Laying the Proper Foundation for Medical Evidence In general, medical records are considered hearsay. However, they are admissible as an exception to the hearsay rule if they meet certain conditions under FRE 803(6), sometimes called the business records exception. This…
Florida attorneys H. Ross Zelnick and Miguel A. Amador of Ginnis, Krathen, & Zelnick PA announced recently that their client was awarded $7.8 million in one of the largest slip-and-fall verdicts in state history. The complaint, filed in Broward County,…
A Maryland jury awarded $1.9 million to the family of William Andrews, who died after a medical malpractice incident. Andrews was injured in an ATV accident and was treated by Dr. Jeffrey Gelfand. Gelfand failed to properly diagnose and treat…
Case Overview Case Name: Suzanne Czerepinski Margaret A. Parr v. Medhat Allam M.D. Eastern Long Island Surgery, P.C. Lawrence Tarasuk D.O. John/Jane Doe, M.D. Southampton Hospital, No. 64199/14 Case Type: Medical Malpractice – Surgeon; Failure to Consult; Failure to Monitor;…
Maurin In 1996, 5-year-old Shay Maurin tragically died of acute diabetic ketoacidosis, a life-threatening complication of diabetes. Prior to her death, the infant was lethargic, drank fluids all day, and was eating poorly. The mother took her child to a…
Attorneys at The Shields Law Firm recently secured a $2.5 million award for a client who was injured in fall down broken steps at her rental unit. Although the landlords presented a sympathetic image to the jury, the plaintiff’s attorneys…
Case Overview Case Name: Marshall Fox, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Jayne B. Fox v. Emory Healthcare, Inc., The Emory Clinic, Inc., John Doe and Jayne Doe, No. 16A60445 Case Type: Wrongful Death – Survival Damages Medical…
Case Overview Case Name: Nicholas S. Cohen, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Michelle A. Cohen v. Lake Worth Enterprise, LLC d/b/a Oasis Health and Rehabilitation Center; Brightsnfcare LLC d/b/a Carestrong; ES, LLC; Eli Strohli, individually; Roland Menezil, individually,…
The Facts of the Case The case arises from events surrounding the birth of the plaintiff. The child’s mother, who was carrying twins, was considered a high-risk pregnancy because of the twins and because she had placenta previa, a condition…
What Happened in the Penn Medicine Case? The family of a young boy brought the case against the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, commonly known as Penn Medicine. Their lawsuit claimed that in 2018, Penn Medicine failed to perform…