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Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut High Court Reinstates Med-Mal Suit Despite Statute of Limitations

The question was whether relatives had waited too long to file a medical malpractice suit over the death of cancer patient Patricia Sienkiewicz, who showed sign of an illness years before her official diagnosis.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Ethical Obligations (and Hazards) of Representing Co-Defendants in Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

No matter the reasons driving the decision to retain one lawyer for many defendants, the possibility that conflicts of interest may emerge among the clients lurks ominously over the entire arrangement, potentially threatening any prospect of a harmonious defense, and perhaps resulting in an ethical calamity for the attorney.
16 minute read

Daily Report Online

$31M Award Holds Doctor, Nurse 80 Percent Liable for Botched Circumcision

The jury also found that three defendants should be liable for $100,000 in punitive damages and $150,000 in attorney fees.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

$30M Verdict in Circumcision Case Sparks Apportionment Wrangle

There could be an apportionment wrangle in the offing, however, as one of three sets of co-defendants was cleared of causing the boy's injuries, but nonetheless assessed 10 percent of the apportioned verdict.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Judge Tosses NJ PURE's False Advertising Suit Against Fellow Carrier Princeton Insurance

A federal judge has tossed out a false advertising and libel suit lodged against Princeton Insurance by a competitor, New Jersey Physicians United Reciprocal Exchange.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Lawyer for Child Injured in Botched Circumcision Asks for $100M in Damages

Pope McGlamry partner C. Neal Pope said the 18 days prior to the flawed procedure are the only “normal days that child will have”
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Fatal Cardiac Arrest Would Have Occurred Despite Care: Doctor

On Oct. 4, 2011, plaintiffs decedent William Spoonhoward, 62, a warehouse worker, died from cardiac arrest while hospitalized at UPMC Presbyterian, in Pittsburgh.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Closings Set in Clayton County Med-Mal Trial Over Botched Circumcision

More than a dozen lawyers are on hand for the trial, which involves a boy who lost part of his penis during a faulty circumcision when he was only 18 days old.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Foreseeability Charge in Medical Malpractice Defense

Medical Malpractice Defense columnist John L.A. Lyddane writes: The foreseeability defense is frequently blended into the issue of causation, but there are clear advantages to the defense where the distinction can be articulated.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

New Trial Ordered in Med Mal Case Where Juror Was Insurance Carrier's Lawyer

"Without a thorough inquiry of juror number seven, the court could not properly determine whether additional voir dire was necessary to assure that impermissible tainting of the other jurors did not occur," the Appellate Division said.
4 minute read

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