Steely Dan Plans Tour Finale in Santa Rosa! Aug 14, 2008
Focused on Medical Malpractice Law. Santa Rosa. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
New York Personal Injury Law Firm Explains Three Things Building Owners Must Know About the New York "Scaffold Law" Jul 8, 2008
Gersowitz, Libo (GLK) is a New York and New Jersey personal injury and medical malpractice law firm that's passionate about helping seriously injured people. Our clients are seriously injured in auto accidents, construction accidents, by defective products or through doctors' mistakes. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
New York Personal Injury Law Firm Gives Three Reasons Why New York "Scaffold Law" Is Now Even Better For Workers Jul 1, 2008
Here are three reasons why:" Reason #1: The 'Sergeant Schultz' defense no longer applies. Now along with general contractors, construction managers and other third parties, building owners will also be held liable for accidents occurring at elevated heights on their property. This remains true whether or not the owner knew about it, whether or not a tenant broke the lease in getting it done. Reason #2: Safety first: workers protected. Although historically New York has been one of the states... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
New York Trial Lawyers Association President Speaks on "Impeaching Defense Expert" During Melvin Belli Society Seminar at AJA 2008 Annual Co Jun 24, 2008
Korek adds that his personal injury and medical malpractice law firm, Gersowitz, Libo , has maintained an expert witness database since the early 1990's ... Gersowitz, Libo (GLK) is a New York and New Jersey personal injury and medical malpractice law firm that's passionate about helping seriously injured people ... medical malpractice law firm. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
McCain's '100 Years' Scrutinized May 17, 2008
If we had a good system of political malpractice law, that ad would be a crime. . (Newsmax)
Missoula veteran wins malpractice suit against VA hospital Apr 12, 2008
- A Missoula Navy veteran has been awarded $622,739 after winning a medical malpractice lawsuit against a Veterans Affairs hospital in Salt Lake City, where a series of failed operations left him permanently disabled ... But according to Utah medical malpractice law, non-economic damages _ those for pain, suffering, and inconvenience _ may not exceed $430,000. (Montana Standard, MT)
Molloy awards Navy vet $622,739 Apr 12, 2008
A Missoula Navy veteran was awarded 622,739 this week after winning a medical malpractice lawsuit against a Veterans Affairs hospital in Salt Lake City, where a series of failed operations left him permanently disabled ... However, according to Utah medical malpractice law, non-economic damages (those for pain, suffering, and inconvenience) may not exceed 430,000. (Missoulian, MT)
Anapol Schwartz Attorney Representing Trasylol(R) Victims Says Medical Study - Confirming Heart Bypass Drug Mortality Risk - to Open Floodgates for More Litigation Feb 21, 2008
as well as Cherry Hill, N.J. () The firm is a multi-faceted practice with a tradition of excellence in medical malpractice law, pharmaceutical mass tort, toxic tort, class actions, products liability, automobile, securities and wrongful termination litigation. Since its founding in 1977, the firm has grown to over 30 attorneys, and compiled a record of success exceptional among its peers. (PR Newswire)
Prominent Charlottesville Litigator, Matthew B. Murray, Joins The Allen Law Firm Jan 11, 2008
He comes to Allen and Allen with over 30 years experience in personal injury and medical malpractice law. Truly committed to his clients, Mr. Murray has tried numerous complex cases in state and federal courts. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Business people Jan 6, 2008
The attorneys are: H. Patrick Weir Sr. (commercial litigation, health care law and personal injury litigation), Joel Gilbertson (government relations law), Tami Norgard (environmental law), Bruce Quick (criminal law), Angela Lord (health care law), M. Daniel Vogel (product liability litigation and professional malpractice law), Jon Brakke (bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights law), Carlton Hunke (insurance law and personal injury litigation), Steve A. Johnson (corporate law and mergers and... (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
- Who pays for mistakes? Jan 5, 2008
There was a firestorm of debate in Olympia last fall when it was revealed that a 2006 medical malpractice law barred the public disclosure of where such adverse events occur. Since 2000, the state Department of Health had been releasing information about each reportable adverse event, including the name of the hospital where it happened. (Anacortes Weekly, WA)
Smaller malpractice awards draw doctors to Texas, but limit claims Nov 26, 2007
Texas's changes in medical malpractice law are being credited with helping to attract an influx of out-of-state doctors from Maine to Hawaii who appreciate the increased protection from high jury awards and steep drops in insurance rates ... But for Lara and his family, the change in Texas's malpractice law has curbed their efforts to file a lawsuit in the death December 2005 of the family patriarch, Jose I. Lara, who was 81 ... Supporters of the curb on jury awards had said that malpractice... (Boston Globe)
Readerspeak: Doctors cannot be held accountable in all cases Nov 9, 2007
Trying to lynch the doctor, or trying o blame the doctor for an illness which is killing the patient is meaningless and it will destroy the medical profession leading to unnecessary malpractice law suits. The ultimate sufferers will be the common people. (India Times, India)
State looks at malpractice reform again Oct 16, 2007
"Medicine is not the same as it was 20 years ago and malpractice law probably hasn't changed in 40 or 50 years.". Contact health reporter Allison Rupp at (307) 266-0534 or. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Wolf drives a hybrid to NBC Sep 11, 2007
Untitled project, from Wolf Films and Universal Media Studios, will be a character-based procedural revolving around two brothers who are senior partners in a medical malpractice law firm. One of the siblings will be a doctor. (Variety)
Medical lawsuit reform heats up again in Illinois Jun 25, 2007
Plaintiffs now potentially could file separate malpractice and wrongful death suits and collect on both, essentially allowing them to avoid the caps set in the malpractice law. That could stick doctors and hospitals with higher legal bills, said Ed Murnane of the Illinois Civil Justice League, who said the new law just gives trial lawyers another way to cash in. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Medical standards in 21 states based on local rule, not national standards Jun 20, 2007
This locality rule can negatively impact both physicians and patients, and should be changed to the national, evidence-based standards of care that the 29 other states and the District of Columbia have now adopted as the basis for malpractice law, the researchers say in the June 20 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Whereas this rule protected rural physicians in the 1800s who didnt have access to the kind of medicine available in larger cities, it now works to... (EurekAlert!)
Eagles abandoning egg Jun 17, 2007
Week Peacock wrote on Jun 16, 2007 8:36 PM:" Hello My name is Dr. Orangutan. I am a staff cardiologist here at the Miller Park Zoo. I am in the process of beginning a malpractice law suit. The candling by the WEEK videographer was defiantly a miscarriage of justice. ". Sue wrote on Jun 16, 2007 7:29 PM:" I really hate it, I was looking forward to watching the Eagles for a long time! Maybe next time the egg will be fertile! Lets hope! Thank you for a wonderful story that gave us some good news to... (The Pantagraph newspaper)
National health care can kill Apr 12, 2007
Bird wrote on April 11, 2007 1:37 PM:"UHC would also take the decision making out of the hands of the experts (doctors and patients themselves) and turn it over to the government. Just think about what that means. Are you willing to give that up? Are you ready to say OK to the government when they tell your mother she cannot recieve dialysis if her kidneys fail because she already got cancer treatment? Or she can't undergo chemotherapy because it will cost too much even if she's willing to pay... (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Star QB testifies in Weis case Feb 17, 2007
It was clear that the crowd had not turned out to take in the intricacies of malpractice law. Everyone who did not have a seat was soon thrown out. (Boston Globe -- Local)
Deceased's relatives face sealed lawsuit Feb 15, 2007
The case was dismissed because they failed to file, as required by current medical malpractice law, their lawsuit within a year of lodging a complaint with state officials about the physician on duty at Nevada Imaging, the Lockwoods said. The couple's lawsuit alleged that their daughter, Tina Lockwood McCarley, went to Nevada Imaging's Peccole Ranch facility for a CAT scan of her lower back on Jan. 12, 2004, and that she died several days later at a local hospice. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Nevada News)
Married Lawyers Face Trial for Payment Demands After Wife's Affairs Feb 6, 2007
Top Stories From Law. Mary Alice RobbinsTexas LawyerFebruary 6, 2007. (Law.com)
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"The medical malpractice law was passed 31 years ago," Schrumpf said. "There has never been any adjustment to the law in those 31 years, not even for inflation. A 500,000 award would be worth about 160,000 today. In order to provide the same protection as it did 31 years ago, the cap would have to be raised to 1.7 million just to accommodate the rate of inflation.". (Sulphur Southwest Daily News, LA)
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Illinois' medical malpractice law is still in limbo, but a couple of court cases might change that. Last week, a plaintiff's attorney filed a medical malpractice case asking that the state's caps on noneconomic damages be declared unconstitutional. (Belleville News-Democrat)
State's malpractice law challenged Nov 22, 2006
com: State's malpractice law challenged ... State's malpractice law challenged ... In addition to the caps, the medical malpractice law enacted reforms in insurance regulation and doctor discipline, required prior review of cases to weed out frivolous claims, toughened qualifications for expert witnesses, and allowed doctors to apologize to patients without having it used against them in court as an admission of responsibility. (Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette)
Read More... Aug 31, 2006
Jonathon said NCFCA debaters focus on all types of topics from global medical malpractice law, to U.S. energy policies, to free press. The speech aspect of the NCFCA includes 10 categories under which students can compete, including persuasive, original oratory, expository, impromptu, extemporaneous, apologetics, and four interpretive speech categories. (Sheperdsville Pioneer News, KY)
Blagojevich proposal to reduce medical mistakes Jul 14, 2006
(AP) Gov. on Thursday proposed a set of measures designed to reduce medical mistakes, a year after he and legislators approved limits on malpractice lawsuits stemming from such errors ... The ideas Blagojevich presented Thursday all came up after the malpractice law was approved and aren't designed to appease critics of lawsuit caps, spokeswoman Rebecca Rausch said. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Korina, group fight for the patients rights law Jul 10, 2006
"Most First-World countries have a patients rights law. Why cant we have one?" the radio-TV icon Korina Sanchez repeated the question she famously asked in public three years ago, before answering my question: "Where are we now with the medical malpractice law?" ... The PMA fears that once a malpractice law takes effect, doctors will have no choice but to practice their profession defensively. (ABS CBN News)
Medical malpractice bills 'comatose' in Senate Jul 10, 2006
"I myself am against the medical malpractice law because it would triple medical cost due to insurance," Flavier said. Even without a medical malpractice law, he said that victims of medical negligence can file a complaint with the Professional Regulation Commission and the Philippine Medical Association (PMA) ... "Most First-World countries have a patients rights law. Why cant we have one?" the radio-TV icon Korina Sanchez repeated the question she famously asked in public three years... (ABS CBN News)
Lodi dentist ordered to pay $4.6 million Jun 29, 2006
"There are two bases for potential liability of (Bakr's) employer: One is that they did something wrong, that they were negligent in hiring him or in supervising him," said Lawrence Levine, who teaches medical malpractice law at University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law. The other base, he said, is "vicarious liability," when the employee's behavior leads to responsibility on the part of the employer. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Ensign presses tort reform legislation May 5, 2006
John Ensign of Nevada unveiled a new Republican bill Thursday that aims to boost doctors by limiting liability awards against them in big medical malpractice lawsuits ... Of 21 states the American Medical Association had identified as having medical care crises, Durbin said all but three have updated their malpractice laws to address the problem, including Nevada, and the federal government should not step in ... Previous Ensign bills limited pain and suffering damages to $250,000, based on... (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Nevada News)
Gov supports malpractice law reform Apr 26, 2006
Gov. Linda Lingle has added her support in pressuring the Legislature to make changes to the state's medical malpractice laws ... The Hawaii Medical Association has been running newspaper ads encouraging residents to call their legislators to support changes to the medical malpractice law. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Physicians join law students in malpractice class Apr 10, 2006
That is because more than half of the students are physicians, many of them in obstetrics or other specialties at high risk for malpractice lawsuits ... "We live in a litigious society, unfortunately, and a good part of that litigation is related to medical malpractice lawsuits," said Porcher Taylor III, an associate professor in the continuing-studies school who came up with the idea for the course ... Some law students can barely conceal their exasperation when physicians argue about the... (AZCentral -- News)
HIV Fears Over Stolen Body Parts Mar 9, 2006
"She's such a low-risk category, and without going into details, it's very unlikely it came from any other source," said Dr. Timothy Brooks, the medical director of Michles and Booth, a medical malpractice law firm. Tale of the Tissue. (ABC News)
Capitol Ideas blog Mar 8, 2006
Proof, Bush made a law putting some caps on malpractice law suits, hoping Docs insurance will go down, it didn t. Why I ask you to go to India or Bangladesh. to see the hospitality. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
