower back injury at work and sought treatment from his primary care doctor. The plaintiff was given conservative treatment, and when that did…

Late last month, the Supreme Court of the State of Idaho released their opinion regarding a medical malpractice claim stemming from treatment received by a 15-year-old in 2011. Apparently, the young woman was swimming at a YMCA when she fell from a floating structure. She was rushed to the hospital and was treated by…

Earlier this month, an appellate court in Alaska heard a case brought by a patient against his doctor, alleging that the doctor’s failure to provide an acceptable level of medical care resulted in a permanent injury. In the case, Brandner v. Pease, the plaintiff was a patient who underwent open heart surgery that was…

At the end of last month, the opinion and decision in a negligent infliction of emotional distress in relation to medical malpractice claim was released by the Supreme Court in Connecticut. Like New Mexico, Connecticut allows claims of negligent infliction of emotional distress to be brought in certain very limited circumstances. This case revolves…

In a recent case, the Supreme Court of Mississippi affirmed a lower court’s decision not to dismiss a case against a hospital because of a statute of limitations issue. A woman died at a hospital in June 2007, and in October of that year her beneficiaries provided a notice of claim against the hospital…

Early last month, an individual died as a result of Ebola. This was the first recorded death from the disease in United States history. The Associated Press reported that the patient arrived at a Texas emergency room and was discharged with only antibiotics. He came back to the hospital two days later and was…

In a decision released in September, the New Mexico Supreme Court reversed a state Court of Appeals decision affirming the dismissal of a plaintiff’s medical malpractice claim against a hospital resulting from the death of a patient. The plaintiff’s lawsuit, filed on behalf of the deceased patient, claims that a radiologist employed by the…