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The Legal Intelligencer

Obtaining Early Confirmation of Coverage in Litigation

Pursuing a successful medical malpractice claim in Pennsylvania is both challenging and expensive. Important facts are often unknown, the medicine can be difficult and the standard of care unclear.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Forensic Accounting Considerations in Med Mal Litigation

Medical malpractice claims raise a variety of economic issues. In addition to fully understanding the medical and liability issues involved in the prospective matter, counsel for both the plaintiff and the defendant need to fully explore and document the economic claims. In the end, a forensic accountant or other economic damage expert addresses these economic issues without regard to causation and liability, with the ultimate result a full understanding of economic losses of the plaintiff based on the alleged medical malpractice.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Juror Bias Danger Results in New Medical Malpractice Trial

A prospective juror in a medical malpractice case may be removed for cause because his or her spouse is a patient of the defendant doctor, five of eight members of a state Superior Court en banc panel agreed.
6 minute read

The Recorder

In Race to Rep Valley, a Few New Faces. Plus: Lawyers vs. Doctors.

5 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Professional Judgment' Rule Forecloses Liability in Suicide

Doctors who treated a man who committed suicide after he was twice released from hospitals following earlier failed suicide attempts cannot be liable for his death, a unanimous state appeals panel has ruled.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

$1 Million Non-Economic Damages Cap Ruled Unconstitutional

The Florida Supreme Court strikes down a $1 million cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases, saying it's unconstitutional under the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Ex-Dolphin O.J. McDuffie's Medical Malpractice Appeal Rejected

The 3rd DCA refused to reconsider its decision ordering a new trial in the medical malpractice case by ex-Dolphin O.J. McDuffie against the former team doctor, John Uribe.
1 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Law Tribune Seeks Verdict And Settlement Results

By | March 11, 2014
If you or your firm has been involved in an interesting lawsuit, we want to hear about it.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Matharu v. Muir, PICS Case No. 14-0265 (Pa. Super. Feb. 21, 2014) Donohue, J. (31 pages).

By | March 11, 2014
Duty to a Third Party • Physician-Patient Relationship • Statutes of Limitation and Repose
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Attorneys Successfully Defend Health Care Providers Against MedMal Claims

Edward Blumberg, John Kelner and Burt Redlus defended a team of healthcare providers from claims of a misdiagnosis and a misperformed spinal tap that a Cooper City nurse claimed left her legally blind and unable to drive and makes her bump into things and need a cane to walk in public.
3 minute read

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