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More on Physician or Hospital Liability for Harm to Third Persons

Under Pennsylvania law, when a physician voluntarily undertakes to act within the doctor-patient relationship for the protection of a nonpatient third party, the physician assumes a corresponding duty of reasonable care to any third party who is within the orbit of harm.
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National Law Journal

Arnold & Porter Picks Up Another Foley Hoag Partner to Grow New Boston Office

As the Boston area continues to be a booming hub for the biotechnology industry, more Am Law 100 firms have set up shop this year and grown their life sciences bench in the region.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Expert Protocol to Test for Stoned Driving Gets Supreme Court Approval on 5-2 Vote

"We are unpersuaded by the public defender's argument that the protocol is unreliable because two DREs applying it to the same driver can reach different opinions. Such potential differences of opinion do not necessarily make a diagnostic standard unsound," Judge Jack Sabatino, temporarily assigned, wrote for the court.
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New York Law Journal

The Final Countdown to Medical Aid in Dying in New York

The New York Medical Aid in Dying Act would provide terminally ill patients with access to prescription medications they can take to hasten their death. If the law is enacted, New York would join 10 other states and the District of Columbia in making this option available.
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Daily Report Online

Divided High Court Ruling Preserves Med-Mal Status Quo—but for How Long?

"We recognize that the comments made by Justice Pinson in his concurrence leave open the possibility of future litigation related to this issue," said appellee counsel Page Powell Jr. of Huff Powell & Bailey.
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Daily Report Online

Ga. County Is Fighting a Ruling Requiring It to Pay for a Transgender Deputy's Surgery

But lawyers for Houston County Sgt. Anna Lange urged a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reject the appeal. They said during a hearing in Atlanta that the U.S. Supreme Court has made it clear that denying Lange insurance coverage for the procedure is illegal sex discrimination.
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Law.com

Plaintiff Fails to Prove Strict Liability Claim Over Surgical Implant Used in the '80s

A federal judge in Massachusetts has granted summary judgment to defendant Schepens Eye Research Institute on the sole remaining claim of strict…
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Daily Report Online

DeKalb Jury Returns $38.6M Verdict Against Emory After Teen's Death

"The crux of the case was the failure to obtain a chest CT [scan] after the placement of the mechanical heart pump and before the heart transplant over a year later," said plaintiff counsel Lee Gutschenritter of Finch McCranie in Atlanta.
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Daily Report Online

Ex-Employees Sue Healthcare Companies Over COVID-19 Vax Mandate

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Woman Sues GlaxoSmithKline, J&J Consumer Inc., Claiming Phenylephrine is Ineffective

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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