Devine Millimet’s Medical Professional Liability Team is dedicated to providing institutions and individual healthcare providers with thorough, cost-effective, and successful representation in civil suits, administrative hearings, and criminal proceedings. The team has represented healthcare providers in federal and state courts and before administrative bodies throughout New England. Our combined years of experience have allowed us to develop key perspectives on the challenges facing healthcare providers today.

Our Services

Our litigators are uniquely experienced in defending healthcare providers not only against medical malpractice claims, but also:

  • administrative investigations
  • state licensing board disciplinary proceedings
  • defamation cases
  • anti-trust proceedings
  • whistleblower litigation
  • data breaches (HIPAA)
  • class actions involving allegedly inappropriate putative billing

Representative Matters

  • Obtained dismissal of a malpractice claim against an air ambulance crew for alleged failure to intubate a patient, resulting in neurologic damages.
  • Successfully resolved a whistleblower case against a medical facility.
  • Convinced plaintiff’s counsel not to pursue claim of improperly performed spinal fusion against orthopedic surgeon.
  • Defeated class certification in a matter involving allegedly inappropriate billing practices.

Team members are involved in national and regional professional associations, such as the Defense Research Institute, the American Health Lawyers Association, the American Society of Healthcare Risk Managers, and the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Members of Devine Millimet’s Medical Professional Liability Team are often selected as lecturers at seminars relating to medical malpractice, nursing and hospital liability, wrongful death, and trial practice. Individual members have been recognized nationally by Best Lawyers® for their work in Healthcare Litigation and Healthcare Law, by Chambers and Partners for work representing the healthcare industry, and rated AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell®.

articles-updates Nov 21, 22

Deja Vu: Improper Deposition Behavior

The Devine Millimet Medical Malpractice team reviewed some historic and, increasingly, current types of discovery conduct that have landed clients and their lawyers in public, embarrassing, and expensive situations. We want our clients and colleagues to understand that advocacy, especially in the deposition context, has very firm limits. I. Historical […]
articles-updates Jun 30, 21

Time to Change New Hampshire Causation Instruction for Medical Malpractice Cases?

Earlier this year, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that trial courts should use the “but-for” causation standard when evaluating medical negligence cases. This ruling settled prior confusion about the “substantial contributing factor” test that had complicated prior causation analysis. Whether the more streamlined but-for test crosses the New Hampshire […]

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Contact us today to learn more about how the attorneys at Devine Millimet can help you with your legal needs.

we can help you

Contact us today to learn more about how the attorneys at Devine Millimet can help you with your legal needs.

Overview

Devine Millimet’s Medical Professional Liability Team is dedicated to providing institutions and individual healthcare providers with thorough, cost-effective, and successful representation in civil suits, administrative hearings, and criminal proceedings. The team has represented healthcare providers in federal and state courts and before administrative bodies throughout New England. Our combined years of experience have allowed us to develop key perspectives on the challenges facing healthcare providers today.

Our Services

Our litigators are uniquely experienced in defending healthcare providers not only against medical malpractice claims, but also:

  • administrative investigations
  • state licensing board disciplinary proceedings
  • defamation cases
  • anti-trust proceedings
  • whistleblower litigation
  • data breaches (HIPAA)
  • class actions involving allegedly inappropriate putative billing

Representative Matters

  • Obtained dismissal of a malpractice claim against an air ambulance crew for alleged failure to intubate a patient, resulting in neurologic damages.
  • Successfully resolved a whistleblower case against a medical facility.
  • Convinced plaintiff’s counsel not to pursue claim of improperly performed spinal fusion against orthopedic surgeon.
  • Defeated class certification in a matter involving allegedly inappropriate billing practices.

Team members are involved in national and regional professional associations, such as the Defense Research Institute, the American Health Lawyers Association, the American Society of Healthcare Risk Managers, and the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Members of Devine Millimet’s Medical Professional Liability Team are often selected as lecturers at seminars relating to medical malpractice, nursing and hospital liability, wrongful death, and trial practice. Individual members have been recognized nationally by Best Lawyers® for their work in Healthcare Litigation and Healthcare Law, by Chambers and Partners for work representing the healthcare industry, and rated AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell®.

Articles & Updates

Articles & Updates Nov 21, 22

Deja Vu: Improper Deposition Behavior

The Devine Millimet Medical Malpractice team reviewed some historic and, increasingly, current types of discovery conduct that have landed clients and their lawyers in public, embarrassing, and expensive situations. We want our clients and colleagues to understand that advocacy, especially in the deposition context, has very firm limits. I. Historical […]
Articles & Updates Jun 30, 21

Time to Change New Hampshire Causation Instruction for Medical Malpractice Cases?

Earlier this year, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that trial courts should use the “but-for” causation standard when evaluating medical negligence cases. This ruling settled prior confusion about the “substantial contributing factor” test that had complicated prior causation analysis. Whether the more streamlined but-for test crosses the New Hampshire […]