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Robins Kaplan LLP

Revolutionizing Med Neg Cases with AI

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The rapid evolution of technology is revolutionizing the legal practice. For plaintiff attorneys handling medical negligence cases, incorporating advanced tools—especially artificial intelligence—brings both challenges and...more

Marshall Dennehey

Superior Court Reverses Nonsuit, Holds Trial Court Bound by Prior Ruling on Expert Qualification

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Joyner v. Thomas Jefferson Univ. Hosps., Inc., No. 534 EDA 2024, 2025 WL 933175, at *1 (Pa. Super. Ct. Mar. 26, 2025), reargument denied (May 29, 2025) - In her suit, the pro se plaintiff alleged negligent placement of leg...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

Morris James LLP

Medical Negligence and Paralysis: What Victims Need to Know

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Few injuries are as life-altering as paralysis. What makes this already devastating condition even more heartbreaking is when it results from a preventable medical error. Whether it’s due to a surgical mistake, a missed...more

Marshall Dennehey

You Can’t Get Two Bites at the Apple – Or, Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave

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Key Points:  Judicial estoppel only requires that the party “successfully obtained a benefit by assertion of the position that she now seeks to dispute.”  Expert testimony and closing arguments are sufficient for the...more

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Experts in Defense: Delaware Superior Court Agrees that Expert Witnesses Must Opine Beyond Mere Speculation to Meet Basic...

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Key Points:  Expert medical testimony must be offered unequivocally to support causation in medical negligence cases....more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 21st Annual Advanced Forum on Obstetric Malpractice Claims - October 12th - 13th, Philadelphia, PA

Obstetrics malpractice claims continue to be the most expensive within the medical malpractice arena. The unparalleled faculty of claim specialists, risk managers, medical experts – as well as a wide array of plaintiff and...more

K&L Gates LLP

Goodridge & Anor v Baker [2023] VSC 331

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This is a Limitations of Actions Act 1958 (Vic) (LAA) ruling that was handed down on 16 June 2023 in the context of a medical negligence claim. Adam and Michelle Goodridge brought an application for an extension of time in...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 21st Annual Advanced Forum on Obstetric Malpractice Claims - June 27th - 28th, Philadelphia, PA

Hosted by the American Conference Institute, the 21st Annual Advanced Forum on Obstetric Malpractice Claims returns in June with curated content that will ensure that you stay current on the evolving standards of care,...more

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California’s Long-Standing MICRA Law is About to Change

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California’s controversial Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975 (MICRA) could soon change after health care and consumer advocates worked with California legislative leaders to reach an agreement to modify MICRA,...more

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Medical Malpractice FAQs

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What is considered medical malpractice? Medical malpractice, also known as medical negligence, occurs when a hospital, doctor, or other health care professional fails to comply with the standard of care and causes an...more

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Different Committee, Different Scope: Delaware Court Holds Credentials Committee Documents May Be Subject to Discovery

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Deborah Palmer (“Plaintiff”), as the surviving spouse of Vance Palmer (“Mr. Palmer”), brought multiple claims against defendants Christiana Care Health Services, Inc. (“Hospital”) and neurosurgeon Bikash Bose, M.D. (“Dr....more

Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C.

New Jersey Supreme Court to Address Affidavit of Merit Requirement for Vicarious Liability Claims

In March, we issued an alert regarding the New Jersey Appellate Division’s recent guidance on whether an Affidavit of Merit is required by N.J.S.A. § 2A:53A-27. Specifically, the Court addressed whether an Affidavit of Merit...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Health Care

Hospital Ads Insufficient to Overcome Consent Forms in Establishing Apparent Agency: Hinshaw's Annual Guide to Key Illinois...

Do hospital advertising campaigns that welcome a physician to the medical staff create the appearance of an employee-employer relationship? And, if so, is a consent form is enough to overcome the appearance of such a...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Washington Supreme Court Extends Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege to Non-Employee Agents of Defendant Hospitals

On November 12, 2020, the Washington Supreme Court extended corporate attorney-client privilege protection to appropriate ex parte communications between defendant hospitals and their non-employee agents. The court’s decision...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: Florida Board of Medicine Signals Some Relief for Providers from New Pelvic Exam Requirements

As we previously reported, on August 7, 2020, the Florida Board of Medicine (the “Board”) considered a petition for declaratory statement filed in response to Florida’s new pelvic exam laws. The petition sought clarification...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

At the VA, concerns increasing about top leadership and outside meddling

One of the nation’s largest health systems faces yet more serious questions about its leadership and external meddling in the quality and safety of its care. So, once again taxpayers may be asking themselves, with anger, What...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

Defense bill may offer active service personnel a way to win back key rights

Although members of Congress have fled the nation’s capital for their annual August recess, there’s guarded optimism that lawmakers may be open to reversing a seven-decades-old U.S. Supreme Court ruling that bars active duty...more

White and Williams LLP

Delaware Court Rejects Contract Liability Theory in Medical Negligence Case

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In Sipple v. Connections Community Support Programs, Inc., the Delaware Superior Court rejected a breach of contract claim filed by a former prison inmate who claimed that he received substandard medical care while...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

South Florida Breast Exams — Mammogram Quality in Question

Mammogram Studies and Their Quality - Medical professionals have debated the frequency and relative age for performing mammogram studies on women; some claiming that once yearly is too often and under 50 years old is too...more

Carlton Fields

Florida Supreme Court Says External Peer Review Reports are Discoverable Under Amendment 7

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On October 26, in Edwards v. Thomas, et al. (SC15-1893) the Florida Supreme Court held that external peer review reports are discoverable under Amendment 7. ...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

A Claim Is for Medical Negligence – Not General Negligence – When “Integrally Related” to a Patient’s Medical Treatment or...

Nava v. Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, et al. is the latest in a line of cases regarding the definition of professional negligence in matters involving health care providers and the applicable statute of limitations. The...more

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