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Jury rules for patient in unnecessary mastectomy suit
A St. Charles County jury awarded $1.5 million in a medical malpractice case involving an unnecessary mastectomy performed without a cancer diagnosis.
Jury sides with plastic surgeon in $345,000 medical malpractice case
A Johnson County, Kansas jury sided with the defendant in a $345,000 medical malpractice case.
Supreme Court upholds informed-consent law
The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled against a woman who claimed the state’s Informed Consent Law for women seeking abortions violated her religious rights as a member of The Satanic Temple.
Negligence : Medical Malpractice – Withdrawal Instruction – Informed Consent
Wilson v. Patel (MLW No. 70553/Case No. SC95890 – 15 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Russell, J.; Breckenridge, C.J., Stith and Draper, JJ., concur; Fischer, J., concurs in part and dissents in part in separate opinion; Wilson, J., concurs in opinion of Fischer, J. Powell, J., not participating)
Negligence : Medical Malpractice – Informed Consent – Withdrawal Instruction
Wilson v. Patel (MLW No. 69320/Case No. WD78538 – 15 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Pfeiffer, J.)
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