NEWS OF SUPREME IMPORTANCE
Are you as tired as I am of waiting for the Supremes to issue their decision in the Wyethcase? Well, here is something... Read More
DOCTORS SUE TO STOP HEALTH INSURERS’ USUAL AND CUSTOMARY FRAUD
We consumers of medical care aren’t the only ones who have been short changed by major U.S. health insurers. According to an AP story... Read More
NON-ECONOMIC DAMAGES CAP RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY GEORGIA JURIST
A Georgia state court judge has ruled that Georgia’s cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases is unconstitutional, since it “ invades the right... Read More
UPDATE ON FERTILITY CLINIC THAT ENABLED MOTHER OF OCTUPLETS
The Medical Board of California is investigating the fertility clinic that is said to have helped Nadya Suleman conceive all 14 of... Read More
NORTH CAROLINA DEALS HARSHLY WITH HIPAA VIOLATION
For most lawyers and physicians, “HIPAA-compliant” authorizations have become part of the routine when a patient’s medical records must be disclosed to... Read More
NEWS TO BEGIN THE WEEK
Did the fertility docs who impregnated the California woman who just birthed octuplets commit medical malpractice? In light of the mother’s reproductive... Read More
FEAR OF LAWSUITS PROMPTS THE HARTFORD’S PREEMPTIVE STRIKE AGAINST PEANUT SUPPLIER
According to Alexandra D. Lahav , of the Mass Tort Litigation Blog , The Hartford has filed a declaratory judgement action against the Peanut Corporation of... Read More
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR D.C. THWARTS ACCESS TO MORBIDITY/MORTALITY FINDINGS
The consumerist group, Consumers’ Checkbook/Center for the Study of Services won its lawsuit in 2007 forcing the Dept. of Health and Human... Read More
ONE-MAN MEDICAL MALPRACTICE MACHINE EXHIBITS LITIGIOUS TENDENCIES
I love this story, which comes to us from West Virginia, courtesy of the Charleston Gazette . A local surgeon who managed to generate... Read More
SECOND DEPT. SUBVERTS MEANING OF “CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE”
In a case decided on January 27, 2009, Maldonado v. Novartis Pharmaceutical Corp. ,Novartis seems to have come out on top, to the disappointment... Read More