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Maryland Appellate Court: Registered Nurses Shouldn't Be Barred From Serving as Proximate Cause Experts

"A registered nurse may be qualified to attest that breach of applicable standards of nursing care for preventing and treating decubitus ulcers proximately caused the plaintiff's ulcer injury," Judge Donald E. Beachley wrote on behalf of the court.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania Judge Grants Final Approval to Philips CPAP Settlement

U.S. District Senior Judge Joy Flowers Conti of the Western District of Pennsylvania granted final approval to a class action settlement over recalled Philips breathing devices, plus nearly $100 million in attorney fees.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Jewish Doctor Argues Trial's Overlap With Yom Kippur Warrants Do-Over of $4.1M Med Mal Case

The defendant claimed that the case "hinges on a fundamental constitutional issue that has implications far beyond the professional liability context: whether a trial court can prioritize run-of-the-mill, non-constitutional scheduling concerns over a litigant's constitutional right to freely exercise his religious beliefs."
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Daily Report Online

'That's Where I'm Struggling': Court of Appeals Weighs Administrative Deference in Medical Center Permit Dispute

"Peach County never had a Certificate of Need case presented to them beforehand, and yet that judge is trying to decide whether to look at what the hearing officer said was dispositive," the appellants argued.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Married Frontline Health Care Workers' Wrongful COVID-19 Death Lawsuit Reinstated by Appellate Division

"Indeed, the judge's opinion was silent as to Susana's direct claim against the Bergen defendants," the opinion said. "Instead, the judge focused on Alfredo's allegation the Palisades defendants compelled him to 'reuse masks and gowns' and whether Susana could prove her injuries were proximately caused thereby. In the absence of an analysis of Susana's allegations, we are unable to engage in meaningful review."
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National Law Journal

Supreme Court Appears Closely Divided Over Idaho's Near-Total Abortion Ban

The U.S. government has sued Idaho arguing the state's Defense of Life Act, under which doctors could face prison and lose their licenses for terminating pregnancies, conflicts with the federal 1986 Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Civil RICO Suit Accuses Big Pharma and Benefit Managers of Insulin Price-Fixing

"Rather than working to lower insulin and other Type 2 diabetes medication prices, major [pharmacy benefit managers] and manufacturers use their dominant market positions to drastically increase the price of these necessary, life-saving medications, generating billions of dollars in illicit profits," co-lead counsel for the plaintiff claimed in a joint statement.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Multistate Licensure Compact for Social Work

The compact will establish a single license allowing social workers with a college degree or clinical license to serve patients across state lines (within each compact state), including through telehealth platforms. This single license requirement is anticipated to promote greater flexibility and access for both social workers and the patients they serve.
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Law.com

'We Fight': The Dallas Firm That Won $45M Talc Verdict Refused Johnson & Johnson's Settlement Offer

Friday's verdict against Johnson & Johnson, in Chicago's Cook County Circuit Court, is the first for a mesothelioma victim since two failed talc bankruptcies last year—and a groundbreaking win for Dallas-based Dean Omar Branham Shirley.
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Daily Report Online

'Devastating Financial Consequences': Dispute Over Thrice-Approved Emergency Department Plan Up Again for Reconsideration

"There's a lot at stake [for Houston Hospitals," said lead counsel Jason Bring of Arnall Golden Gregory. "The freestanding emergency department is proposed to go almost directly between two existing hospitals, within seven or eight miles. As you might expect, that will draw patients away from our hospitals … and the impact on them will be 10% [of their patients and revenue] at minimum, but likely in excess of that.
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