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The Legal Intelligencer

Failure-to-Inform Claim Survives in Case Against Health Clinic

The government-run clinic that provided prenatal care for a mother who gave birth while she unknowingly carried streptococcus B has secured summary judgment extinguishing most of the claims brought against it.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Outside of Phila., Are Pa.'s Counties Becoming More Plaintiff-Friendly?

Several attorneys say they have observed a paradigm shift taking place in the state's counties outside of Philadelphia, indicating that some historically defense-friendly regions are becoming more receptive to medical malpractice and personal injury cases brought by plaintiffs.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Excluding Inadmissible Hearsay From Medical Records

In their Medical Malpractice Defense column, John L.A. Lyddane and Barbara D. Goldberg of Martin Clearwater & Bell write: It is familiar law that, ordinarily, physicians' or hospital records are admissible to the extent they are germane to treatment, but that details of how a particular injury allegedly occurred are not relevant and subject to redaction. A recent trial illustrates how a complex underlying fact pattern can complicate the issue of hearsay in medical records.
11 minute read

The American Lawyer

The Careerist: A Little Spanking

People loved lawyer Jamie Casino's ad during the Superbowl. Except the State Bar.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Good Medicine for Medical Malpractice Claims

In medical malpractice claims, every case is different. But successful defenses against claims of malpractice have common elements.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

When Can Libel Plaintiffs Defeat Media Motions for Summary Judgment?

A physician can proceed to trial on his libel claim against an Austin TV reporter and her station after the Texas Supreme Court denied rehearing and issued a corrected opinion.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

D.C. Circuit Judge Files Negligence Suit

In a rare case, Senior Judge Laurence Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is the plaintiff in a negligence lawsuit filed in D.C. Superior Court.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Judge's Order Bumps $3M Verdict to $4.5M

A Fulton County judge has ordered defendants who were hit with a $3 million jury award following a medical malpractice trial last year to pony up almost $1.5 million more in attorney fees, expenses and interest.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Panel Finds More Time for Suing Chiropractors

The statute of limitations for suing a chiropractor for malpractice is three years, not the shortened two-and-a-half year period that applies to medical, dental and podiatric malpractice, a unanimous First Department panel ruled Thursday.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

When Can Libel Plaintiffs Defeat Media Motions for Summary Judgment?

Truth is a defense to libel claims, which often leads Texas courts to grant summary judgment rulings in favor of media entities—but not always.
7 minute read

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