Professional Liability in the News
MARKWeek Ending February 23, 2020MEDICAL
Why do electronic medical records fuel medical malpractice? StreetInsider.com Electronic health records (EHRs) are now used by 90% of all doctors, hospitals and medical professionals. While it would seem that such technologies ...
What to do if you are sued for malpractice Medical Economics How physicians behave after learning that they're being sued for medical malpractice can determine the outcome of the case, regardless of its legal …
New Trial Order in Medical Negligence Case Against Einstein Upheld Law.com The Pennsylvania Superior Court has upheld an order granting a new trial in a lawsuit against Einstein Medical Center after the jury found that its care ...
Appellate judges rule for hospital in medical malpractice case Indiana Lawyer A man who filed a medical malpractice claim against a doctor and hospital following his surgery for a herniated disc could not convince the Indiana ...
Senators advance $250K cap in medical malpractice cases Journal Express Representatives of Iowa's medical community blamed soaring awards in medical malpractice cases for the erosion of health-care access in rural Iowa ...
Amputee Loses Appeal Over Medical Malpractice Claim Bloomberg Law An Arizona nurse practitioner and the medical practice she worked for will hold on to a win in a suit by an amputee who alleged she wouldn't have lost …
Jury Clears Hospital in Controversial Medical Abuse Case The New York Times The verdict in the medical malpractice lawsuit brought by the family of Justina Pelletier capped a high profile dispute that drew national media attention …
Panel passes $750000 cap on 'non-economic' damages in fatal medical malpractice cases Radio Iowa Republicans on a Senate committee have voted to place new limits in medical malpractice cases that involve the death of a patient. A bill that cleared ...
'The right thing to do': Hahnemann owner will pay its former doctors' malpractice insurance WHYY The owner of Hahnemann University Hospital has agreed to pay the medical malpractice insurance, or “tail coverage,” for hundreds of its former … New trial granted in case of woman who died from infection while pregnant The Daily Progress A widower who sued two Charlottesville doctors for negligence after wife died of E. coli infection will receive a new trial after the Supreme Court of ...
LEGAL
JD Supra (press release) The Plaintiffs sued Schlak for legal malpractice. They alleged that Schlak never explained their interests to them or advised them to seek separate …
Jury Awards $343K in Legal Malpractice Suit by Purchaser of Polluted Property Law.com A Bergen County jury returned a $343,258 verdict Wednesday in a legal malpractice suit claiming attorney Robert Lysiak failed to warn about potential …
Court OKs Chinese Dissident's Malpractice Suit Against Clark Hill Bloomberg Law The court agreed with them that Wengui didn't provide grounds for a viable legal malpractice claim for its withdrawal. Even if it was was “improper,” ...
Watch Out, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers. It Just Got A Lot Easier To Get Sued Texas Lawyer Before Friday, criminal-defense lawyers had little reason to fear legal-malpractice claims. That's because court precedent allowed clients who had .. |
