The Indiana Supreme Court has ruled that personal injury victims cannot receive punitive damages against a person who is dead. The Court’s summary paragraph puts it this way: “The plaintiffs in this case were injured in an accident as passengers in a car driven by their father while he was…
A new study published in Health Affairs found that “[t]he United States often stands out with high medical errors and in-efficient care and has the worst performance for access/cost barriers and financial burdens.” The study looked at the health care delivery systems in Germany, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United…
By now everyone has heard of the troubles for Dr. Ray Harron, the radiologist who read as many as 150 x-rays a day at $125 each, the results of which efforts were used as support of the claim of 75,000 asbestos claimants. As this article from today’s NYT demonstrates, the…
Interested in knowing what the American College of Emergency Physicans thinks about how certain patients should be treated in the ER? Then read this post at our Medical Malpractice Blog.
This is a link to doctor’s website that collects a large number of sources of medical information. It is the best collection of medical links I have seen to date.
Ok, I have lived long enough to have some idea how the world works. I do not pretend to understand how the world works, mind you, I just have some idea how it works. I knew that it was not by happenstance that drug reps tended to be attractive women…
The federal judge heading up the Vioxx MDL will permit the plaintiffs to call expert witnesses to prove that short-term use of Vioxx can cause cardiac problems. Read about the ruling and other Vioxx news here.
I just learned that David Shrager, a fine gentleman and lawyer from Philadelphia, has died. David is a former President of ATLA and a man I greatly admired. He always took the time to talk to young lawyers and remind them of their responsibility to their clients and the public.…
I am taking a few days off to enjoy the holidays. I be back with you on Monday a.m.
Well, I just said that I wasn’t going to post anything and then came upon this interesting article about the events leading up to the war in Iraq. This article does as fine a job as I have seen compiling the facts about the representations made by the Bush administration…