Sunday, October 27, 2013

Medical malpractice insurer opposes med mal reform proposal in Tennessee

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Day on Torts is reporting that a group of healthcare administrators in Georgia is pushing for a new law which would move medical malpracti...

Another comment on the NFL settlement

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I previously posted some news and comments on the NFL settlement on the lawsuit filed by former football players and their families related...

On the risks created by "self-driving cars"

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First we heard about cars that could park themselves.  Now there are a cars that brake for you.  And the next big thing are cars that drive ...
Friday, October 25, 2013

Report: surgeons leave medical devices inside patients after surgery more often than is generally believed

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A new report suggests that surgeons and other health care professionals leave medical devices inside of patients after surgery more often ...
Monday, October 21, 2013

Hot Coffee

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The website "RetroReport" updates or revisits old stories.  Today's retro report is about the famous (or infamous, depending o...
Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Another chapter in the story about doctors who testify for insurance companies

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Here is an entertaining transcript of the cross examination of a doctor who testified as to the standard of the profession in a case, only ...

Supreme Court rejects case in which the drugmaker argued that state courts don't have authority to recognize punitive damages because of preemption

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A few days ago I reported that Novartis had asked the US Supreme Court to decide that state courts are preempted from imposing punitive dama...
Sunday, October 6, 2013

Supreme Court asked to decide whether state courts are preempted from imposing punitive damages against pharmaceutical companies

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Pharmaceutical company Novartis has filed a petition before the Supreme Court asking the Court to rule that state courts are precluded from ...
Saturday, October 5, 2013

Podcast on whether there can be liability for texting a driver

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I recently reported that the Appellate Division of New Jersey Superior Court decided that a person who sends a text to a driver can be liab...
Friday, October 4, 2013

$1.7 Million dollar verdict set aside because of contributory negligence

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Back in August, I criticized the decision in Maryland to retain the archaic and unfair notion of contributory negligence (see here and here...