Recently added articles from Medical Law's Regan Report:
TX: blindness results from failure to treat ROP: denial of motion to dismiss upheld on appeal.(Medical Law Cases of Note)(Case overview)
Nov 01, 2009; ... CASE FACTS: Erika Jiminez, individually and as next friend of Dominic Comer, a minor, sued Drs. Jorge Fabio Llamas-Soforo, and Jorge Fabio Llamas-Soforo [sic] d/b/a El Paso Eye Cafe Center (Llamas) alleging that Llamas' negligence caused her son, Dominic Comer's blindness. Llamas filed a ...
Denial of defendant-Dr.'s motion to dismiss upheld: case on point: Quinones v. Pin, 05-09-00215-CV (10/13/2009)-TX.(Medical Law Case on Point)
Nov 01, 2009; ... ISSUE: Expert medical opinions are almost always required in suits for medical malpractice. Seldom do courts allow any exceptions. One is where courts are convinced that the claim may sound in simple negligence rather than medical malpractice. Another exception is in cases wherein the ...
FL: surgeon botched patient's plastic surgery: 'continuous treatment' trumped limitations law.(Medical Law Cases of Note)
Nov 01, 2009; ... CASE FACTS: On November 14, 1997, Dr. Robert Cooper performed a facelift and eyelid surgery on Rose Cohen. After surgery Cohen awoke to "excruciating pain" in her left eye, as well as severe pain in her jaw that prevented her from chewing. Dr. Cooper examined Cohen's eye at that time and ...
Summary judgment is a 'drastic remedy'.(Medical Law Case of the Month)(Case overview)
Oct 01, 2009; ... CASE ON POINT: Avolio v. Schirripa, 2009-32291 (9/15/2009)--NY CASE FACTS: Samantha Gatti, the mother and natural guardian of her daughter Gianna Avolio brought suit against Drs. Michael Schirripa, Doris Ramirez, Robert Bohnenberger and St. Vincent's Catholic Medical Center for ...
Should privileged communications trump discovery?
Oct 01, 2009; ... DISCOVERY IS ONE OF THE MOST HELPFUL OF TOOLS IN THE OUTCOME OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASES. SHIRLEY BUDASSI, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF HER DECEASED HUSBAND, STEPHEN BUDASSI, BROUGHT SUIT AGAINST SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER, AS WELL AS ANOTHER HOSPITAL AND ...