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Hospitals and health systems are familiar with traditional medical malpractice cases, but as healthcare is increasingly seen as a business, healthcare providers need to understand the potential for, and limitations of claims...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
Florida’s healthcare providers and their insurers are on the verge of a significant adjustment to the state’s medical malpractice landscape. For over three decades, a controversial provision within Florida’s medical...more
Estate of Crystal Walcott Spill v. Jacob E. Markovitz, M.D., 2025 WL 758318 - In this appeal before the New Jersey Supreme Court, the court held that an out-of-state alleged tortfeasor was not a party subject to allocation of...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
When you get hurt because of another person’s carelessness, you might be able to file what’s called a “personal injury claim.” While your injuries can be mild or very serious, you must prove that they have affected your...more
Vandever v. Stair, 2025 WL 523863 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2025) - The Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld the dismissal of a medical negligence claim against a physician, finding that the plaintiff failed to present sufficient...more
Personal injury accidents come in many different forms, everything from car crashes and workplace mishaps to slips, falls, and sports injuries. Many of these accidents result in bone fractures. These injuries can vary widely...more
California is home to more than its fair share of personal injury claims, the vast majority of which, according to California courts, include car crashes and slip and fall injuries. Workplace injuries involving cuts and...more
Leslie M. Jenny and Gabriella M. Wittbrod, both of our Cleveland, OH office, were granted summary judgment on behalf of their corporate nursing home clients in this medical negligence case. Judge Phillip S. Naumoff of the...more
Attorneys who work to help accident victims recover full compensation for their losses know that incidents like motor vehicle collisions, falls, medical malpractice, and truck accidents can cause a wide variety of injuries....more
With another legislative session nearing the end, many continue to keep a keen eye on certain legislative efforts meant to expand the extent of damages available in medical malpractice lawsuits. The sweeping legislation,...more
Outside of small claims court, personal injury lawsuits can be difficult to win. Even in small claims court, you might not find an easy road to victory. Certain types of cases, such as product liability cases and medical...more
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Texas was the beneficiary of sweeping tort reform legislation, particularly in medical malpractice cases. The Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform Act of 2003 capped damages for those...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
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - USA v. Murat - sentencing - Johnson v. Fla DOC - Confrontation Clause, medical report - US Sugar v. US Army Corp of Eng’rs - administrative challenge, Everglades...more
The Reptile Theory is a litigation strategy intended to activate jurors’ survival instincts during trial and is designed to induce fear over logic and reason when hearing a case. Rather than focusing on the standard of care...more
In this month’s Thoughts from the Top, we speak with Tangela Richmond, our director of education, about recent updates that can be expected from our Education Division....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
A recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) triggers a question as to whether the standard of care to evaluate claims for medical malpractice should be changed. For decades, the New Jersey Model...more
A manufacturer produces a medical device for physicians to use to administer a particular type of treatment to their patients. When does that manufacturer have a duty under New York state law to warn a physician of risks...more
On January 30, 2025, the Ohio 8th District Court of Appeals held that Ohio’s medical malpractice non-economic damages cap is unconstitutional as applied to the plaintiff-appellee who permanently lost his eye as the result of...more
The Court of Appeals of New York answers the question of whether a plaintiff may bring a claim under Judiciary Law § 487 in a plenary action. Urias v. Daniel P. Buttafuoco & Assoc., PLLC, 41 NY3d 560, 563 (2024)....more