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Thompson Miller & Simpson PLC (“TMS”) provides litigation services to a wide range
of healthcare providers and product manufacturers. The firm, which recently celebrated
its tenth anniversary, was founded by partners from the litigation departments of
two large regional law firms. The founders of TMS have over 60 years of experience
in defending medical malpractice and product liability cases, and collectively have
tried over 150 jury trials.
TMS represents physicians, hospitals, medical centers, and nursing homes nationally
and throughout Kentucky and Southern Indiana. The firm also provides local, regional,
and national representation to pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers,
as well as manufacturers of other products. TMS also defends attorneys in legal
malpractice cases. The firm’s attorneys have defended a number of complex matters,
including high-profile cases that have generated significant publicity, and TMS
lawyers have tried jury trials in ten states.
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Medical Liability summary judgment affirmed on appeal: The Court of Appeals
affirmed the Jefferson Circuit Court’s order granting defendant plastic surgeon’s
motion for summary judgment finding plaintiffs could not meet their burden of proof
without requisite expert
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testimony, and the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur was not applicable in a case of
retained foreign body and post-operative infection after cosmetic surgery where
a piece of the device broke off and the surgeon had no reason to know a portion
was retained. Beth McMasters and Allison Wildman represented the surgeon for The
Medical Protective Company in the trial court and Brad Hume and Beth McMasters handled
the appeal.
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