From over at the Med Mal Blog: The Eastern Section Court of Appeals held today that Givens prevents a trial court from issuing an order that allows ex parte communications with a plaintiff’s treating physicians. The Court of Appeals rejected the argument by the defendant doctors and Tennessee Medical Association…
How many times have you gotten ready to file suit against an out-of-state corporation and searched the Internet for its registered agent? Wouldn’t it be nice to have a single website with links to corporate filing information from all 50 states? Voila. The site correctly points out that the extent…
Sometimes you need data that you can only find from the federal government. Here is a link to a site that has more statistics than you can shake a stick at. Hundreds of federal agencies have statistics on this site on even more subjects. Here is another site than can…
The tort reform movement, lacking in facts but fueled by greed and ignorance, will not die. It cannot, because there are too many lobbyists and tort reform special interest groups that need for it to be kept alive. The so-called reformers receive hundreds of millions of dollars per year to…
The problems with Guidant’s defibrillators continue. On Saturday, Guidant issued another warning about five more of its defibrillators. These five are in addition to the seven defibrillator models that Guidant recalled earlier last week. Guidant says that doctors “should discontinue implants of these devices pending further notice.” It appears that…
They hooked-up on the Internet and then he allegedly cheated her out of $70,000. She’s mad, not going to take it anymore, and files suit. I hope her lawyer is getting paid by the hour. I’m not saying she doesn’t have a valid case – she might. I’m just saying…
Our friends in the insurance defense bar have compiled a list of helpful links to websites to do sleuthing on the Internet. If they are going to do it, don’t you think you might want to consider doing it yourself? I must say that this isn’t the best such list…
Radio station has a contest. If you are the 10th caller during a given hour you get “100 Grand.” Woman wins, and they give her a “100 Grand” candy bar. Woman, disappointed and undoubtedly a little embarrassed because she told her family she had won $100,000, sued the radio station.…
The first Vioxx trial will occur next month in Texas. Mark Lanier is the lawyer for the plaintiff; his client is the widow of a 59 year old triathlete who died in his sleep. He had been taking Vioxx for about 6 months. Mark has a great reputation. It should…
Here is a fascinating article about what was going on at Merck a few years ago. Here’s a clip to wet your whistle: “The widely publicized study in March 2000 found that patients taking Vioxx were five times more likely to have heart attacks than individuals using the generic medicine…