BY: STEVE COHEN, INSURANCE JOURNAL A jury in one of New York's most conservative counties recently returned a $130 million verdict in a medical malpractice case, the second-largest in the state's history. Lawyers for the losing hospital decried a "jury out of control"...
In Estate of Johnson v. Smith, Supreme Court of Ohio recently addressed Ohio's "apology statute" (R.C. 2317.43) which prohibits the use of a physician's statement of sympathy to a victim as evidence of an admission of liability, and prohibits the statement's use in...
Untreated Heroin Withdrawal Results in Death and Civil Rights Lawsuit Cleveland, Ohio. March 7, 2014. A federal civil rights lawsuit was filed today against Richland County jail officials who failed to treat Corey Tolar's heroin withdrawal which resulted in his death...
Once again, Medical Malpractice Lawyers Gerald Leeseberg has been selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America for Personal Injury Litigation for 2014. This honor marks the 17th consecutive year Mr. Leeseberg has been granted such distinction. He continue to prove...
From Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys Magazine, Spring 2011 Editor's Note: Recently, Ellen Hobbs Hirshman [EHH] hosted a "roundtable" conference call with three plaintiffs' lawyers, one defense lawyer, and a judge, to discuss obstructionist tactics during...
By Meghan Connolly and Dennis Mulvihill, January 20, 2014, Cleveland.com Dr. Michael Kirsch's column ("Litigation fever causing headaches for able physicians," published in The Plain Dealer Jan. 12) is the epitome of a double standard. While he says that we,...
It's reported that there are possibly as many as 440,000 deaths per year associated with malpractice in hospitals, four times as many as was previously thought. A recent study concludes that the epidemic of patients getting hurt in hospitals must be taken more...
The Boston Globe, January 27, 2013, by Dr. Darshak Sanghavi DANIELLE BELLEROSE WENT THROUGH HELL before she finally got pregnant with twins in late 2003. Shortly thereafter, the then 28-year-old nurse and Massachusetts native developed a complication that required...
Recently, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral arguments in the case of Cromer v. Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron. The case addresses the issue of whether the precise harm to the patient in a medical malpractice case must be foreseen by the defendants, in...
By MARTY MAKARY, Wall Street Journal - September 22, 2012 When there is a plane crash in the U.S., even a minor one, it makes headlines. There is a thorough federal investigation, and the tragedy often yields important lessons for the aviation industry. Pilots and...
