Maine $23.1M Paralysis Verdict Leads 2026 Med-Mal Surge Across Five Jurisdictions
A Maine jury returned $23.1M on June 18, 2026, in Giordano v. Northern Light AR Gould Hospital for permanent paralysis, one of the largest…
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Medical Malpractice
MICRA, standard of care, expert practice
Berk v. Choy and the Federal Merit-Affidavit Question
The Supreme Court held state certificate-of-merit statutes do not apply in federal court. What Berk v. Choy changes for forum choice, exper…
NEC Formula Liability: $495M Gill Ruling and July Bellwether Trial Shape MDL 3026
Missouri's Court of Appeals upheld the $495 million Gill v. Abbott verdict in May 2026, rejecting the learned-intermediary defense for pret…
Nuclear Med-Mal Verdicts and MICRA Cap Increases Redefine PI Lien Math in 2026
Two 2026 verdicts have set new benchmarks: a $23.1M spinal cord compression award in Giordano v. Northern Light AR Gould Hospital in Maine…
After Berk v. Choy: Merit Affidavits and EMR Audit Trails
The Supreme Court's unanimous Berk v. Choy ruling pulls state affidavit-of-merit deadlines out of federal court, while audit-trail discover…
Audit Trail Discovery in Med-Mal: What Works in 2026
EMR audit logs have moved from contested ESI to baseline discovery in medical-malpractice practice. A look at how plaintiff firms are using…
Med-Mal Severity Hits Records: $108.6M Birth Injury and What PI Firms Must Price In
S&P Global May 2026: $500K-or-above payments now represent 36.5% of all med-mal paid claims, an all-time record across casualty lines. A $1…
Berk v. Choy at Six Months: Federal-Court Malpractice Filings After the Affidavit-of-Merit Displacement
The U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous January 20 decision in Berk v. Choy held that Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8 displaces state affidavi…
Intuitive Surgical Stapler Recall Opens Robotic Surgery Product Liability Claims
The FDA issued a Class I recall for Intuitive Surgical's 8 mm SureForm 30 Gray Reload on March 11, 2026, citing one confirmed patient death…
ALI's Medical Malpractice Restatement Moves the Standard from Customary Practice to Reasonable Care
The American Law Institute's Restatement of the Law of Medical Malpractice shifts the standard of care from customary practice toward reaso…
Berk v. Choy at Four Months: Federal-Forum Strategy in Medical Malpractice Cases
The Supreme Court's January 2026 decision in Berk v. Choy held that state pleading-stage affidavit-of-merit requirements do not apply in fe…
Memphis $38M Birth-Injury Verdict Tops Tennessee Med-Mal Charts as MICRA Caps Reset
A Memphis jury returned a $38 million verdict in April 2026 in Varian v. Einhorn against Regional One Health physicians for a delayed cesar…