Political Malpractice In America
OK. This is one of those posts in which I won't be talking about medical malpractice, per se. But I am keeping it related. Because today I have to vent about political malpractice. There are no true...
View ArticleClash of Ideas Over Metrolink Crash
Andrew Cohen wrote an article about the disastrous Metrolink train crash in the recent Atlantic magazine. It is entitled "The Real Victims of 'Tort Reform'." The point of it is that the arbitrary...
View ArticleWhen Sales Are At Stake, Tort "Reformers" Love The Civil Justice System
It is reassuring to know that there are some constants in this topsy-trurvy world, and one of them is the solid, longterm relationship between the advocates of tort "reform," and hypocrisy. You know...
View ArticleCase of First Impression: No Subtleties In Arons Decision
Every lawyer who handles medical malpractice cases in New York State knows about the Court of Appeals' decision in Arons v. Jutkowitz. It gave defendants the right to obtain from plaintiffs...
View ArticleJudge Ann Pfau Joins New York's Effort at Early Resolution of Medical...
What will Judge Ann Pfau (pronounced like "Chow") bring to the table when she begins taking part in New York's pilot program allowing for judge-guided early resolution of medical malpractice cases?...
View ArticleWhen Will They Ever Learn?
According to Robert Pear's recent New York Times article, a new study shows that American hospitals vastly underreport errors in treatment of Medicare patients--errors which range from mistakes in...
View ArticleThe Sad State of Damages
A friend and fellow lawyer just asked me to look at a potential ophthalmology-related medical malpractice case. It was a hefty-looking file, and I had delayed starting my analysis for fear of how long...
View ArticleLawyers and Online Marketing-a Hazardous Mix
In Vilella v. AT &T, a New York lawyer learned the hard way that the internet is chock full of unscrupulous sales people and tactics. But perhaps the most important lesson for New York lawyers...
View ArticleGuns Are Not Good For Children And Other Living Things
The New England Journal of Medicine recently responded to the mass shooting of elementary school children in Newtown, CT, by publishing an article entitled "Preventing Gun Deaths in Children."...
View ArticleSilence Hurts: Hip Replacement Recall Rekindles Debate on Medical Ethics
It’s a difficult time to be someone injured through medical malpractice or products liability.read more
View ArticleRemote Texting
Negligence: The failure to use such care as a reasonably prudent and careful person would use under similar circumstances. read more
View ArticleWhen Incompetence Is The Status Quo For Medicine
USA Today ran a disturbing article with a dramatic title earlier this week: read more
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