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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
Pennsylvania Superior Court holds that trial court correctly entered nonsuit on plaintiff’s corporate negligence claim for failing to show actual or constructive knowledge....more
Plaintiff in this case filed a lawsuit against a Wisconsin hospital resulting from an injury on hospital grounds. During discovery, plaintiff requested "all documents, communication or correspondence as it relates to...more
The case has rocked the medical profession. On March 25, 2022, a Tennessee jury found a former Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurse guilty of criminally negligent homicide and negligent abuse of an impaired adult....more
Virtual Forum on Obstetric Malpractice Claims is taking place on November 18th EST. During this one-of-a-kind event, our unparalleled faculty of claims specialists, risk managers, medical experts – as well as an outstanding...more
Obstetrics malpractice claims continue to be the most expensive within the medical malpractice arena. In 2019, there were several multi-million-dollar verdicts alone. During this one of a kind event, our unparalleled...more
Any avid watcher of medical dramas would tell you that a hospital always has the ability to cut ties with any doctor who is not up to snuff. (For podcast fans we highly recommend Dr. Death.) They would tell you this is...more
Physician and healthcare worker burnout is dangerous. It is estimated that 350 doctors in the United States commit suicide every year – roughly a doctor a day. Serious medical errors are significantly increased, causing...more
In a case of first impression involving a medical malpractice lawsuit, the Illinois Appellate Court reversed the ruling by the trial court in Daley vs. Ingalls Memorial Hospital, which ordered a hospital to produce three...more
A multi-year discovery dispute regarding the adverse medical incident reports of a Jacksonville, Florida hospital concluded on October 2, 2017 when the United States Supreme Court denied a petition for a writ of certiorari in...more
Clinicians, engineers, safety analysts and scientists at the ECRI Institute have released a looming list of things that could go wrong with modern medical devices and technology in the marketplace....more
On January 31, 2017, the Florida Supreme Court held that adverse medical incident reports produced in accordance with Florida law cannot constitute confidential and privileged patient safety work product (PSWP) under the...more
A recent decision by the Florida Supreme Court has significant implications regarding certain adverse incident reports previously viewed as outside the scope of permitted discovery. Florida health care providers currently...more
On January 31, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the “Patient Safety Work Product” privilege cannot shield Florida health care providers from Amendment 7 requests. The court’s decision in Charles v. Southern Baptist...more