HeyJaredAnn W. Latner
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Why the "Error in Judgment" Defense Fails in Failure-to-Diagnose Cases (opens the original)
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We don’t often discuss jury instructions when looking at medical malpractice cases, but they can have a tremendous impact on a jury’s decision, particularly the ‘error in judgment’ jury charge. Health care practitioners are asked to make life-changing decisions every day, often having to decide between different diagnoses or treatments. Sometimes the choice is not a clear one, and a clinician will have to use their professional judgment to decide between 2 viable options. Sometimes, that decisio
Documentation vs Action: Lessons From an $8 Million Verdict (opens the original)
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Good documentation is often crucial in a medical malpractice lawsuit. It demonstrates that the medical staff was paying attention to the patient’s condition and properly documenting clinical progress or changes. Defendants in medical malpractice cases often successfully defend against standard-of-care issues by using documentation in patient charts to prove there was no breach of care. What happens, however, if documentation is taking place, but no one is acting on the information? This was the
Hospital Sued for Disregarding Patient’s Request for Placenta (opens the original)
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This month’s case looks at issues of Constitutional law as well as contract law and puts hospitals and clinicians on notice that ignoring a patient’s written request — in this case for her placenta — can result in a lawsuit. Mrs W and her husband were expecting their first child, the first grandchild on both sides of the family. As part of their religious and cultural tradition, the family planned to use the baby’s placenta for nutritional and ceremonial purposes. To ensure that the placenta wou
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