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The Legal Intelligencer

Fired, Sued and Launching a New Firm: Ex-Kline & Specter Attorney Says He's Not Going Anywhere

The 33-year-old, who has a reputation in the defense bar as being overly aggressive in court, is now operating a solo practice in One Liberty Place where he hopes to launch a successful catastrophic injury practice in Philadelphia's competitive personal injury market.
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The Legal Intelligencer

20 Days Into New Venue Rule, Phila. Sees Surge of Medical Malpractice Filings

January's filings are so far up by 148%, compared to last year's average monthly filing of 23 medical malpractice cases.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Appeals Court Reinstates Medical Negligence Case, Finding Trial Judge Misapplied AOM Statute

"Applying the AOM statute as enacted, we conclude the judge erred in rejecting the sworn statement plaintiffs submitted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-28 and in dismissing the complaint with prejudice," the per curiam opinion stated. "On remand, we direct the matter be assigned to a different judge."
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Judicial Hellhole? Southern Lawyers Divided Over Georgia's Designation

"I was a judge for 11 years, and in those 11 years 90% of the med-mals resulted in defense verdicts," said plaintiff attorney Dax Lopez of DelCampo Grayson Lopez. "That is not unusual, and I think we sort of lose sight of that."
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Vicarious Liability for the Acts of Non-Employed Physicians

In this edition of his Medical Malpractice column, John Lyddane discusses how litigation relating to the vicarious liability of healthcare institutions has incompletely refined the attendant issues.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

Attorney Who Won $3.1M Settlement Says Discovery Key in Disproving Defendant's Account in Fatal Crash

"[It] is extremely frustrating as a lawyer to be told before you file a lawsuit, before discovery, that she was properly seatbelted in [and] you're going to lose," plaintiff attorney Mike Rafi said.
6 minute read

Law.com

Doctors Have No Duty to Inform Patients of Misdiagnosis Risks, Virginia Appeals Court Holds

In a case of first impression, a Virginia Court of Appeals panel determined that a physician has no duty to inform a patient of the risk of misdiagnosis or offer treatment options for alternative diagnoses.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

'Managing the Monster': Changes to Phila.'s Med Mal Case Management System Aim to Curb Backlog, Looming Influx

"What the court is looking for is a culture change, really," Daniel Ferhat, a partner at White and Williams, said.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Call for Caution on Med Mal Reform

S-3343 is of questionable constitutionality and necessity.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Plaintiff Who Won $19.7M Med Mal Award Seeks New Punitive Damages Trial

The new request also comes after Bosworth parted ways with the renowned personal injury firm Kline & Specter, which had been involved in the Melendez case until Nov. 22, when name partner Shanin Specter, Charles Becker, Terrance DeAngelo and Ruxandra Laidacker sought to formally withdraw from the case.
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