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Verdicts
October 01, 2003
The latest cases of interest to your practice.
Facing the 'Expert'
October 01, 2003
<b><i>How to Take the Opposing Medical Expert Witness' Deposition: A Step-by-Step Guide</i></b>
Med Mal News
October 01, 2003
The latest news of interest to your practice.
MedBytes
October 01, 2003
Web sites of interest to you and your practice.
Why Juries Turn Against Doctors
October 01, 2003
<b><i>Cases Built on Anger</i></b> Million-dollar medical malpractice verdicts have doubled since 1996. They now make up 8% of all malpractice claims actually paid. This, at the same time that verdicts for the defense remain the norm and the number of lawsuit filings has actually fallen somewhat. Why? The quick - and partially correct - answer is that the cost of health care has skyrocketed.
The Progressive Lawyer
October 01, 2003
<b><i>Eleventh-Hour Divorce Facilitation.</i></b>
Helping Judge and Jury Understand Valuation Testimony
October 01, 2003
The purpose of this article is to provide attorneys and expert witnesses with the information and knowledge necessary to help a judge or jury understand valuation testimony.
Custody and the Pledge of Allegiance
October 01, 2003
<b><i>Remember the father who challenged the Pledge of Allegiance? He's back.</i></b>
Children As Pawns: Who Determines Custody?
October 01, 2003
Attorneys and courts struggle with ways to determine which parent would be the better primary caretaker. If only there were a test ... Because there is not such a determining factor, the legal system has come up with many tests - and people to evaluate them. Rather than simplify the decision, this process may have further complicated it. In addition to the questions of objectivity raised about the tests themselves, there are the questions raised about the individuals who evaluate them.
Do You Know Who Your 'Supervisors' Are?
October 01, 2003
As distinguished from cases of supervisory harassment, an employer may not be held liable for a sexually hostile environment created by a victim's co-worker unless the employer knew or should have known about the sexual harassment and failed to take appropriate corrective action. Accordingly, in assessing the potential for employer liability it is important to determine, in the first instance, whether the alleged harasser is properly classified as a supervisor or a co-worker for Title VII purposes.

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