In the context of medical malpractice litigation, it is important for lawyers representing the injured patient and health care providers to understand the overall purpose of the Healthcare Quality and Improvement Act, as well as its limitations as far as patient safety work product is concerned.
Part Three of a Three-Part Article
Last month, the author described two of his six tips for achieving success with Daubert motions. Here, he concludes by offering four more.
While social media profiles can present a trove of data points for jury selection — one that legal tech companies are eager to mine — researching jurors online while keeping on the right side of the judge and local ethics rules is hardly a straightforward exercise.
New York's Appellate Division, Second Department, has barred a medical malpractice defendant from submitting into evidence Facebook posts of the plaintiff, allegedly describing his physical activities, for lack of proper authentication.
Several government entities were involved in the investigations that led to the recent arrest of a Detroit emergency room physician on allegations of performing female genital mutilation (FGM) on young girls.
A settlement was reached Feb. 10 between McNeil Consumer Healthcare (a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson) and more than 200 plaintiffs who claim liver damage from taking Tylenol.
Proving Constitutional Violation
Part Two of a Two-Part Article
Conclusion of a discussion about Glisson v. Indiana Dept. of Correction, in which Alma Glisson, whose son Nicholas died while in prison, sued the correctional facility for employing the services of medical contractor Correctional Medical Services, Inc. (Corizon).
Part Two of a Three-Part Article
The starting point for any successful challenge under Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE) 702 and Daubert is the form and content of the witness's disclosure under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) 26(a)(2). Here is all you have to know.
Mass torts are a strong way for trial lawyers to check Big Pharma's unfettered safety violations. However, it is not a practice area without dangers; and like so many other dangers, they are often hidden.
Discussion of a case in which 64 people died and nearly 700 more were sickened in 2012 after receiving injections of steroids prepared at the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, MA.
