News & Blogs

In my last post , I discussed the Appellate Division, Second Dept.’s approach to the mere mention of the concept of professional liability insurance during a trial.  Unfortunately, the result was a... Read More

In a case decided October 13th, Grogan v. Nizam , NY Slip Op 07375 (2d Dept. 2009), the Appellate Division, Second Department, issued a decision that underestimates the sophistication of modern jurors,... Read More

The Appellate Division, First Dept., has issued a decision saying that it’s OK to change experts during the trial, as long as your CPLR 3101(d) exchange put your opponent on... Read More

Aon Risk Solutions reports that costs stemming from medical malpractice claims will rise. But you have to wonder why it is practically alone in the wilderness performing this Chicken Little play, while... Read More

Florida’s medical malpractice liability insurers have been profiting for the past 6 years. New liability companies apparently can’t wait to write medical malpractice “products” there.  Here is the News Press’s take on how robust... Read More

The Wall Street Journal’s Law Blog shines a light on something that is more than just medical malpractice.  It is criminal enterprise. This story concerns a physician and snake-oil saleswoman, all in... Read More

What does my memory of 9/11 have to do with medical malpractice?  Believe it or not, there is a connection.  It was in my capacity as a medical malpractice defense... Read More

When I was an assistant district attorney in Queens County (NYC), New York, my boss, Richard Brown, decided to charge a local OB/GYN with murder, based on a showing of... Read More