By Colleen Murphy | January 26, 2023
A New Mexico jury hit Public Underwriters Liability Insurance Company with $52 million in punitive damages, finding the insurer violated the Unfair Practices Act in an insurance bad faith case after a decade of litigation.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | January 25, 2023
The 33-year-old, who has a reputation in the defense bar as being overly aggressive in court, is now operating a solo practice in One Liberty Place where he hopes to launch a successful catastrophic injury practice in Philadelphia's competitive personal injury market.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | January 23, 2023
January's filings are so far up by 148%, compared to last year's average monthly filing of 23 medical malpractice cases.
By Colleen Murphy | January 20, 2023
"Applying the AOM statute as enacted, we conclude the judge erred in rejecting the sworn statement plaintiffs submitted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-28 and in dismissing the complaint with prejudice," the per curiam opinion stated. "On remand, we direct the matter be assigned to a different judge."
Daily Report Online | Analysis|News
By Cedra Mayfield | January 20, 2023
"I was a judge for 11 years, and in those 11 years 90% of the med-mals resulted in defense verdicts," said plaintiff attorney Dax Lopez of DelCampo Grayson Lopez. "That is not unusual, and I think we sort of lose sight of that."
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By John L.A. Lyddane | January 13, 2023
In this edition of his Medical Malpractice column, John Lyddane discusses how litigation relating to the vicarious liability of healthcare institutions has incompletely refined the attendant issues.
By Everett Catts | January 12, 2023
"[It] is extremely frustrating as a lawyer to be told before you file a lawsuit, before discovery, that she was properly seatbelted in [and] you're going to lose," plaintiff attorney Mike Rafi said.
By Marianna Wharry | January 10, 2023
In a case of first impression, a Virginia Court of Appeals panel determined that a physician has no duty to inform a patient of the risk of misdiagnosis or offer treatment options for alternative diagnoses.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | January 5, 2023
"What the court is looking for is a culture change, really," Daniel Ferhat, a partner at White and Williams, said.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Law Journal Editorial Board | December 30, 2022
S-3343 is of questionable constitutionality and necessity.
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