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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

The Legal Intelligencer

Klein v. Aronchick, PICS Case No. 14-0019 (Pa. Super. Jan. 7, 2014) Elliott, J. (35 pages).

By | February 04, 2014
Increased Risk of Harm • Direct Causation
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Confusion Over Hospital Vicarious Liability

In their Medical Malpractice column, Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier of Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore write: It has never been the rule of this state that a plaintiff seeking to hold a party vicariously liable for the negligence of another is required to sue the person whose conduct is the basis of the liability, yet in recent years some counsel representing hospitals have attempted to obtain dismissals based on a failure to timely sue the treating doctor. This novel legal strategy is misguided.
13 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Supreme Court Rules Against Miami Hospital On Medical Records

The court authorized the release of records about similar adverse incidents in a wrongful death case against Cedars Healthcare Group.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ga. High Court Takes up Police Shooting Case

The Georgia Supreme Court has decided to take up a lawsuit over a shooting by an off-duty police officer that divided the state Court of Appeals.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Doctor Wins Defense Verdict in Gwinnett Med-Mal Case

A Gwinnett County State Court jury took just 45 minutes to reach a verdict in favor of the defendant doctor following a six-day medical malpractice trial over a brain-damaged baby whose mother died just hours after giving birth.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Fanuiel v. Roxborough Mem. Hosp., PICS Case No. 13-3386 (C.P. Philadelphia Oct. 29, 2013) Mazer Moss, J. (8 pages).

By | January 28, 2014
Unqualified Expert • Knee Pain from Fall • Summary Judgment
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Montco Jury Awards Brain-Injured Woman In Med Mal Case

By | January 28, 2014
A $5.1 million verdict has been awarded by a Montgomery County jury to a woman who was injected with the wrong medication during nasal surgery, causing her to suffer cardiac arrest and sustain brain injuries as a result.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Worker Run Over by Backhoe Awarded $3.3 Million

By | January 27, 2014
A jury has awarded $3.3 million to a worker whose torso and pelvis were run over by a backhoe. Denis Mejia and a crew were excavating and paving a drainage ditch when a co-worker backed over him.
5 minute read

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