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Law.com Litigation Trendspotter: The Pandemic May Test Whether Juries Render Verdicts Based on Facts or Feelings

The pandemic appears to be tempering public disdain toward two of the plaintiffs bar's most frequent targets: the health care and pharmaceutical industries. Now it's anyone's guess whether and how that might impact jury verdicts going forward, but there's no shortage of theories.
9 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

'Passion and Heart': Controversial Connecticut Lawyer Madonna Sacco Has Died

The longtime medical malpractice litigator died Wednesday. She was 65.
4 minute read

Law.com

Lawyers Revising Roundup Settlement as Approval Hearing Looms. Plus: Are Essential Production Facilities 'Federal Officers" During Pandemic?

Lawyers who crafted the $2 billion class action settlement with Bayer to resolve future claims over Monsanto's Roundup have fired back at a host of objectors, defending a settlement they say that "will save lives."
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Special Section: Medical Malpractice 2021

In The Legal's Medical Malpractice supplement, read about creativity in expert selection for birth trauma cases, reasons not to fear virtual depositions in medical malpractice cases and key considerations for cancer litigation post-pandemic.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Custom and Practice Revisited

In this edition of their Medical Malpractice column, Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier again address the issue of the admissibility of physicians' testimony as to their custom and practice, also known as habit evidence, in light of two recent Appellate Division decisions that provide new insights into the admissibility and applicability of such evidence.
15 minute read

Daily Business Review

Avoid These Five Risky Mistakes in Defending Medical Malpractice Claims

There are several things that physicians, nurses, administrators, insurers and other professionals can and should do to mitigate risk in the event of litigation and position themselves for the best possible outcome as they work to resolve the claim.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Courts' Interpretations of Statutes Demonstrate Shifting Landscape for Defense Bar

For years, the defense bar has asserted the privileges and protections afforded by the Peer Review Protection Act, MCARE Act, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act, and the Health Care Quality Improvement Act.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Creativity in Expert Selection for Birth Trauma Cases

There are seemingly endless specialty areas, medical and nonmedical, that must be considered when selecting the right experts to maximize the strength of your case.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Key Considerations in Cancer Litigation Post-Pandemic

It is anticipated that there will be approximately 86,000 new cases of cancer diagnosed this year in Pennsylvania. Particularly with late-stage disease, many cancer patients will inevitably wonder whether an earlier diagnosis was possible.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Halitosis, BMI and Medical Noncompliance as a Recurring Defense in Med Mal

While the title of this article is intentionally ironical, the inappropriate use of an injured plaintiff's personal or medical history to confuse, mislead and engender bias in juries is omnipresent in medical malpractice litigation.
8 minute read

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