professional-liability

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-1012 Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company v. Martin J. O’Leary, et al. Montana 2025-03-21 Denied choice-of-law legal-malpractice multi-jurisdictional-practice personal-jurisdiction professional-liability specific-jurisdiction Is a lawyer with a multi-jurisdictional law practice subject to specific personal jurisdiction for a legal malpractice claim in a state where the lawy…
22-6131 Andrew Guy Moret v. Poornima Ranganathan, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-11-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process government-standard legal-procedure malpractice-standard medical-malpractice medical-professionals mental-health professional-liability qualified-immunity state-standards Whether the standard for mental health professionals to receive qualified immunity is higher, lower, or the same as other medical professionals? II. …
22-5076 Holli Womack v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-07-12 GVR IFP constitutional-vagueness controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-liability due-process health-care health-care-professional professional-liability ruan-v-united-states statutory-interpretation vagueness Because this Court's recent pronouncement in Ruan v. United States, 20-1410 applies to 21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(1) prosecutions involving health care profes…
21-7111 David Roy Worthy v. Corizon Medical Group, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-02-14 Denied IFP civil-rights delayed-diagnosis due-process government-liability informed-consent medical-malpractice medical-negligence patient-harm patient-rights professional-liability standard-of-care When a delayed diagnosis is in effect, shouldn't the Dept. of Corrections be responsible?
20-6223 Brenda L. White v. Tavel Seventh Circuit 2020-11-05 Denied IFP duty-of-care medical-malpractice medical-negligence negligence patient-rights professional-accountability professional-liability remedial-damages standard-of-care 1. Is it lawful for a medical professional to injure a patient and just walk away? 2. Should a medical professional be held accountable for unreasonab…