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The Legal Intelligencer

Justices to Mull Mental Health Procedures Act Immunity for Addiction Treatment

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is set to decide whether a law granting immunity to health care providers who treat mental illness should have been applied to a drug addiction treatment facility and its two physicians who treated a man while he was suffering from an opioid addiction.
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Daily Report Online

Avoiding the Grenades Within 30(b)(6) Depositions of Corporate Representatives

"In the worst case, a corporate representative can even be lulled through clever hypotheticals into making an “admission” that a policy was breached—or worse, that a deviation of the standard of care occurred. "
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Daily Report Online

Hall Booth Enters Northeast With New Jersey Judge Hire

Atlanta's Hall Booth Smith has opened two New Jersey offices in its first move outside the Southeast.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Retired Judge Reddin Joins Hall Booth to Open Saddle Brook Office

Recently retired Passaic County Superior Court Judge Raymond Reddin has joined Hall Booth Smith as a partner to launch a second New Jersey office for the Atlanta-based law firm.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court: Faulty Jury Charge Did Not Taint Verdict Over Alleged Unnecessary Heart Procedures

A Westmoreland County trial judge was wrong to instruct a jury on the "two schools of thought doctrine" in a trial against a doctor accused of performing unnecessary cardiac stent procedures, but the flawed instruction did not ultimately contribute to the defense verdict, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.
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Texas Lawyer

Not All That Is Lawful Is Beneficial

 At times, the Supreme Court of Texas will review a case and provide an interpretation of the underlying law in a manner such that those who…
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Client Sues Texas Lawyers for Allegedly Delaying Filing in Med-Mal Suit

Three Texas lawyers allegedly "forever lost" a medical-malpractice claim potentially worth $1 million by dropping the case on the last day a statutory expert report could have been filed. But the defendants claim they did nothing wrong, as medical experts told them the case had no merit.
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New York Law Journal

Med-Mal Settlement Awards $140M to 255 Patients of Doctor Convicted of Fraud

Nearly six years after Dr. Spyros Panos surrendered his medical license and pleaded guilty to health care fraud, an arbitrator awarded $140 million to settle what plaintiffs' attorneys say is the largest medical malpractice litigation in New York.
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The Legal Intelligencer

High Court Halts Action on Pa. Med Mal Venue Rule Change Until Lawmakers Complete Study

The Supreme Court's announcement comes after members of the medical industry and defense bar pushed back against the proposed changes, which seeks to allow injured plaintiffs to sue in any venue where their health care provider regularly does business.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Ocean County Med Mal Case Settles for $1.3 Million

A suit claiming that a woman had to have her colon removed because of failure to diagnose a blockage, Szymanski v. Rothman, settled in Ocean County…
4 minute read

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