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Med Mal News
Analysis of key rulings.
Drug & Device News
A look at several rulings.
The Media
How often do we hear that "everybody sues" in the United States, and that there are "jackpot juries" handing out huge sums of money to undeserving plaintiffs? Is the media to blame for these skewed beliefs or is the media accurate in its portrayal of the tort system, especially the medical malpractice system?
Suits Against Generic Pharm Manufacturers
What a recent Supreme Court decision does is to effectively immunize pharmaceutical generics manufacturers from state tort liability when they use FDA-approved labels for their products deemed equivalent to brand-name FDA-approved drugs.
Verdicts
An in-depth look at recent important rulings.
Med Mal News
A look at several recent news items.
Drug & Device News
A look at several key cases.
Dangerous Patients and the Tarasoff Doctrine
Psychiatrists and other mental health practitioners must know the reporting laws in their own jurisdictions, and take the required steps under those laws, if they want to avoid liability when a patient follows through on a threat to harm someone else.
Medical Malpractice Claim or EMTALA Violation?
What are the causes of action for an EMTALA claim? What constitutes an "adequate" screening, and how can a plaintiff show that the screening he or she received fell short?
Medicare's 'Never Events' Should Never Be Mentioned in Court
Med Mal practitioners are questioning whether never events, and their related payment issues, is admissible into evidence at trial. What is the current state of the law, and what issues can we anticipate will come up in the future?

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