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Medical Malpractice Litigation
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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