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Jury Awards $25.16 Million on Claim Acne Drug Caused Bowel Illness
March 29, 2010
An Atlantic County jury awarded $25.16 million to a Birmingham, AL, man after finding that Roche Laboratories Inc. knew or should have known that Accutane caused inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and failed to warn prescribing physicians.
Dissecting the Latest Pronouncements on Ex parte Physician Interviews
March 29, 2010
There is a recurring battle playing out in trial courts across the country in medical negligence cases as to whether <i>ex parte</i> interviews with a patient's treating physicians are permissible under HIPAA and its implementing privacy rules.
The Battle of Experts
March 29, 2010
The first installment of this article discussed how facts and opinions are not the only things a jury considers in deciding the outcome of a medical malpractice case; jurors also pay close attention to large and small gaffes that may show an expert is biased. How can you best exploit these lapses when showing that the other side's experts are less reliable than they might appear?
Movers & Shakers
February 25, 2010
Who's doing what; who's going where.
Verdicts
February 25, 2010
Recent rulings of importance to you and your practice.
Drug & Device News
February 25, 2010
The latest important news.
Med Mal News
February 25, 2010
Recent happenings you need to know.
Inquest on Damages
February 25, 2010
Because the issue of damages is so intertwined with the issue of causation in a medical malpractice action, and because such actions are unique in that a defendant doctor can be negligent without being the cause of any injury, the authors submit that a defaulting defendant should be permitted to introduce evidence on the issue of whether the claimed injury resulted from the alleged malpractice, or from another factor or factors, in whole or in part.
The Battle of the Experts
February 25, 2010
When complex medical issues are at stake in a trial, attorneys have to address not just the details of the science to allow the jury to engage in its search for truth.
Circuit Court Says U.S. Tort Claims Must State Damages in 'Sum Certain'
February 25, 2010
In a case that did not involve a medical malpractice allegation but that could affect the prosecution of cases against the United States for botched medical care, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently held that a lawsuit could not go forward until a "sum certain" in damages was alleged.

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