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Daily Report Online

Understanding Statutes of Repose

Litigation instituted outside the time period set forth by a statute of repose will likely be dismissed without recourse. A defendant failing to assert it as an affirmative defense may waive it entirely.
12 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Lawyers Win $46.5M Verdict for Baby's Bilirubin Brain Damage

South Florida attorneys won a $46.5 million verdict in a medical malpractice case.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Supreme Court Deals With Survival Statute of Limitations

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court last week considered whether the statute of limitations in survival actions begins to run before or after the time of death.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Alabama High Court Wrongful Death Decision Sets Stage for Increased Provider Risk

A look at a recent case decided in the Supreme Court of Alabama that concerns questions of the personhood of a nonviable fetus for purposes of a wrongful death action.
28 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Shingles Vaccine Suits Against Merck Growing in Pa.

A small number of cases have recently been filed in Pennsylvania over injuries allegedly caused by a shingles vaccine, but attorneys handling the cases are expecting to file many more soon.
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Medicare Fraud Trial Set for Doctor Tied to Menendez Probe

Many of the Medicare fraud charges against prominent Florida eye doctor Salomon Melgen are complicated, but one is simple: federal prosecutors say he claimed reimbursement for treating both eyes of patients who have one prosthetic.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

What Lawyers Need to Know About Tort Reform Push in Congress

We review four bills set to go before the House Rules Committee this week in one of the most comprehensive efforts at legal reform in more than a decade. Plus, a look at three bills in the pipeline.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court Declines to Raise Standard for Inclusion on Verdict Slip

A medical malpractice defendant does not need to preserve a negligence claim against a dismissed co-defendant in order for the dismissed defendant to be included on a verdict slip, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has rule
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Superior Court Upholds $10M Award Against CHOP

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has rejected a bid by the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to overturn a more than $10 million verdict over a failure to promptly diagnose an infant's bacterial meningitis.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Superior Court Upholds $10M Award Against CHOP

The state Superior Court has rejected a bid by the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to overturn a more than $10 million verdict over a failure to promptly diagnose an infant's bacterial meningitis.
4 minute read

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