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New York Law Journal

Liability for Violating Directives To Forgo Life-Sustaining Treatment

A person's right to decide to forgo life-sustaining treatment is recognized in this state, but whether a violation of that right gives rise to liability in tort has somehow been called into question.
14 minute read

Law.com

9th Cir. Looks to Sister Circuits in Considering Whether State Law Med-Mal Requirements Apply in Federal Court

"The relevant inquiry is not whether the federal and state rules share a purpose but whether the Federal Rules 'answer[] the question in dispute.'"
6 minute read

Law.com

Appellate Court Upholds Sanctions Against Pediatric Dentist for Failing to Obtain Parent's Consent

The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld a decision to discipline a pediatric dentist who allegedly neglected to receive informed consent from the parent of a minor patient before placing eight steel crowns in the patient's mouth.
3 minute read

Law.com

State High Court Deems Certificate of Merit Requirement for Personal Injury Claims Against State Agents Unconstitutional

The Washington Supreme Court held May 26 that the state's law requiring a certificate of merit for medical malpractice against state agents is facially unconstitutional.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Georgia Jury Returns $4.25M Med-Mal Verdict

"If you're doing a medical malpractice case, you have got to know the intricate details of the medical records," said plaintiff attorney Jeffery Arnold of Arnold & Stafford in Hinesville. "You have to know what the records say and what they mean."
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Georgia Appeals Court Reinstates Parents' Med-Mal Claim, Finds Expert Testimony Should Have Been Admitted

In a decision that further clarifies the rules on admission of expert testimony in medical malpractice cases, the Court of Appeals of Georgia has reinstated a lawsuit in which two parents claim Insight Psychiatric Services neglected to identify lupus in their daughter.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Bill Raising Medical Damages Caps, Restructuring Contingency Fees Signed Into Law

The new law avoids a costly campaign over a November initiative that will now be removed from the ballot.
5 minute read

Law.com

Appellate Court: Trial Judge Erroneously Viewed Med-Mal Suit as Ordinary Negligence Claim

The Massachusetts Appeals Court vacated an interlocutory order and instructed a trial judge to take another look at a complaint filed against Winchester Hospital, finding that the judge initially erred in viewing the matter as one alleging ordinary negligence rather than medical malpractice.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Failure to Order Ultrasound Led to Terminal Cancer: Plaintiff

On March 28, 2017, plaintiff Chasidy Plunkard, 41, was diagnosed with Stage IVB metastatic cancer. Plunkard claimed that her cancer diagnosis was delayed due to the negligence of her gynecologist, Charles Marks.
5 minute read

Law.com

How I Made Partner: 'I Focused On Being the Best Technician I Can Be With Every Case I Pursue.' Says Stuart Weissman of Ratzan Weissman & Boldt

  Stuart Weissman, 39, Ratzan Weissman & Boldt, Miami Practice area: Trial attorney, catastrophic injury, medical malpractice, products…
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