Medical malpractice cases can involve years of medical data, conflicting expert opinions, hospital policies, and treatment decisions. Thousands of facts have to be linked together before carelessness ...

Medical malpractice cases were meant to protect patients but, now, they can have a negative effect on the accessibility, affordability, and quality of care that patients receive. Regardless of the ...

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 ...

If you practice medical malpractice litigation, almost every case will require expert testimony to support the positions you have taken in the case. Attorneys sometimes fail, whether it be from lack ...

Medical Malpractice Defense columnists John L.A. Lyddane and Barbara D. Goldberg offer practical insights into defenses under CPLR Article 16, which substantially changed the consequences of joint and ...

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 ...

In July, a Pennsylvania appellate court upheld a record $207.6 million verdict against the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, for a birth injury that occurred during delivery.

One third of all US physicians have been a sole or co-defendant in a malpractice lawsuit, according to Medscape's latest survey of physicians across more than 29 specialties. But you might not always ...

May 19, 2025 - The doctor-patient relationship is typically ongoing, with patients often receiving care from the same provider over an extended period of time. However, when the patient believes their ...

When does a birth complication become malpractice? The standard of care, causation, and why a bad outcome isn't automatically ...