Don’t Believe The Hype: A Recent Study Did Not Show 83% Of Americans Support...
© Max Kennerly. The original for this post is Don’t Believe The Hype: A Recent Study Did Not Show 83% Of Americans Support Medical Malpractice Tort Reform at Litigation & Trial Lawyer Blog.Philip...
View ArticleA Game Theory Model of Medical Malpractice Settlements and Insurance Bad Faith
© Max Kennerly. The original for this post is A Game Theory Model of Medical Malpractice Settlements and Insurance Bad Faith at Litigation & Trial Lawyer Blog.In a comment on Overlawyered, Ted...
View ArticleMedical Malpractice “Demonstration Programs” In The Senate’s Health Care...
© Max Kennerly. The original for this post is Medical Malpractice “Demonstration Programs” In The Senate’s Health Care Reform Bill at Litigation & Trial Lawyer Blog.Overlawyered passes along a...
View ArticleTexas Lowers The Medical Malpractice Bar Again, Tries To Imprison Nurses For...
© Max Kennerly. The original for this post is Texas Lowers The Medical Malpractice Bar Again, Tries To Imprison Nurses For Reporting Dangerous Doctor at Litigation & Trial Lawyer Blog.All the signs...
View ArticleNo Surprise: Hospital Refuses To Apologize To Pediatrician For Obstetrical...
© Max Kennerly. The original for this post is No Surprise: Hospital Refuses To Apologize To Pediatrician For Obstetrical Malpractice at Litigation & Trial Lawyer Blog.Tricia Pil, M.D., is a...
View ArticleThe Economic Damage Caused By Medical Malpractice Dwarfs The Cost Of Lawsuits
© Max Kennerly. The original for this post is The Economic Damage Caused By Medical Malpractice Dwarfs The Cost Of Lawsuits at Litigation & Trial Lawyer Blog.I’ve posted many times before about the...
View ArticleWalking The Line In Medical Malpractice Cases: New Jersey Appellate Division...
© Max Kennerly. The original for this post is Walking The Line In Medical Malpractice Cases: New Jersey Appellate Division Vacates $19 Million Birth Injury Award at Litigation & Trial Lawyer Blog.A...
View ArticleThe Truth About Those Blockbuster Birth Injury / Obstetrical Malpractice Jury...
© Max Kennerly. The original for this post is The Truth About Those Blockbuster Birth Injury / Obstetrical Malpractice Jury Verdicts at Litigation & Trial Lawyer Blog.Of the over one million people...
View ArticleIt’s Legal Malpractice Not To Sue Hospital Residents For Medical Malpractice
© Max Kennerly. The original for this post is It’s Legal Malpractice Not To Sue Hospital Residents For Medical Malpractice at Litigation & Trial Lawyer Blog.It may sound strange coming from me, but...
View ArticleMedical Malpractice Filings in Pennsylvania Are Dwindling, Taking Civil...
© Max Kennerly. The original for this post is Medical Malpractice Filings in Pennsylvania Are Dwindling, Taking Civil Justice And Patient Safety With Them at Litigation & Trial Lawyer Blog.Today’s...
View ArticleProving Bacterial Infection Injuries Through Circumstantial Evidence
© Max Kennerly. The original for this post is Proving Bacterial Infection Injuries Through Circumstantial Evidence at Litigation & Trial Lawyer Blog.A tragic story: SIOUX CITY — A Sioux City bank...
View ArticleStrange Birth Injury Award: $21M Medical Expenses, $0 Pain and Suffering
© Max Kennerly. The original for this post is Strange Birth Injury Award: $21M Medical Expenses, $0 Pain and Suffering at Litigation & Trial Lawyer Blog.It’s conventional wisdom among trial lawyers...
View ArticleMassive Emergency Room Malpractice Award For Noncompliant Patient
I’ve written several times before about where multi-million dollar jury verdicts come from, like in A Look Behind The Scenes Of A Multi-Million Dollar Personal Injury Verdict and Strange Birth Injury...
View ArticleThe Burden Of Proof: A Matter Of Life And Death
When I was in law school, I took Federal Courts, a notoriously difficult and complicated class, with Laura Little, who taught it with grace and style. (Law students, take note: she wrote a commercial...
View ArticleMedical Malpractice, Errors in Judgment, and The Beginner’s Mind
Last month the American Journal of Medicine published a new study (“Longer Lengths of Stay and Higher Risk of Mortality among Inpatients of Physicians with More Years in Practice”) with the unexpected...
View ArticleNEJM Study On Malpractice Risk By Physician Specialty
The New England Journal of Medicine released a new study in today’s issue, Malpractice Risk According to Physician Specialty, which concluded: There are few recent estimates on the likelihood of...
View ArticleDefense Lawyer Sanctioned For Expert Witness Intimidation In Medical...
It’s no secret that patients and their lawyers have a lot of difficulty finding physicians to serve as expert witnesses in medical malpractice cases. A large fraction of doctors refuse to ever testify...
View ArticleProving Negligent Hospital-Acquired Infection Through Bacterial Genes
Imagine you are a medical malpractice attorney. Your client, in the hospital for surgery or childbirth or some other invasive procedure, developed an nasty infection, resulting in permanent injuries or...
View ArticleThe Doctors Company’s Dubious Medical Malpractice Statistics
This morning, MedPage Today — which should know better — began their “Morning Break” with this description and link: An analysis of closed claim data from The Doctors Company suggests that physicians...
View ArticleWhen Will Hospitals Learn How To Use Heparin?
Heparin is one of the most basic medicines used in medicine, the primary anticoagulant used by hospitals, which is why it’s part of the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines. But...
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