SETTLEMENT RESCISSION: Doctor, hospital, insurers seeking to rescind $1.1 million med-mal settlement for alleged faking of RSD symptoms on inquiry notice by opinions of experts, suspicions of counsel, claims time-barred, statute not tolled by fraudulent concealment… claims also barred [Read more…]
Medical malpractice, $250,000 verdict, skin cancer
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE/CPA: $250,000 verdict for CPA violations by cosmetic surgery business for delayed diagnosis of skin cancer, $84,833 fees, defense verdict as to negligence by surgeon and assistants… verdict affirmed… H. Brown affirmed (IOR I-3(d)(v)). [Read more…]
Medical malpractice, breast cancer, defense verdict
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE: Prospective jurors with relationships with defense counsels’ firms properly not excused for cause… pathologist properly allowed to testify as to breast cancer… any error in instructing on “loss of chance”/apportionment of damages harmless as jury found [Read more…]