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Lost Compensation: Medical Malpractice
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Add me to your TypePad People list. Subscribe to this blog's feed. News of the Weird. January 22, 2007. Sponge in Abdomen Case Dismissed. The Winona (MN) Daily News reported. Sunday that a medical malpractice case was dismissed by Columbia County Circuit Court Judge Daniel George, ruling that the statute of limitations had expired and the case filed one day too late. As a citizen, I have but one question: was justice served? In other words, I would think that this issue should never have arisen. Texas in...
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Lost Compensation: On Experts
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Add me to your TypePad People list. Subscribe to this blog's feed. News of the Weird. March 12, 2007. I Don't Recall, Scooter. Did any of you see the Op Ed piece by Loftus and Steinberg in Friday's WSJ. What you are saying. Of course, that conversation usually climaxes with my sleeping on the couch. And what, with my being thick-skulled, it is taking me a while to learn my lesson. But I digress.]. In light of Rule 702, that expert testimony is meant to aid the trier of fact in understanding. After all, a...
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Lost Compensation: Product Liability
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Add me to your TypePad People list. Subscribe to this blog's feed. News of the Weird. January 31, 2007. The Houston Chronicle has a schnazzy online report, Tasers and Justice, detailing the Taser X26 and the Houston Police Departments fatal shooting statistics before and after the availability of Tasers to HPD officers in late 2004. The stats and presentation seem to question the effectiveness of the Taser as an alternative to police shootings. Posted by The Director. January 29, 2007. Taser 31, others 0.
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Lost Compensation: Wrongful Death
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Add me to your TypePad People list. Subscribe to this blog's feed. News of the Weird. February 12, 2007. 215M RI Wrongful Death Verdict. On Feb 9, 2007, a Providence, RI, jury returned a $21.5M wrongful death verdict for the plaintiff in Thomas Noel O’Sullivan et al v. Newport Emergency Physicians Inc. and Charles L. Stengel M.D. With interest, the award is expected to come to $28M. In Providence Business News breaks down the award as follows:. 9M to the husband (Thomas O'Sullivan), for loss of his wife.
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Lost Compensation: Tort Reform
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Add me to your TypePad People list. Subscribe to this blog's feed. News of the Weird. January 30, 2007. Medmal Insurance Hearing in FL. Excuse me, Senator, could you please repeat the question? You see, I was distracted by my hand being caught in this-here cookie jar. The following report comes from Tallahassee, FL, by way of the news-press.com. Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has ordered executives of major malpractice insurers to attend public hearings today in Tallahassee on their rates. That Ari...
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Lost Compensation:
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Add me to your TypePad People list. Subscribe to this blog's feed. News of the Weird. Laquo; January 2007. March 2007 ». February 22, 2007. Copper - Crime and Punishment in TX. It is estimated that the average US home has approximately 400 lbs of copper in wiring and plumbing. Copper has been trading in excess of $4,000 / metric tonne on the LME, and theft of copper at construction sites has become a real problem. The Texas State Legislature has put forth House Bill No. 176. Emphasis on less than. In tha...
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Lost Compensation: Archives
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Lost Compensation:
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Add me to your TypePad People list. Subscribe to this blog's feed. News of the Weird. Laquo; October 2006. December 2006 ». November 21, 2006. 25M award for WD suit in Houston. A Houston jury awarded a $2.5M judgement against the City and for the plaintiff in a wrongful death lawsuit. Two years ago, Logan Jones, a 13-year old boy, drowned in a flooded culvert after being sucked down a drainage pipe which had no grating. Posted by The Director. On November 21, 2006 at 01:43 PM in Interesting Cases. As art...
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Lost Compensation:
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Add me to your TypePad People list. Subscribe to this blog's feed. News of the Weird. Laquo; December 2006. February 2007 ». January 31, 2007. Economic Damages CLE on Feb 15, 2007. I am happy to report that Lost Compensation. Will be working together with TrialSmith. To deliver a CLE seminar entitled Handling Economic Damages in Injury and Wrongful Death Cases. The CLE program will be delivered live via webcast on Feb 15, 2007, from 2:00pm to 4:15pm Central. Posted by The Director. There were 23 police s...
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Lost Compensation: Economic Analysis
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Add me to your TypePad People list. Subscribe to this blog's feed. News of the Weird. February 22, 2007. Copper - Crime and Punishment in TX. It is estimated that the average US home has approximately 400 lbs of copper in wiring and plumbing. Copper has been trading in excess of $4,000 / metric tonne on the LME, and theft of copper at construction sites has become a real problem. The Texas State Legislature has put forth House Bill No. 176. Emphasis on less than. Maybe the wording needs some work? Compan...