The New Jersey Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether a plaintiff must submit an affidavit of merit (AOM) in support of a vicarious liability claim against a licensed entity
The New Jersey Appellate Division reversed the trial court’s grant of summary judgment. Plaintiff sued Defendant-appellants alleging medical negligence and vicarious liability for the negligent acts of their agents or employees.
The plaintiff was injured during surgery and sued her anesthesiologist. The trial court instructed the jury on direct and circumstantial evidence but declined the plaintiff’s request to instruct the jury
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed the Superior Court, which held that the trial court did not have subject matter jurisdiction over the plaintiffs’ claims. Following the death of their son,
In this medical negligence action, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court addressed whether certain portions of a hospital’s credentialing file for the doctor who performed a patient’s surgery are protected from discovery.
In Mazzie v. Lehigh Valley Hosp., the defendants in a medical negligence matter appealed after a jury found in favor of the plaintiffs. The defendants claimed that they should have
In Povrzenwich v. Ripepi, a medical malpractice suit, Plaintiff appealed the judgment entered in her favor. Plaintiff, the verdict winner below, contended that she was entitled to a new trial
In Dockery v. Thomas Jefferson Univ. Hospitals, Inc., Ms. Dockery filed a medical-malpractice action in Philadelphia, although she alleged the underlying tortious conduct occurred in Delaware Co. The trial court
Clark v. Nenna arose out of a surgical procedure that the defendant performed on the plaintiff. The plaintiff alleged emotional distress caused by the defendant’s professional negligence, i.e., failure to
In A.A. v. Glicken, the Superior Court held that, because Glicken did not show “good cause,” the trial court did not abuse its discretion in the denial of an uncontested
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