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Medical Malpractice Expert Testimony Appeals

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

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

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

New Jersey Supreme Court Opinion Refines Affidavit of Merit Requirements for Malpractice Case Against Physician Certified in...

In another in the seemingly endless series of decisions parsing the interpretation of the statutory requirements for an affidavit of merit in medical liability claims, on January 22, 2025 the New Jersey Supreme Court issued...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Health Care

Expert Demonstrations Must Meet Substantially Similar Standard: Hinshaw's Annual Guide to Key Illinois Medical Malpractice...

Must an expert's demonstration be made under substantially similar conditions and circumstances as those which surrounded the occurrence? Can an expert opine regarding the permanency of injuries without recent medical data? ...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Appellate Court Notes - Week of December 20

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SC18845 - Milliun v. New Milford Hospital - A medical malpractice case with some general principals of law: Patient went into respiratory failure in a CT hospital which allegedly resulted in a brain injury. Patient was...more

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