Should federal courts be required to abide by state laws when they consider interstate malpractice cases? The Supreme Court mulled that exact issue in a case it heard earlier this week. The case, ...

Medical malpractice claims cost the healthcare industry billions of dollars, but the costs include more than just dollars. Often there is accompanying damage to a hospital’s reputation and to staff ...

A California nursing home can’t force the parents of a former nursing home resident to arbitrate their wrongful death claim, although many similar claims would be covered by medical malpractice rules ...

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 ...

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Schuster Law has announced expanded legal services for individuals pursuing medical malpractice claims in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The firm’s attorneys represent patients and families seeking ...

Tampa General Hospital and a nursing staffing agency must pay $41 million to a Brandon woman left nearly blind and partially paralyzed by a stroke despite a state law that caps “pain and suffering” ...

You've been sued for medical malpractice. If you are a physician in the United States, that is not an unlikely scenario. An analysis by the American Medical Association shows that almost half of all ...

A multistate personal injury firm has moved to set aside a New York client's verdict award in a medical malpractice claim, alleging that the jury foreperson failed to disclose her husband had been ...

The state attorney general’s office is arguing to dismiss a lawsuit alleging medical malpractice after an incarcerated man died from peptic ulcer disease that went undiagnosed and untreated. The man, ...

When faced with the overwhelming experience of medical malpractice, the decision to meet with a lawyer can be daunting. Understanding that your health and well-being have been compromised is not only ...

Here’s how the judges overseeing Philadelphia’s medical malpractice program sped up case timelines and what attorneys can expect from the program next year. Following a flood of COVID-19 lawsuits and ...