In South Dakota, personal injury law governs a diverse array of legal disputes that arise from incidents causing physical injury, emotional distress, or other damages. These could include automobile accidents, slip and falls, medical malpractice, and more. Understanding potential settlement payouts and jury awards in personal injury cases is crucial.…
A South Dakota judge ruled this week that health care providers are subject to negligent credentialling lawsuits when they fail to properly credential doctors. Judge Bruce Anderson made another important ruling: that even people on the credentialling committee may be subject to suit. This has not real practical implications…
A 28-year-old prison inmate is suing the hospital that circumcised him as a newborn. The reason? He is claiming the procedure has robbed him of his sexual prowess. He is alleging that the doctor misled his mother into thinking that the circumcision was a necessary medical procedure. He is arguing…
The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld South Dakota Circuit Judge Jon Erickson’s decision to grant a new trial in a medical malpractice lawsuit against a Huron doctor. The medical malpractice lawsuit arose out of complications from gallbladder surgery in 2001. The jury instruction stated: A doctor is not necessarily…
Last week in Baddou v. Hall, the South Dakota Supreme Court either enunciated new law or affirmed existing law (depending upon your perspective) on whether South Dakota has a presumption of negligence in Rapid City rear-end car accident case. The court’s answer: it does not. This is bad law, in…