Thursday, June 29, 2017

While the country is distracted by tweets, investigations, and failed Senate bills, the House votes to federalize medical malpractice

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In my most recent post I reported that the ABA opposed a bill currently under consideration by the House of Representatives which would impo...
Sunday, June 18, 2017

ABA opposes federal bill that would impose caps in med-mal cases

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The ABA Journal is reporting that the ABA recently sent a letter to House lawmakers urging them to reject a bill that would impose a  cap o...
Saturday, June 10, 2017

Florida Supreme Court strikes down statute imposing caps on medical malpractice cases -- UPDATED

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The TortsProf blog is reporting that a sharply divided Florida Supreme Court recently struck down a 2003 statute that imposed a cap on non-...
Sunday, June 4, 2017

Article on the Trump administration and tort reform

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Over at HuffPost, Joanne Doroshow, executive director of the Center for Justice and Democracy at NYU Law School, has posted a short article ...
Monday, May 29, 2017

Nearly a third of drugs approved by the FDA between 2001 and 2010 had major safety issues

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A prevalent argument used by the pharmaceutical industries in product liability cases is that the courts (and the judicial system) are not t...
Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Oklahoma legislature enacts bill (possible without realizing it) that may make it the first state to impose a "loser pays" rule in civil litigation

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Above the Law is reporting that the Oklahoma legislature recently enacted a bill, now on its way to the Governor's signature, that may ...
Monday, May 8, 2017

More bad news for victims of medical malpratice; more tort reform bills, this time in Iowa -- UPDATED

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For almost two months now all my posts have been about medical malpractice reform bills.  Today's update comes from Iowa where the state...
Wednesday, May 3, 2017

New England Journal of Medicine warns that med mal reform efforts will not likely affect cost of healthcare

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Those of you who follow the debate on medical malpractice reform already know this, but it is worth repeating.  The goal of med mal reform e...
Saturday, April 29, 2017

US Supreme Court denies cert in ignition switch defects case

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Last year, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled against General Motors' argument that it could not be liable for damages ...

Is a dog a product?

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The Abnormal Use blog is reporting on an interesting story about a lawsuit against a Humane Society pet shelter based on the fact that a do...