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Limiting a Patient's Ability to Recover Under NJ's Tort Claims Act
September 25, 2013
New Jersey's TCA governs all causes of action in tort against public entities and public employees. Here's how it works.
Communications @ Risk
September 25, 2013
A text message or e-mail may be misinterpreted or be seen by unintended eyes, thus expanding a physician's potential legal liability.
Relearning the Learned Intermediary Doctrine
September 25, 2013
Courts in nearly every state have embraced some form of the "learned intermediary doctrine," which provides that a prescription drug manufacturer satisfies its duty to warn so long as it provides an adequate warning of the drug's potential risks to the plaintiff's prescribing doctor.
Verdicts
August 28, 2013
Analysis of two recent key rulings.
Med Mal News
August 28, 2013
Discussion of Two Important Issues.
Drug & Device News
August 28, 2013
Important news you need to know.
The Media
August 28, 2013
Despite the evidence of downward trends in U.S. litigation numbers, when the media makes comments on the tort system, such as in editorials, it is almost exclusively critical of "the system.
Communications @ Risk
August 28, 2013
An in-depth discussion of the pros and cons of physician/patient electronic communications.
Avoidable vs. Unavoidable Pressure Ulcers: A Summary of the Federal Regulations
August 28, 2013
Attorneys' knowledge of the federal regulations and interpretive guidelines aids in determining whether medical personnel properly monitored a patient and intervened to revise the patient's care plan in response to a developing problem..
The 'Culpable Conduct' Defense
August 02, 2013
Blameworthy conduct by the plaintiff in a med mal action can take the form of failing to follow medical advice, refusing or neglecting recommended treatment, or intentionally providing an incomplete or misleading medical history.

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