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New York Law Journal

Lost Chance as a Substantial Factor in Causing Injury: Part 2

Part 1 of this article addressed proof of diminished chance for a cure or better outcome or increased injury and pain and suffering as a substantial factor of injury in failure to diagnose cancer cases. Part 2 addresses the application of law and evidence to medical malpractice cases dealing with failure to diagnose other medical conditions and illness.
13 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Employers Face Unique Legal Questions During Pandemic

Scott Fiddler and Brooke Willard identify some of the issues that have arisen and laws that are implicated as a result of the presence of this invisible threat in the workplace.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Employment Law in the Year of COVID-19: A Review of New and Emerging Compliance Challenges Facing Employers in 2020 and Beyond

Michael Massiatte and Marc Katz provide an overview of three significant challenges facing employers as we close the book on 2020 and prepare for 2021.
9 minute read

Law.com

Who Do You Want Back In the Office? Someone With COVID-19 Antibodies or Someone Who Tested Negative for COVID-19?

The EEOC says it's lawful to test an employee for COVID-19 but it is illegal to test an employee for antibodies if they recovered from COVID-19.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

New Jersey's Health Care System Plagued by Systemic Racism, Says Dallas PI Attorney

Texas Lawyer spoke recently with Van Wey, a patient equality advocate with over 30 years' experience fighting against injustice and racial discrimination in the health care system, about the underlying causes of racial discrimination in the health care system of New Jersey.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

What Employers May Encounter As Employees Return to Work: A Q&A With Jackie Ford

Since the first quarter of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has sent many workers home --- either furloughed or to work remotely. Now, as some states and…
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Lost Chance as Substantial Factor In Causing Injury: Part 1

In medical malpractice cases, competent poof of a diminished chance for a cure or better outcome or increased injury and pain and suffering may be a substantial factor or proximate cause of injury. Part 1 of this two-part series deals with such evidence as presented in failure to diagnose and treat cancer cases.
13 minute read

New York Law Journal

Enhanced Scrutiny of COVID-19 Medicare Payments and Data Reporting for Hospitals

In this Health Care Law column, Brian Bewley, Anne Railton and Kaitlyn Dunn, examine the two significant new rules finalized by the federal government, that impose regulatory hurdles for hospitals seeking financial assistance from federal programs, including enhanced payments under Medicare.
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

'The Organ Thieves' Exposes the Nasty Wound of Racism in the Medical System Toward Black Americans

Texas Lawyer spoke with Chip Jones about his new book and how racially biased attitudes fit a broader pattern of discriminatory behavior toward Black patients in the 1960s.
9 minute read

Daily Business Review

Defense Attorney Kim Cook Moves to Boutique, Focusing on Malpractice, Personal Injury Cases

The former partner of defense firms Goldberg Segalla and Sedgwick will now handle both plaintiff and defense matters at boutique Davis Goldman. 
3 minute read

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