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A New York appeals court in a split decision ended a suit seeking to hold a hospital and the University of Rochester liable for the allegedly untimely diagnosis of a woman's Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a rare autoimmune disorder, saying the plaintiffs' expert neurologist submitted a medical opinion "unencumbered by any trace of facts or data."
A Minnesota federal jury has awarded nearly $27.8 million to a plastic surgeon who lost his leg due to an injury sustained while zip lining in Mexico, finding Assist America Inc. liable because the global emergency medical service company refused to evacuate him to the United States.
The Utah Supreme Court has sent back to the trial court a lawsuit by a worker who claims a bullet manufacturer intentionally exposed him to lead, saying the state district judge must determine which state law the employee's claims are governed under — the Workers' Compensation Act or the Occupational Disease Act.
A Louisiana appellate court has tossed a medical malpractice suit claiming hospital staffers failed to diagnose a hip fracture, finding the patient had put forward no evidence to support claims she suffered an injury from their alleged error.
A Missouri appeals court has ruled the state's labor commission abused its discretion in determining an injured worker's carpal tunnel syndrome in both wrists didn't warrant permanent total disability benefits, finding it displayed "a lack of careful consideration" when excluding expert testimony regarding the worker's mental health.