Drug & Device News
June 02, 2017
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.
Institutional Deliberate Indifference
May 02, 2017
<b><I>Proving Constitutional Violation</b></i><p>Part Two of a Two-Part Article</I></b><p>Conclusion of a discussion about <I>Glisson v. Indiana Dept. of Correction,</I> 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).
<b><i>Daubert</i></b> Motions Really Do Work
May 02, 2017
<b><I>Part Two of a Three-Part Article</I></b><p>The starting point for any successful challenge under Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE) 702 and <I>Daubert</I> 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.
Looking to Expand Into Mass Torts?
May 02, 2017
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.
Drug & Device News
May 02, 2017
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.
Med Mal News
May 02, 2017
A look at the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017.
Verdicts
May 02, 2017
In-depth analysis of two recent rulings.
Institutional Deliberate Indifference
April 02, 2017
<b><i>When a Prisoner's Health Care Is Botched, the Providers' Employer May Be on the Hook</b></i><p>Prisoner Eighth Amendment allegations of cruel and unusual punishment due to deliberate indifference to their medical needs are common; most of them go nowhere. Once in a while, though, the care provided to a prisoner is so substandard that the case actually hurdles the defendants' motion for summary judgment and makes it to trial.
Do <i>Daubert</i> Motions Really Work?
April 02, 2017
<b><i>Part One of a Three-Part Article</b></i><p>Among the concerns commonly expressed by the trial bar is the perception that so-called Daubert motions are a long shot at best, often not worth the time and effort. Two recent studies shed new light on these attitudes.
Class Certification
April 02, 2017
<b><i>Will Gorsuch Pick Up Where Scalia Left Off?</b></i><p>"Is my client a potential member in a class-action lawsuit against a pharmaceuticals manufacturer?" The answers can get complicated, especially when the legal landscape is in flux, as it is now as we await the appointment of a new Supreme Court justice. What should we expect?
