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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

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Navigating Utah's Expanded Peer Review Privilege: A Roadmap for Healthcare Providers

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The term “peer review privilege” generally refers to a discovery and evidentiary privilege that can be asserted by hospitals and other healthcare entities to protect the confidentiality of credentialing, quality improvement,...more

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Medical Negligence And Its Liabilities Under UAE Law

Medical practitioners form one of the most important professions in the world. The significance of this profession results in a high number of responsibilities on individuals in the medical field. The UAE Government has...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Health Record - Healthcare Law Insights, V 2, Issue 6, June 2025

Welcome to our sixth issue of 2025 of The Health Record -- our healthcare law insights e-newsletter. In this edition, we look at the impact of supply chain and tariff issues on the industry, the veto of Florida's...more

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Inside the Healthcare Industry: The Critical Role of Medical Coding, Billing & Nurse Review

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In what is already a highly regulated industry, it is becoming increasingly difficult for healthcare organizations to navigate the growing volume, complexity and enforcement of laws, regulations and guidance that surround...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Amicus Brief Filed Urging Georgia Supreme Court to Uphold Wrongful Death Award Statutory Cap

On behalf of two of the state’s largest healthcare associations — the Georgia Hospital Association (“GHA”) and the Medical Association of Georgia (“MAG”) — AGG Healthcare attorneys Jason Bring, Jerad Rissler, and Lisa Churvis...more

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Legal Roundup – Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania Court Affirms that Experts and Treating Physicians Must Be in Same Specialty - Kunkel v. Abington Memorial Hospital, 2024 PA Super 298 (Pa. Super. Ct. Dec. 13, 2024) - The Superior Court of Pennsylvania...more

Napoli Shkolnik

Informed Consent Requires an Informed Patient

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Today’s medical systems move faster, operate at greater scale, and handle a wider volume and variety of ailments than ever before. Doctors have access to vast repositories of medical information and data, all of which are...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Supreme Court of Ohio Decides on a Peer-Review Privilege Issue in Stull v. Summa

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On December 10, 2024, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued its decision in Stull v. Summa, a medical negligence case in which the defendants argued that Ohio’s statutory peer-review privilege protected from discovery the file the...more

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New Michigan Legislation Aims to Unravel Medical Liability Reform

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Over the past 30 years, the Michigan legislature has enacted several tort reform laws affecting medical malpractice, wrongful death and other personal injury cases. The goals of these reform laws, and particularly those...more

Snell & Wilmer

Arizona Supreme Court Decides Cipro’s Black Box Warning Cannot Replace an Expert Opinion

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In Arizona, civil claims against health care professionals must be accompanied by a certified statement regarding whether “expert opinion testimony is necessary to prove the health care professional’s standard of care or...more

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

Litigating Healthcare Malpractice Cases: Challenges for Plaintiff’s and Defense Counsel

Even if they involve similar facts or injuries, no two medical malpractice cases are alike. Juries are laypeople who must consider testimony from medical experts and other witnesses and determine credibility and competence....more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Hey Doc, Be Careful on TikTok - Legal Pitfalls of Healthcare Providers in the Social Media Age

Imagine you are scrolling on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, or one of the multitude of other social media platforms that almost every one of us have on our devices, and you come across a video of a physician discussing medical...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

FAQs: What You Need to Know About Filing a Medical Malpractice Claim in Florida

The risk of suffering unnecessary complications due to medical malpractice is a concern for patients and families across Florida. While all healthcare providers have a duty to ensure that they provide a professional standard...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Significant 2023 Connecticut Health Care Case Law

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Pullman & Comley’s annual review of significant case law affecting Connecticut health care providers summarizes a number of important decisions issued in 2023 by Connecticut state and federal courts. Among the highlights are...more

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Diagnostic Errors Claim Nearly 800,000 American Lives Per Year, Study Finds

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A new study shows that approximately 371,000 people die and 424,000 sustain permanent disabilities due to diagnostic error, including brain damage, blindness, loss of limbs or organs or metastasized cancer....more

Epstein Becker & Green

SCOTUS Lets National Practitioner Data Bank Safeguards Stand

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Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a case challenging the sufficiency of due process protections in the Health Care Quality Improvement Act (HCQIA) and National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB), effectively...more

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Med-Staff Newsletter - October 2023 | VOL 12

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Do the Right Thing — Reporting Voluntary Actions Taken While “Under Investigation” to the NPDB - Many health care entities struggle with the dilemma of whether and when to make reports to the National Practitioner Data...more

Console and Associates, P.C.

Patients’ Legal Options After Experiencing IVF Malpractice or Other Forms of Fertility Clinic Negligence

Undergoing fertility treatment is an emotional journey. And between the invasive procedures and medications, Assisted Reproductive Technologies can take a tremendous toll on a family, even when things go as planned. However,...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Understanding Telehealth and the Risks of Medical Malpractice

Telehealth practices can be tremendously helpful for patients who live in remote areas far from doctors. Telehealth can also protect healthcare providers and patients from exposure to infectious diseases. But telehealth...more

Pullman & Comley - Connecticut Health Law

CT Supreme Court Issues Important Decision Regarding Med Mal Opinion Letters

Health care providers should take note of a recent decision of the Connecticut Supreme Court that may make it easier for individuals to bring medical malpractice actions. In Carpenter v. Daar, 346 Conn. 80 (2023), the court...more

Pullman & Comley - Connecticut Health Law

Significant 2022 Connecticut Health Law Cases

Significant health care cases of 2022 included a surprise billing unfair trade practices case, a class action recognizing a patient’s constitutionally protected interest in their inpatient classification and a ruling...more

Nossaman LLP

California’s New Apology Law and Its Impact on Peer Review Hearings

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Parties in peer review hearings can present a wide range of relevant evidence, regardless of its admissibility in a court of law.  But California has passed a new “apology law” that modifies that standard, erecting a...more

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Med-Staff Newsletter - August 2022 | VOL 10

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Whether you are new to medical staff leadership or have served in the past and have been called to serve again, there are times when you will need to consult a lawyer who specializes in medical staff matters. While there is...more

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Medication Errors Lead to a Criminal Conviction: What Nurses Should Know about the RaDonda Vaught Verdict

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The case has rocked the medical profession. On March 25, 2022, a Tennessee jury found a former Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurse guilty of criminally negligent homicide and negligent abuse of an impaired adult....more

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