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Marshall Dennehey

Medical Malpractice Suit Dismissed for Inadequate Affidavit of Merit in Wrongful Death Following Kidney Biopsy

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Sovelove v. Shirazi, A-1540-23, Jun. 17, 2025 - The decedent had undergone an elective kidney biopsy and suffered a large retroperitoneal bleed, resulting in her death. The plaintiff, individually and as the estate executor,...more

Marshall Dennehey

Ohio Supreme Court Orders In Camera Review in Peer Review Privilege Dispute

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Stull v. Summa Health System, 177 Ohio St.3d 543, --- N.E.3d ---, 2024-Ohio-5718 - In a discovery dispute over the applicability of peer review privilege, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the trial court should conduct an in...more

Carlton Fields

Tenth Circuit Interprets Excess Policy’s Definition of “Medical Incident” as Applying to the Injuries of One Single Person

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On May 2, 2025, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion in AdHealth Limited v. PorterCare Adventist Health Systems affirming the lower court’s summary judgment ruling that a hospital’s excess liability insurance...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

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Supreme Court To Hear Case Regarding Section 1983 Enforcement of FNHRA Violations

The Supreme Court, on May 2, 2022, granted certiorari to consider whether certain provisions in the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act (“FNHRA”) create rights that are federally enforceable by nursing home residents under 42...more

Hogan Lovells

Reconstructive surgery required to future medical expenses

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Over the recent years, a lot has been said about the ever-increasing quantum of medical malpractice claims in South Africa in both the public and private sphere. In the public sector alone, the Gauteng Department of Health...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Laypersons’ Observations of Hospital Staff’s “Lack of Urgency” in Treating Relative Sufficient to Sustain Claim for Negligent...

In Keys v. Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (filed 2/23/2015, certified for publication 3/25/2015, No. A140038) the California Court of Appeal, First District, affirmed a jury verdict for Plaintiffs on a cause of action for...more

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