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By Adolfo Pesquera | May 10, 2024
The Supreme Court took the case because the court had not addressed the validity of a claim for medical negligence that results in an unplanned pregnancy and birth of a healthy child, Justice Rebeca Huddle said.
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By Alex Anteau | May 9, 2024
"[The defense was] doing our work for us, and we were fine with that," the plaintiff-appellees said.
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By Charles Toutant | May 6, 2024
The physician said he instructed the patient to see an oncologist or a primary care doctor after seeing the MRI results, but the patient disputed that claim, according to plaintiffs attorney Paul da Costa.
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By Colleen Murphy | May 3, 2024
"If we had the 'Ferreira' conference, which this court says is a 'backstop,' this would not have happened," said Christina Vassiliou Harvey of Lomurro Munson, who served as pro bono counsel to the plaintiff. "We would have avoided all of this if there was just a conference and an explanation."
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By Mason Lawlor | May 1, 2024
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By Aleeza Furman | May 1, 2024
"It's an important case for the medical community to take a look at because these PAs are not doctors," Richard Godshall said. "They're being put in position to make decisions that their experience and training just hasn't met yet."
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By Allison Dunn | April 26, 2024
"A registered nurse may be qualified to attest that breach of applicable standards of nursing care for preventing and treating decubitus ulcers proximately caused the plaintiff's ulcer injury," Judge Donald E. Beachley wrote on behalf of the court.
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By Aleeza Furman | April 25, 2024
The defendant claimed that the case "hinges on a fundamental constitutional issue that has implications far beyond the professional liability context: whether a trial court can prioritize run-of-the-mill, non-constitutional scheduling concerns over a litigant's constitutional right to freely exercise his religious beliefs."
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By The Legal Intelligencer | April 23, 2024
In The Legal's Medical Malpractice special section, read about how to mitigate risks in the emergency room, the stigma of medical malpractice cases that stem from suicide, and the role appellate mediators can have in an era of nuclear verdicts.
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By Mark W. Tanner and Bethany R. Nikitenko | April 22, 2024
When a potential client comes to you with a wrongful death medical malpractice case arising from suicide, we encourage you to dispense the myths and remove the stigma, and to evaluate the case with the same analysis as any other medical malpractice case.
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