On March 5, 2015, the Pennsylvania Superior Court reversed the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas' grant of summary judgment in a case involving a surgical tube left in a man's chest after surgery and that remained in the man until he died.  Following his death,...

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania recently heard arguments on whether a hospital can be held vicariously liable for a resident physician who undertakes care of a patient without a prior physician-patient relationship, and whether a nurse employed by the hospital can...

A split Pennsylvania Superior Court recently granted a new trial for a minor based on testimony elicited by defense counsel at trial regarding federal and state benefits that the minor-plaintiff received for her birth injuries.  Although plaintiff's counsel...

The New Jersey Supreme Court recently heard arguments as to whether a physician must disclose his medical malpractice coverage for a procedure to be performed on his patient.  The Court also heard arguments that, in the event that a physician did not have...

The New Jersey Supreme Court recently reversed a finding that an internal memorandum conducted following a roundtable review of an infant’s anoxic injury was discoverable and concluded that New Jersey’s 2004 Patient Safety Act rendered the document...