A landmark ruling establishes that patients bear the burden of proving halting an ongoing medical procedure was safe and medically feasible.

The Endocrine Society successfully blocked an FTC subpoena regarding its gender-affirming care guidelines following a federal court injunction.

This month’s case involves a HIPAA violation, mandatory arbitration, Family and Medical Leave Act request, and a workers' compensation claim. All of this happened within the clinician’s first year of employment with a large medical center.

Courts are limiting the "error in judgment" defense: why diagnostic missteps do not qualify as acceptable clinical decision-making under the law.

A medical malpractice case study demonstrates how accurate documentation of clinical decline without physician intervention led to an $8 million verdict.

Federal authorities convicted a telehealth company founder and clinical president for illegal stimulant prescription distribution and fraud.

In the health care industry, providing false information on a job application regarding a felony conviction or guilty plea constitutes grounds for termination, regardless of whether the conviction has been sealed.

When a hospital mistakenly destroyed a patient's placenta despite a signed release form, it faced a lawsuit — and a lesson in what truly constitutes "waste."

Reproductive endocrinologist is facing a legal battle with his malpractice insurer over right to a defense during IVF lawsuit.

An appellate court dismissed a medical malpractice lawsuit against a pulmonologist after the plaintiff used a cardiologist as expert witness.

Diagnostic errors are the most common cause of medical malpractice lawsuits, accounting for roughly a third of all medical malpractice claims.

A second opinion physician was held liable for an unnecessary hysterectomy despite a laboratory mix-up at the original facility.

This month’s case began as a medical malpractice incident in the emergency department. The case ended with a Florida court declaring that a statute limiting awards for pain and suffering to Medicaid recipients was unconstitutional.

A majority of GLP-1 lawsuits come from patients who allege that manufacturers have inadequately warned about severe side effects.

A $4.5 million verdict was awarded in a neurology malpractice case involving delayed diagnosis of a basilar artery thrombus and locked-in syndrome.

The Court sided with the plaintiff and held that no affidavit of merit was required for the case to proceed.

A hospital and nurse practitioner are sued after discharging a patient with medication for a panic attack, without having performed crucial tests and following protocol.

Diagnostic tunnel vision by 2 pulmonologists led to a $2 million malpractice settlement after the patient died of esophageal cancer.

Courts may deny motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict when a jury reaches a reasonable decision based on evidence of a patient's failure to follow a prescribed treatment plan.

When is it too late for a patient to file a malpractice claim? It is sometimes unclear when the statute of limitations countdown begins.