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An article in the August 9, 2025, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine highlights the opportunity, if not the responsibility, of the bar in the private law sector to fill the gaps in healthcare access, quality, and...more
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
Artificial intelligence is transforming the world around us, and the healthcare industry is no exception. As a result, health care entities are testing and implementing AI programs in an effort to improve patient care....more
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
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
On June 24, 2025, the Supreme Court of Georgia vacated the Georgia Court of Appeals’ decision refusing to apply Georgia’s $350,000 damages cap to reduce a $7.2 million award of wrongful death damages in a medical malpractice...more
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
Key Points: Standard of Care: Patient assessment and discussion of procedures to be performed to evaluate the patient prior to surgery fall under the purview of the standard of care, not informed consent....more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Polypharmacy is Medspeak for taking more than one prescription medication at a time. About one in five Americans over age 49 is a polypharmicist, of sorts....more
Preparing to mediate a healthcare liability case in Georgia? Whether you have a medical malpractice case against professionals, a wrongful death case, or a negligence case against a healthcare entity, as a trial attorney and...more
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
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’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
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