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Battling Cancer, Tommy Malone Is Cheered by His New Biography

The title is “Tommy Malone, Trial Lawyer: And the Light Shone Through … The Guiding Hand Shaping One of America's Greatest Trial Lawyers.” The author is Vincent Coppola, a former Newsweek reporter who has written five nonfiction books.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Parents Awarded $47M in Med Mal Suit Over Infant Disfigurement

The parents of a baby girl whose scalp was disfigured after a doctor wrapped an ACE bandage around her head to treat swelling following her premature birth has been awarded $47 million by a federal jury.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Lawyer Suspended for Lying to Client About Settlement

Jamie Ray-Leonetti allegedly fabricated a $50,000 settlement and failed to tell her clients their case was dismissed for failure to file a complaint.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Appeals Court Reinstates Survivors' Expert in Deadly Med-Mal Weight-Loss Case

The three-judge Appellate Division panel reinstated the lawsuit, which alleged that 42-year-old Michelle Skounakis died 15 days after she was prescribed Cytomel, a thyroid hormone that can be used as a weight-loss medication.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

N.J. Supreme Court Mandates New Rules to Fix the AMS Mess

The Affidavit of Merit Statute, became effective in 1995. Since then, the courts and parties to malpractice cases have been subjected to a never-ending flood of motions and appeals involving the AMS.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Notice to Admit and Medical Malpractice Defense

Medical Malpractice Defense columnist John L.A. Lyddane writes: The notice to admit will remain as a tool among others to be used in preparing the defense as cases approach resolution. The trial courts will be faced with issues resulting from its use, however infrequently.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

$6M Verdict for Delayed Liver Cancer Diagnosis

A Philadelphia jury on March 6 awarded $6 million to the estate and wife of a 65-year-old man who died of liver cancer after his doctors disregarded two separate recommendations for MRIs by radiologists.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Justices Hear Arguments on Confidentiality of Hospitals' Self-Critical Analysis in Med Mal Case

The New Jersey Supreme Court is considering whether a hospital maintains the right of confidentiality for its internal review documents detailing adverse events even when it does not follow mandated procedure for reporting incidents to the state Department of Health.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Philadelphia Jury Renders $6M Verdict for Delayed Liver Cancer Diagnosis

A Philadelphia jury on March 6 awarded $6 million to the estate and wife of a 65-year-old man who died of liver cancer after his doctors disregarded two separate recommendations for MRIs by radiologists.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Fort Worth Appeals Court Allows Man to Sue Doctor Over Lost Testicle

A Texas Court of Appeals has determined there is enough evidence for a 39-year-old plaintiff to pursue a medical malpractice case against a doctor who allegedly failed to save his testicle and later told the man the removal was no “big deal” because he wouldn't be having any children at that age.
3 minute read

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