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The tort “reformers” have been doing their usual whining, and I’ve been looking for a way to shut them up.  Today, I may have come upon a solution, or at... Read More

Remember the regular hand wringing about New York’s medical malpractice “crisis”?  Doctors were said to be leaving the state in droves.  OB/GYNs were dropping the OB.  Neurosurgeons were retiring early.... Read More

While conservatives, and the GOP in general, continue to clamor for tort “reform,” the reality is that medical malpractice payments are not only not “out of control”–they are at their... Read More

You know, doctors don’t like to admit it, but even they turn to us trial lawyers now and then, as they have this week in California .  The reason? The Governator, a/k/a... Read More

There’s been a lot of public hand wringing by the GOP’s best spin doctors about those “runaway medical malpractice verdicts,” and their deleterious effects on the cost of healthcare, all... Read More

The dangers of texting combined with driving was driven home to me again yesterday morning, literally.  A cab blew a red light and smashed into the rear of my car... Read More

I don’t have to remind you that it’s not nice to have sex with your partner while experiencing a flare up of your genital herpes–especially when you stay silent on... Read More

In today’s NY Times there is an intriguing article on the cause of FDR’s death–something that has never been clear due to the shroud of secrecy maintained over the health problems of... Read More