Dr. Jan Kippax attends a hearing before the Maine Board of Dental Examiners in Augusta in September. AUGUSTA — Jurors on Monday found that Dr. Jan Kippax and his oral surgery business in Lewiston were negligent in treating a patient in 2011, and awarded a Minot man $300,000 in damages. The verdict followed 2½ hours […]
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Jury finds Farmington doctor, hospital not negligent in malpractice case
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County jury found Monday that Dr. Larry Labul and Franklin Memorial Hospital were not negligent in the care or death of Maxine Turner, according to a Superior Court judgment. Turner, 84, of Jay died in February 2011 less than three hours after being discharged from the Farmington hospital and taken to […]
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Granddaughter, physician testify in medical malpractice trial
FARMINGTON – A Massachusetts doctor testified Thursday at Dr. Larry Labul’s malpractice trial that Labul met the standards of care and exceeded them at times for 84-year-old Maxine Turner of Jay in February 2011. Turner died on Feb. 11, 2011, less than three hours after being transferred to a skilled nursing facility in Farmington from […]
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Expert witnesses give different opinions in malpractice trial
FARMINGTON — Two expert witnesses gave different opinions Tuesday on Dr. Larry Labul’s treatment of the late Maxine Turner of Jay while she was at Franklin Memorial Hospital. Their testimony came on the second day of a civil trial against Labul’s and the hospital, claiming they were negligent in caring for the 84-year-old woman in […]
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Franklin County jury hears opening arguments in Farmington malpractice complaint
FARMINGTON — A civil trial began Monday with opening statements by attorneys in a lawsuit that accuses a Farmington doctor and Franklin Memorial Hospital of negligence in the treatment of an 84-year-old Jay woman before she died in February 2011. Celine Boyle, the attorney for Kelly Smith, the personal representative of the estate of Maxine […]
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South Portland veteran fights VA to file damage claim
SOUTH PORTLAND — Kenneth “Jake” Myrick’s U.S. Army service took him to Kosovo and Iraq. His fight to recover damages from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is taking him to Capitol Hill. Myrick has asked U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, to look into the VA’s rejection of a $1 million tort claim, which alleges […]