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Verdicts
April 01, 2016
Hospital Remains in Suit After Court Finds Ostensible Agency <br>NY Appeals Court Finds Physicians May Opine As to Proximate Cause in Cases Involving Claims Outside Own Specialty
Drug & Device News
April 01, 2016
GAO Finds FDA's Safety Tracking System Lacking
Extracting the 'Consent to Settle': A Game Plan for Insurers and Defense Counsel
February 29, 2016
Consent-to-settle provisions in medical malpractice insurance policies present challenging issues to insurers, defense attorneys and policyholders in the context of defending professional liability claims. Most liability insurance policies cede the ultimate discretion over settlement decisions to the insurer. Medical malpractice policies are outliers from the norm in the insurance industry.
The Illusion of a 'Second Opinion'
February 29, 2016
Creating the illusion of an independent "second opinion," insurance companies involved in personal injury lawsuits frequently contract with vendors to provide "records reviews," "peer reviews" or "paper reviews." In the authors' view, these opinions are far from objective.
Nursing Homes, Long-Term and Advanced Care Facilities
February 29, 2016
If you are advising a health care provider entity, such as a nursing home, what can you tell them regarding their liability? Is the institution itself at risk because of the personal failings of certain employees? What if it is staffed by independent contractors? Can a uniform plan or employee manual be developed, and will that help?
Verdicts
February 29, 2016
A look at a case in which an ex-prisoner's estate gets $1.75 million .
Med Mal News
February 29, 2016
Discussion of a wrongful death case in which a lawyer was sanctioned for a sexist comment.
'Obstetric Violence' and Modern American Medical Jurisprudence
January 31, 2016
A recent Yahoo! Parenting article grouped a particular lawsuit under the larger rubric of "obstetric violence." But, what is "obstetric violence" and how does it fit into the modern American medical jurisprudence?
Contentious Litigation
January 31, 2016
As we discussed in the Part One of this article, defense attorneys are increasingly finding themselves faced by opposing counsel bent on using any means possible to harass them and their clients, leading to a more contentious litigation environment than is really necessary. We continue herein with a review of some of those tactics, and we consider how they may be addressed.
Drug & Device News
January 31, 2016
Discussion of an approved chemotherapy overdose medication.

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