Tag: Maine Medical Malpractice Defense

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court, sitting as the Law Court, recently decided the case of Carol Cutting v. Down East Orthopedics.  The Court affirmed a judgment on a defense verdict obtained by JD Hadiaris and Mark Lavoie after a ​seven-day medical malpractice trial.  The Law Court’s decision is the culmination of nearly nine years of...

JD Hadiaris successfully defended an orthopedic surgeon from Maine, obtaining a unanimous defense verdict in a jury trial at Androscoggin County Superior Court. The case arose from the orthopedic surgeon’s repair of a femoral neck fracture (combined with a femoral shaft fracture), which occurred in a snowmobile crash. The plaintiff alleged that the surgeon was...

On June ​26th, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, sitting as the Law Court, handed down a long-awaited decision in Smith v. Henson, holding that the damages recoverable for “pecuniary injuries” under the Wrongful Death Act are limited to the amounts that would have benefited the persons on whose behalf the suit is brought.   NHD’s...

NHD trial attorneys JD Hadiaris and Mark Lavoie recently secured a defense verdict for a Maine surgeon in a medical malpractice jury trial at the York County Superior Court. At trial, the Plaintiff claimed that the surgeon failed to obtain valid informed consent for a cervical lymph node excisional biopsy, which had been recommended in...

Mark Lavoie recently secured a defense verdict in a seven-figure contract case involving a Maine hospital system. The Plaintiff, a vendor providing Medicare and Medicaid billing services, claimed that a third-party association had negotiated a contract for a “success fee” (essentially a contingent fee arrangement), so it would receive a percentage of any additional federal...

Devin Deane and Mark Lavoie successfully defended a local hospital and surgeon against a claim of medical malpractice resulting in significant injuries.  The case involved complicated issues of pathology and infectious diseases and was vigorously defended in the two-week jury trial in York County Superior Court.  The surgeon and the hospital were confident in their...

Devin Deane and Mark Lavoie successfully tried a complex medical malpractice case to a defense verdict after two-week jury trial in Cumberland County Superior Court.  Devin and Mark represented an outstanding neurosurgeon against a claim of malpractice resulting in paralysis.  The trial was hard-fought and well-presented by both sides, but the neurosurgeon’s case was supported...

Norman, Hanson & DeTroy is pleased to announce that Isobel Golden, a former Summer Associate, has returned to the firm as an Attorney.  Isobel will be practicing with the firm’s professional services practice group, focusing on medical malpractice and professional liability defense. During her tenure at the University of Maine School of Law, Isobel served...

Norman, Hanson & DeTroy is proud to announce that Joe Mavodones has joined the firm’s Professional Liability Group focusing on professional malpractice defense, general liability defense, and commercial litigation. Before joining Norman, Hanson & DeTroy, Joe worked as a judicial law clerk for Justice Thomas E. Humphrey at the Maine Supreme Judicial Court and, most...

Norman, Hanson & DeTroy, LLC is pleased to announce the election of Noah Wuesthoff as a Member of the firm. Noah is a 1991 graduate of McGill University and graduated from the University of Maine School of Law in 1994.  Noah worked at a local law firm before joining Norman, Hanson & DeTroy. Noah is...