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On June 23, 2016, the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a decision enforcing the three-year statute of limitations in a medical malpractice action. What makes this otherwise routine decision noteworthy is its exceedingly rare context: sexual assault of minors by a family physician. Though the legal issue before the court was the application of the... READ MORE

The Fourth District of the Appellate Court of Illinois reaffirmed that claims by a physician that a hospital’s failure to renew his privileges caused actual and intentional harm to his professional reputation are barred by the Illinois’s Hospital Licensing Act. Only claims alleging an actual or deliberate intention to physically harm the physician or others trump a hospital’s... READ MORE

This month’s announcement of the recent Anthem Data Breach sent shockwaves through the health care industry with some experts referring to 2015 as the “year of the health care hack.” Those who collect and store health data have been racing to strengthen security protocols and to understand their risk exposure. In a first-of-its-kind case in... READ MORE

In November 2014, the ECRI Institute¹ issued a report discussing issues of patient safety and adverse events linked to health information technology (“IT”) products. The report comes in the form of an annual list of top ten health technology safety hazards. According to the ECRI Institute, although many facets of health IT have a... READ MORE

On July 10, 2013, the Wisconsin Supreme Court released its decision in Dane County v. Sheila W., 2013 WI 63 (per curiam), in which it affirmed the Court of Appeals’ dismissal of the case because the issues were rendered moot, or no longer in controversy, by the expiration of the underlying order appointing a temporary... READ MORE

On November 21, 2011, after a five-day jury trial in the Dubois County Circuit Court in Jasper, Indiana, the jury returned a defense verdict in favor of the defendant, Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center of Jasper, Indiana. DRI members Christopher L. Riegler and Kimberly A. Emil of Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman,... READ MORE

In July 2011, the Court of Appeals handed down its opinion in Campbell v. Chambers, 951 N.E.2d 855 (Ind. Ct. App. 2011). The issue in this case was whether or not a mother was precluded from presenting evidence that there was a breach in the standard of care relating to her claim for negligent... READ MORE

Recently, the parents of a stillborn baby sued the midwife, health care center[1] and hospital for wrongful death and negligent infliction of emotional distress, the Marion Superior Court in Indianapolis granted the defendants summary judgment. The Court of Appeals reversed, holding that the parents have a valid claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress... READ MORE