Friday, September 26, 2014

Case challenging the constitutionality of the non economic damages in Mississippi has settled

›
Last week, the Mississippi Supreme Court was supposed to hear oral arguments on the constitutionality of the state's non-economic damage...
Monday, September 22, 2014

LA Times: "New study shows that the savings from 'tort reform' are mythical"

›
Yet another study shows what we already knew:  medical malpractice tort reform has little to do with health costs.  The LA Times explains in...

Short documentary on the history of auto safety regulation and litigation

›
Courtesy of the Retro Report, here is a 15 minute documentary on the history of the fight for auto safety and some of the issues it has rais...
Sunday, September 21, 2014

GM recalls more than 220,000 more cars

›
GM's nightmares continue with the announcement of a recall of more than 220,000 cars, this time for a parking brake defect.  The New Yor...

New York Times article on medical care costs

›
Yesterday I posted a link to the new edition of Medical Malpractice by the Numbers which has a lot of information on medical malpractice, t...
Saturday, September 20, 2014

Number of deaths associated with GM cars' defect continues to rise; GM CEO says it is no surprise

›
As you probably know by now, GM initially admitted to knowing of 13 deaths related to the faulty ignition switch in many of its cars.  At so...

Take a quiz on medical malpractice

›
In my previous post, just a few minutes ago, I provided a link to a recent book on medical malpractice.  You can use the book to study for t...

New edition of the Medical Malpractice by the Numbers book now available

›
Two years ago, I posted a link to a report by the Center for Justice and Democracy on medical malpractice called Medical Malpractice by the...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

The death toll from General Motors’ faulty ignition switch is rising

›
A new article in the NY Times about death claims related to defective GM cars is available here .
Friday, September 12, 2014

Missouri Supreme Court holds punitive damages cap is unconstitutional

›
This week, the Missouri Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision striking down that state’s $500,000 punitive damages cap as it applies to ...