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No Sweeping Under the Rug

It happed in California several weeks ago. After 2 ½ days of jury deliberation, the jury awarded a $4 million verdict against a hospital for allegedly covering up the cause of the post-operative death of a patient. The jury did not find that the hospital committed malpractice and did not award punitive damages (which cannot be awarded in Nebraska). The patient had a surgical cervical disc. Post operatively he had [...]

Questionable Autopsy Could Lead to Exposure for Physician

John M. Walker2018-04-23T23:57:55-05:00February 13th, 2014|Health Care Law, Litigation Tips, Medical Malpractice, Midwest Medical Legal Advisor|

In an opinion released last week by the Nebraska Supreme Court, it indicated that a forensic pathologist who performed a poor autopsy could be liable for malicious prosecution when that autopsy formed part of the basis of criminal charges against a daycare provider. In McKinney v. Okoye, 287 Neb. 261 (2014) the Nebraska Supreme Court considered a malicious prosecution claim brought against a forensic pathologist whose testimony contributed to charges [...]