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Marshall Dennehey

Precedential Opinion: Superior Court of Pennsylvania Upholds the Enforceability of a Venue-Selection Clause in the Context of a...

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Hospitals may once again be able to control where a patient brings a medical malpractice claim through a venue-selection agreement entered into with their patients....more

Kerr Russell

Michigan Supreme Court Declines to Revisit Medical Malpractice Damages Cap

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The Michigan Supreme Court recently declined to weigh in on an important question about whether the state’s cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice lawsuits violates the Michigan Constitution. (In re Certified...more

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Eighth Circuit’s Ruling on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors Has Broad Implications for Healthcare Providers

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The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, in Brandt v. Griffin, has upheld Arkansas’s Act 626, which bans gender-affirming medical care for minors. This ruling follows the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Skrmetti,...more

Marshall Dennehey

New Jersey Supreme Court Rules Out-of-State Alleged Tortfeasor Cannot Be Allocated Fault Under Comparative Negligence Act

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Estate of Crystal Walcott Spill v. Jacob E. Markovitz, M.D., 2025 WL 758318 - In this appeal before the New Jersey Supreme Court, the court held that an out-of-state alleged tortfeasor was not a party subject to allocation of...more

Marshall Dennehey

Pennsylvania Superior Court Vacates Summary Judgment Due to Procedural Error in Response Time

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Jordan v. Lynde, 330 A.3d 817 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2024) - The Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled that the trial court abused its discretion by failing to grant the appellants the 30-day response period required under Pa. R.Civ.P....more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

New York Clarifies Limits on Medical Device Manufacturer’s Duty to Warn

A manufacturer produces a medical device for physicians to use to administer a particular type of treatment to their patients. When does that manufacturer have a duty under New York state law to warn a physician of risks...more

Marshall Dennehey

Ohio 8th District Court of Appeals Affirms Trial Court Ruling that Non-Economic Damages Cap on Catastrophic Injuries Is...

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On January 30, 2025, the Ohio 8th District Court of Appeals held that Ohio’s medical malpractice non-economic damages cap is unconstitutional as applied to the plaintiff-appellee who permanently lost his eye as the result of...more

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A Deepened Divide: Appellate Court Joins False Claims Act Circuit Split in Favor of Health Care Defendants

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On February 18, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued its opinion in United States v. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., finding that, in Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) cases, the government must...more

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief

No Surprises Here!  Fifth Circuit Upholds Health Care Provider Challenge to No Surprises Act Regulations

In a recent win for health care providers, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s decision to vacate key portions of regulations issued by the U.S. Departments of Treasury,...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Appellate Court Dismissal on Suit regarding Life-Prolonging Care

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On August 20, 2023, an Indiana Appellate Court dismissed a suit regarding allegedly negligent life-prolonging care rendered to a nonagenarian patient, who could not herself consent. Plaintiff’s complaint alleged that the...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Supreme Court Declines to Weigh in on Key Falsity Question

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For several years, courts have wrestled with the question of whether subjective clinical decisions regarding the type and amount of treatment patients may need can be false for purposes of establishing False Claims Act (FCA)...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Health Care

Case Management Orders Must be Flexibly Applied in Cases Involving Minors: Hinshaw's Annual Guide to Key Illinois Medical...

Was a plaintiff's expert properly prevented from testifying about the allegedly improper care of plaintiff's son? Lin Jun Huang, as Mother and Next Friend of Adrian Zhaung, a minor v. Elmhurst Clinic, LLC, Elmhurst...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Health Care

Standard of Care Opinions Outside an Expert's Specialty Barred: Hinshaw's Annual Guide to Key Illinois Medical Malpractice...

Can a physician offer standard of care opinions outside of his or her area of expertise? Thomas Ittersagen v. Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation d/b/a Advocate Medical Group, et al.; Case No: 2020 IL App (1st) 190778...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Proving Consent Was Not Informed Is Not So Easy For Medical Malpractice Plaintiffs

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Last week, the Court of Appeals reinforced the importance of the statutory presumption that a doctor has obtained valid informed consent. The Hauser v. Brookview Women’s Center court affirmed the trial court’s instruction on...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Arbitration Provision In Plan Provider Agreement May Be Enforceable, California Court Says

A California appeals court has ruled that an arbitration provision in a plan provider agreement was enforceable as “Step Two” of its dispute resolution process. In Epstein v. Vision Service Plan, optometrist Gordon Epstein...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

This Week at The Ninth: Informational Injury and Union Dues

This week, we examine one Ninth Circuit decision exploring the extent to which the deprivation of information and statutorily-conferred powers can satisfy Article III’s injury-in-fact requirement, and a second declining to...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

What's Happening at the West Virginia Legislature - Issue 3

By the end of the 10th day of the 60-day session, the House has introduced 522 bills and the Senate 354. We discuss below a few of those bills and other developments in West Virginia that may interest our readers....more

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Appellate Court Notes

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SC20088 - Arciniega v. Feliciano - One slate of petitioning candidates for a town committee election sued to have several signatures on the competing slate declared invalid. The competing slate intervened and filed a...more

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