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'I Don't See How [Your Evidence] Proves That': Judges Press Parties on Timeline and Drug Use in Negligent-Hiring Appeal

"Changing this law is going to change not just staffing companies, but how physicians are able to practice if they have issues in their personal life, how pilots practice despite having issues in their personal lives," said defendant-appellee counsel Sarah Kazemian of Hall Booth Smith.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Patient's Hospital Fall Due to Her Own Negligence: Defense

On July 29, 2018, at approximately 2:30 a.m., plaintiff Carmen Pitre, 63, slipped and fell in her hospital room in Philadelphia. She claimed an ankle fracture from the fall.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Hinshaw & Culbertson Faces $5.5 Million Negligence Lawsuit in Miami

After Hinshaw & Culbertson lawyers allegedly ignored a $1 million medical malpractice settlement almost a decade ago, the plaintiff in that case claims he's been "financially ruined" by the verdict and associated costs, and he's suing the firm for negligence.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'I'm Going to Be Pounding Them': Facilities in the Crosshairs Over Inpatient Suicides

"Behavioral health is a multibillion-dollar industry. Exposing substandard practices and holding them accountable is key to effectuating change and securing improvements so that these tragedies do not happen to any other family," plaintiff lawyer Beth Baldinger said.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

$17.3M: How a Plaintiff's Attorney Switched Tactics to Circumvent a Midtrial Apportionment Ruling

"It really put me in a situation tactically that i didn't necessarily think i would be in in the moment," said plaintiff's counsel Darren Penn. "If you're in an Alston & Bird v. Hatcher situation, think about how that might play out before you get [to trial.]"
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Five Strategies for Health-Care Liability Case Mediations

Mediation is not a trial and should not be approached as trial. Prepare for mediation by candidly assessing strengths and weaknesses of your case.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Case Over Non-Economic Damages Cap Is Transferred to Ga. Supreme Court

A wrongful-death medical-malpractice case out of Macon gave rise to the issue over whether a cap is constitutionally valid.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Upheld: Connecticut Supreme Court Affirms $34 Million Victory

The litigation involved medical malpractice claims against the University of Connecticut Health Center.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder Now Represents 83 Patients in IVF Lawsuits

"The Koskoff firm is continuing to seek justice for these victims and hold Yale REI accountable for its inexcusable systemic failures," Sarah Steinfeld said.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Unemployable? Substance Abuse and Negligent Hiring Central in Ga. Med-Mal Appeal

The plaintiff-appellants also alleged that the nurse responsible been involved in a prior incident where she tested positive for a narcotic substance and ended up breaking the jaw of an unrelated patient while administering anesthesia.
3 minute read

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