Medical Malpractice Screening Panels Not Working for New Hampshire
A long-established staple of the tort reform movement has been a push for screening panels that evaluate medical malpractice claims before trial–the goals being to dispose of the case without the need for for a trial and its attendant expenses, and to do so for a reasonable settlement amount. According to its proponents, the end [...]
NEWS TO END THE WEEK
In the ever contentious area of TORT REFORM, an Oklahoma senator aims to halve contingency fees (although his state’s current fee allows up to 50%). Billion-Dollar Verdicts are a thing of the past, according to Bloomberg News. And the nation’s preeminent medical journal, The New England Journal of Medicine, has announced a change in its policy regarding disclosure [...]
Equinox Health Club Not Liable for Attack on Loud-Mouthed Spinner
New York County Supreme Court Justice Carol R. Edmead has issued a decision in the case of the spin class goofball who wouldn’t shut up when asked and got his just reward. You may remember reading about this incident back in August of 2007. Plaintiff and another patron were in the same spin class in an Upper [...]