The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By T. Kevin Fitzpatrick and Rachel C. Bekerman | April 6, 2019
In a move that shocked health care practitioners and facilities throughout the state, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Civil Procedural Rules Committee…
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Kim Kocher and Daniel J. Ferhat | April 5, 2019
The Civil Procedural Rules Committee's proposed rescission of the venue rule in medical malpractice cases has sparked spirited debate in legislative, medical, legal and underwriting spheres.
By Angela Morris | April 5, 2019
“One of the things this bill does is allow the attorney general, through the DTPA to reach the out-of-state entities harvesting clients in Texas,” Texans for Lawsuit Reform general counsel Lee Parsley said during testimony on the proposed law.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Nathaniel C. Simon | April 4, 2019
This article will address the medical practices and specialties that are most affected by the advances in genetic testing technologies and primary drivers of observed genetic malpractice suits.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Sophia G. Tyris | April 4, 2019
Accuracy and honesty are critical to the patient-doctor relationship, yet studies show that up to 38 percent of patients concealed significant facts when undergoing medical treatment.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Nicholas Sandercock | April 4, 2019
Electronic health records (EHR) are as common in the modern health care landscape as needles and syringes. This is thanks in large part to the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH), created in 2009.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Michael J. Hutter | April 3, 2019
In his Evidence column, Michael J. Hutter discusses the background, outcome and takeaways from the Third Department decision in 'Wrubleski v. Mary Imogene Basset Hosp.', in which the Appellate Division addressed the legal/non-legal distinction of client communications in the context of determining whether a client's written notes made post-accident setting forth her account of how she was injured, the medical treatment she received for her injuries, and the medications she took during her post-operative care, could be viewed as a privileged confidential communication.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier | April 1, 2019
In their Medical Malpractice column, Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier discuss several appellate decisions from the past year addressing the scope of discovery that may have significance for all litigants in personal injury and medical malpractice actions. While these decisions address a broad range of issues, there is an overriding theme involving the impact of advances in technology on discovery.
By Raychel Lean | April 1, 2019
South Florida jurors sided with the family of former Chicago lawyer Richard Puchalski, who claimed a cruise ship doctor gave him medication that caused a deadly heart attack.
By Raychel Lean | April 1, 2019
South Florida jurors sided with the family of former Chicago lawyer Richard Puchalski, who claimed a cruise ship doctor gave him medication that caused a deadly heart attack.
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