Court Looks at When Medication May Be Administered Without Patient Consent
The patient had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, and suffered from auditory and visual hallucinations, delusions, and extreme paranoia.
All articles by Ann W. Latner, JD
Physician Charged With Murder of Patients for Whom He Provided Comfort Care
This month’s case made national headlines and sparked a great deal of conversation about the topic of ‘comfort care’ for seriously ill and dying patients.
Court Decides Whether Clinicians Have Legal Immunity Due to COVID-19 Response
This month’s case is an example of what behavior the courts might consider protected, and what might not be.
Court Rules That State’s Medical Malpractice Act Can Apply to Nonpatients
Mr C claimed that these failures on the part of Dr P resulted in the wrongful deaths of his wife and daughter.
An Informed Consent Claim Can Proceed Even Absent Negligence, Holds Court
Mrs D retained an attorney and filed suit against Dr H and the hospital, alleging medical negligence and failure to obtain informed consent.
Father Sues Pharmacy After Son Overdoses on Illegally Obtained Prescription
The in pari delicto doctrine precludes plaintiffs from recovering damages if their cause of action is based, at least partially, on their own illegal conduct.
What Legal Duty Do Practitioners Have to Warn Potential Victims of a Patient?
Two years after her husband was killed, Mr Z’s grandmother sued several of the hospital’s physicians.
Does Calling a Colleague Physician an “Idiot” Constitute Defamation?
After his clinical privileges at the hospital were revoked, Dr S filed a lawsuit against numerous individuals involved in the peer review process.
PA Court Changes Definition of “Cause of Death”
Numerous groups have together filed an amici curiae (friend of the court) brief.
Is Mistrial Warranted Where Defendant Renders Aid to Sick Juror?
The plaintiff made an emergency motion for a mistrial, arguing that the jury witnessing the defendant coming to the aid of one of their fellow jurors may have prejudiced the jury.
