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The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Supreme Court Mulls Protection for Emails Between Attorneys and PR Firm

The work product doctrine that bars the mental impressions of attorneys from discovery should cover pre-litigation emails between lawyers and public relations professionals, an attorney for a hospital company argued to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Justices Eye Exclusion of Risk, Complication Evidence in Med Mal Cases

Exclusion of defense evidence about the risks and complications of a procedure during a medical negligence trial would effectively impose strict liability on doctors, a defense attorney argued before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Tuesday.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

$19.5M Medical Malpractice Settlement in Lackawanna County Unsealed

A Lackawanna County judge has opened court records in a case involving a $17 million settlement between a mother whose child was born with brain damage and a hospital.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Should Defense Verdict Stand for Doctor Who Changed Testimony?

The New Jersey Supreme Court will consider the appeal of a doctor who had a medical malpractice no-cause verdict reversed because his trial counsel failed to disclose that his trial testimony significantly differed from prior statements.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Justices: Jury Must Decide Whether Med Mal Claim Was Time-Barred

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that a jury would be best poised to decide whether a couple's medical malpractice lawsuit was filed in time.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Med Mal Disputes Highlight Pa. Supreme Court Argument Session

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court's argument session set to open Oct. 23 in Pittsburgh is filled with novel issues, but attorneys who handle medical malpractice disputes may want to pay special attention.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Med Mal Defendants Must Tell the Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth

'Brugaletta' is a landmark decision that will fundamentally change the pre-trial process in many complex malpractice cases.
9 minute read

Daily Business Review

West Boca Nurse Cleared After Patient Develops Foot Drop

A nurse was cleared of liability after a covering surgeon settled.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Representation by Multiple Counsel

Medical Malpractice columnists Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier discuss the issue and implications of double defense representation in light of a recent decision by the Third Department in 'Lasher v. Albany Mem. Hosp.', the first case to tackle the issue in the medical malpractice context.
15 minute read

Daily Report Online

Man Who Fell From Deer Stand Gets Another Shot at Doctor

Five days after a heart procedure and on new blood pressure meds, a man goes hunting, faints and falls out of a deer stand. Whose fault is it? A jury said not the doc's. The Georgia Court of Appeals said try again.
4 minute read

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