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Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice - February, 2017

126 articles

• Va. Court Says Med Mal Row Not Subject To Tort Reform Law
• Philly Hospital Can't Overturn $10.1M Med Mal Verdict
• Ga. Justices Upend $3.7M Verdict Over Dental Office Assault
• NJ Court Revives Gastric Sleeve Surgery Med Mal Suit
• Texas Senate Panel Advances Bill To End Wrongful Birth Suits
• How 401(k) Benefits Can Attract Millennial Legal Talent
• Cedars-Sinai Beats Surgeon's Challenge Over Suspension
• Calif. Nursing Home Must Pay Fees, Costs In Med Mal Row
• Tenn. Court Revives Patient Suit Over Hospital Sex Assault
• Woman Denied Early Win In Missed Birth Control Suit
• VA Beats Wrongful Death Suit Over Heart Surgery
• The Loss Of Confidentiality In NY Arbitral Enforcement Cases
• Negligent Hiring Claim Nixed In VA Staffer Sex Assault Suit
• NY Court Revives Med Mal Suit Over Patient Suicide
• Vanderbilt Hospital Prevails In Heart Surgery Med Mal Suit
• 'Black-Box Medicine' Faces Headwinds Over Med Mal Liability
• Medtronic Hit With NJ Suit Over Shoddy Placement Of Device
• What Lawyers Can Learn From Kellyanne Conway
• Ohio Court Revives Med Mal Suit Over Botched Surgery
• Doctor Can't Nix Mishandled X-Ray Arguments, Court Says
• NY Court Nixes Win In Suit Over Mishandled Fetal Remains
• Northwell Escapes Sanctions Over Discarded Stitch
• Deficient Expert Report Dooms Minor's Sex Assault Claims
• The Mistakes Lawyers Make When Copying And Pasting
• Fla. High Court Ruling Undermines Patient Safety System
• Justices Mull Ky. Arbitration Rule In Wrongful Death Case
• Mich. AG Hits Sports Doc With 22 More Sex Abuse Charges
• Ind. Med Mal Suit Revived Despite Adverse Advisory Ruling
• Jury Awards $45.8M In Post-Childbirth Brain Damage Case
• Vet's Bias Suit Over Medical Pot Use Should Go, Judge Says
• Texas Court Says UT Southwestern Doctors Can't Be Sued
• Calif. Court Gets Automatic Funding Disclosure Right
• Texas Court Sends Spinal Surgery Death Suit To Arbitration
• NY Court Says Med Mal Suit Over Post-Op Care Can Proceed
• Ex-NC Doc. Loses Antitrust Suit Against Medical Board
• Ala. High Court Says Ice Pack Suit Doesn't Require Expert
• Patient's Condition Voids Arbitration Clause, NJ Panel Says
• La. Court Nixes Appeal In Misplaced Pacemaker Suit
• Texas Court Says Birth Injury Suit Needn't Clear Higher Bar
• Calif. Court Backs Kaiser's Arbitration Win In Med Mal Row
• Bias Claims Against Judge In Infant Death Case Rejected
• NC Federal Jury Awards $5.2M Over Nursing Home Deaths
• Vet Seeks $20M In Alleged Stent Error At VA Hospital
• Nursing Home Discovery Clause Doesn't Bar Arbitration: Court
• Gov't Can't Assert Immunity In VA Staffer Sex Assault Suit
• NJ Doc Off Hook For Legal Fees After $1M Malpractice Deal
• Mass. Court Won't Rope Providers Back Into Bad Birth Suit
• Calif. Court Revives Med Mal Vicarious Liability Claim
• Hospital To Pay $1M For Toddler's Accidental Morphine OD
• Fla. Supreme Court Declines To Adopt Daubert Standard
• Relearning The Lessons Of Korematsu's Case
• How A General Counsel Should Think About AI: Part 2
• Minn. Justices Can't Rule On Informal Talks In Med Mal Row
• NY Hospital Loses Med Mal Case For Flouting Court Orders
• Law Firm's $4M Deal For Dr. Is Good Enough, 2nd Circ. Says
• Med-Mal Jury Charge Didn't Force Verdict, NJ Panel Says
• No Need For More Discovery In Med-Mal Row, NJ Panel Says
• Texas Jury Finds Surgeon Guilty Of Maiming Elderly Patient
• How A General Counsel Should Think About AI: Part 1
• No New Penalty For Nurse Who Released Patient In Blizzard
• Wis. Doctor's Med Mal Suit Nixed By Appeals Court
• CVS To Face Reinstated Slander Claim from Ariz. Doctor
• Bad Notice Dooms Surgery Suit, Tenn. Panel Rules
• Wash. Court Tosses Med Mal Suit Over Botched TB Diagnosis
• Mayo Clinic, Doctors Escape Med Mal Suit At 8th Circ.
• Saving Lawyers 1 Less Drink At A Time
• Ga. Court Revives Suit Against Hospitals Over Bad Biopsy
• Uncertainty Over Claim Timing Preserves Premature-Birth Suit
• Nursing Home Must Produce Documents In Negligence Suit
• No Error In Lexapro Med-Mal Trial, NJ Panel Says
• Lawyers Cannot Stay Silent While Trump Belittles The Courts
• Continental Asks 9th Circ. To Toss $17.5M Dental Verdict
• Ala. High Court Rules On Hospital's Vicarious Liability
• Fla. Court Puts Brakes On Punitive Damages In Med Mal Suit
• Expert's Stroke Testimony Not Unfair, Ohio Panel Says
• WV High Court Says Patient Fall Suit Should Be Med Mal Case
• Texas Hospital Gets Case Tossed On Deficient Expert Report
• Marketing Basics For Solo Practitioners And Small Law Firms
• Gov't Must Pay $4.9M For Botched Birth Control Implant
• Fugitive Doc Med Mal Suit Sent Back To Ohio State Court
• Wash. High Court Says Intuitive Had Duty To Warn Hospital
• Doctor Can't Reopen Ex-Patient Malicious Prosecution Suit
• VA Hospital Sued Over Prostate Cancer Death
• 15 Suits Over VA Staffer's Sexual Assault Are Consolidated
• Law Firm Margin Improvement: The Long Game
• Iowa Appeals Court Tosses Orthodontist Med Mal Suit
• Ky. Advances Bill To Bar Peer Reviews In Med Mal Cases
• $110M Med Mal Suit Against Calif. VA Hospitals Settled
• Wis. Appeals Court Backs Defense Verdict In Bad Birth Suit
• Medical Staff's Rush To Beat Storm Caused Child's Death: Suit
• 2017 Check-Up: Is Your Law Firm Positioned For Success?
• Pa. Doctor Can't Nix NY Med Mal Suit On Jurisdiction Claim
• Two $5M Suits Filed Over VA Hospital Staffer Sex Assaults
• 'Continuous Treatment' Revives Decade-Old Med Mal Suit
• Ind. Court Says Declaratory, Tort Claims Can Coexist In Suit
• Ex-Ala. Doc Gets 15 Years, Loses $13.4M For Pill Mill
• Doctor's Testing Error Cost Pregnancy, Suit Claims
• The Missing Key To 3rd-Party Litigation Funding
• Nurse Dodges Punitive Damages Claims In Infant Death Suit
• Johns Hopkins, Others Duck Med Mal Claims Over Hand Injury
• Jury Clears Orthopedist In Suit Over Knee Surgery
• Feds Settle Infant Death Suit For $1M
• Ind. Appeals Court Tosses Lialda Prescription Med Mal Suit
• NJ Hospital OK'd To Not Disclose Report In Malpractice Suit
• Botched Spinal Surgery Suit Can Proceed, NY Court Says
• Fatal Chiropractor Visit Suit Removed To Federal Court
• Jury Awards $3M Over Post-Childbirth Death
• Fed. Gov't To Pay $925K To End Newborn Wrongful Death Suit
• How To Ask A Jury For Money
• Wash. Justices Say Strict Test Applies In Loss-Of-Chance Suit
• Fed. Gov't To Pay $585K In VA Hospital Wrongful Death Suit
• Ariz. Court Backs $4.25M Verdict For Wire Left In Patient
• Va. High Court Says Fusing Wrong Vertebrae Wasn't Battery
• 'Speculative' Expert Testimony Dooms Hospital Med Mal Suit
• Fla. High Court Got Med Mal Arbitration Case Right: Couple
• The 4 Wittiest Dissents By Gorsuch
• Med Mal Expert Witness Wrongly Excluded, Ore. Court Says
• Gorsuch's Opening Words Speak Volumes About His Style
• Senators Flirt With Nuclear Option Over High Court Pick
• Calif. Hospital, Doctor Settle ER Misdiagnosis Row For $8M
• Similar On The Law, Gorsuch Differs From Scalia In Style
• Nursing Home Can't Send Med Mal Suit To Arbitration
• Attys React To Judge Gorsuch's Supreme Court Nomination
• Benicar MDL Judge Won't Send Med Mal Suit To State Court
• Mass. Court Backs Dismissal Of Missed Cancer Diagnosis Suit
• The Myth Of The Forceful Mediator