professional-negligence

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
20-6222 Brenda L. White v. Yang Acupuncture, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-11-05 Denied IFP damages medical-ethics medical-malpractice patient-consent patient-safety patient-trust professional-accountability professional-negligence standard-of-care unauthorized-treatment Is it lawful for a medical professional to injure a patient and just walk away?
19-237 James R. LaFrieda, et ux. v. Nancy A. Gilbert Nevada 2019-08-22 Denied civil-procedure civil-procedure-rule-50-b judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct jury-instructions jury-verdict professional-negligence proximate-cause punitive-damages standard-of-care statutory-interpretation trial-court-fact-finding Whether the Nevada Supreme Court erred in disregarding past Supreme Court decisions and declaring a state procedural rule ambiguous