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  • Doctors Perform Delicate Surgery on Funny Bone Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 2:59PM Would a restaurant owned by a psychiatrist be called Oral Fixation?
  • Will Legislature be pro-business? Sunday, November 16, 2008 @ 11:24PMThe state’s Democratic-controlled Legislature will be led by lawmakers who may be less “business-friendly” than expected, and it has some business leaders worried about what’s in store when the General Assembly convenes in January.
  • Health care faces changes in Obama administration Wednesday, November 5, 2008 @ 3:36PMAs anyone who has been paying attention to the presidential race knows, health care is facing major changes when president-elect Sen. Barack Obama transitions into the White House.
  • Concateno Announces Seminar Exploring Role Of Drug Testing In Family Law Proceedings, Glasgow, Scotland Friday, October 31, 2008 @ 7:16AMNext month, a free seminar will provide those working in child protection and family law with insights as to how hair testing parents for illicit substance and alcohol use can be used to support their work. Taking place on Tuesday, 11th November, 2pm-4.
  • Belluck & Fox Partner Jordan Fox listed in "The Best Lawyers in America" Wednesday, October 29, 2008 @ 2:01AM Belluck & Fox is pleased to announce that partner Jordan Fox has been listed among the top Mass Tort Litigation attorneys in the 2009 edition of "The Best Lawyers in America."
  • Candidates express views on health care Monday, October 20, 2008 @ 3:45PMWith less than three weeks left until Election Day, political candidates throughout the country are working tirelessly on both sides of the aisle to get their messages to potential voters.
  • Ohio Supreme Court Hears Case On Release Of Abortion Records From Cincinnati Planned Parenthood Clinic Friday, October 10, 2008 @ 11:06AMThe Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in a lawsuit seeking the release of ten years of medical records from a Planned Parenthood clinic where a teen had an abortion in 2004 the AP/Google.com reports. The suit has been filed by the parents of the 14 year old girl, who allegedly obtained an abortion without parental consent after being impregnated by a 21 year old.
  • Keep Kreidler in charge of key agency Wednesday, October 8, 2008 @ 11:19PMNo, the state insurance commissioner does not go around commissioning insurance. Rather, he or she heads up an important regulatory agency that oversees the insurance industry in the state.
  • My Turn: All the family got was more pain Wednesday, September 24, 2008 @ 1:31AMTwelve years ago this month my wonderful wife, Mary Smith, died after using fen-phen, a popular diet drug at the time.
  • My Turn: All the family got was more pain Wednesday, September 24, 2008 @ 1:10AMTwelve years ago this month my wonderful wife, Mary Smith, died after using fen-phen, a popular diet drug at the time.
  • My Turn: All the family got was more pain Wednesday, September 24, 2008 @ 1:10AMTwelve years ago this month my wonderful wife, Mary Smith, died after using fen-phen, a popular diet drug at the time.
  • My Turn: All the family got was more pain Wednesday, September 24, 2008 @ 1:10AMTwelve years ago this month my wonderful wife, Mary Smith, died after using fen-phen, a popular diet drug at the time.
  • Studies: NH hospitals shifting more costs to consumers Saturday, September 20, 2008 @ 11:05PMHospitals in the southern part of the state show higher costs -- and profits.
  • Lawsuit charges doggy malpractice Monday, September 15, 2008 @ 4:15PMVeterinarians say a lawsuit filed by a Georgia couple to elevate the legal status of animals would create a market for malpractice lawyers.The American Veterinary Medical Association says the lawsuit filed by Michael and Kathryn Sutton of Ellijay, Ga., also could spike the cost of insurance and care for animals, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Monday.The Suttons, in a lawsuit filed in ...
  • Lawsuit charges doggy malpractice Monday, September 15, 2008 @ 4:05PM ATLANTA, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Veterinarians say a lawsuit filed by a Georgia couple to elevate the legal status of animals would create a market for malpractice lawyers.
  • Sullivan & Worcester LLP Announces Multimillion Dollar Judgment for its Health Care Client in Massachusetts Federal ... Monday, September 15, 2008 @ 2:16PMOn September 15, 2008, a Boston federal judge entered judgment in the amount of $5,368,955.58, plus 12% prejudgment interest since June 30, 2004, in favor of EDCare Management, Inc., a national health care company based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and against Robert D. Larsen, a resident of Colorado.
  • Sullivan & Worcester LLP Announces Multimillion Dollar Judgment for its Health Care Client in Massachusetts Federal ... Monday, September 15, 2008 @ 1:58PMOn September 15, 2008, a Boston federal judge entered judgment in the amount of $5,368,955.58, plus
  • Sullivan & Worcester LLP Announces Multimillion Dollar Judgment for its Health Care Client in Massachusetts Federal ... Monday, September 15, 2008 @ 1:54PM BOSTON----On September 15, 2008, a Boston federal judge entered judgment in the amount of $5,368,955.58, plus 12% prejudgment interest since June 30, 2004, in favor of EDCare Management, Inc., a national health care company based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and against Robert D.
  • No area attorneys on Supreme Court discipline list Monday, September 15, 2008 @ 10:24AMIn its latest disciplinary actions, the Florida Supreme Court disciplined 22 attorneys, disbarring five, suspending 13, and placing three on probation. However, none of the attorneys are members of the Jacksonville Bar Association and none are from the Northeast Florida area.
  • Sigh of Relief Thursday, August 28, 2008 @ 3:14AMYes - that strange noise that you heard emanating throughout the State Albany on Friday August 22 was a gigantic sigh of relief - by every physician in New York.
  • CAMC agrees to pay Hamrick $11.5 million Thursday, August 28, 2008 @ 12:00AMCHARLESTON, W.Va. - Charleston Area Medical Center trustees agreed Wednesday to pay Dr. R.E. Hamrick Jr. $11.5 million to put an end to a contentious four-year dispute with the surgeon. CAMC must pay Hamrick the entire amount by Sept. 5. Lawyers from both ...
  • The providers? perspective Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 3:57PMIn 1995, most doctors responding to the Arkansas Times first Best Doctors questionnaire said they disapproved of single-payer health plans, like those in Canada and Great Britain.
  • CAMC to pay Hamrick $11.5 million Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 8:24AMCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Charleston Area Medical Center trustees today agreed to pay Dr. R.E. Hamrick Jr. $11.5 million to put an end to a contentious four-year dispute with the surgeon. Lawyers from both sides hammered out the settlement earlier this week. CA...
  • Pera to Serve on Advisory Board Of Miller-Becker Institute Wednesday, August 20, 2008 @ 12:06AMLucian T. Pera, a partner at the Memphis office of Adams and Reese LLP, has been invited to serve on the Advisory Board of the Miller-Becker Institute....
  • Jury to convene in malpractice case against Mayo Clinic Wednesday, August 13, 2008 @ 12:12AMAn Olmsted County jury could decide Wednesday whether Mayo Clinic doctors were negligent 11 years ago in their treatment of an infant who ended up with permanenent brain damage.
  • Sum of our parts Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 11:07PMAre we this dumb? (8/6/2008) If the campaign comes down to the economy and the future, McCain is dead. Are we this dumb? (8/6/2008) If the campaign comes down to the economy and the future, McCain is dead.
  • Offit Kurman to acquire Philadelphia firm Monday, August 11, 2008 @ 4:42PMHoward County-based Offit Kurman P.A. will acquire a Philadelphia law firm Oct. 1. Offit Kurman, which has 41 lawyers listed on its Web site, will take over 98-year-old firm Abrahams, Loewenstein & Bushman P.C. Nine of the firm’s 11 members will join Offit Kurman.
  • International best practices can fix America’s broken health care system Friday, August 8, 2008 @ 8:58AMHealth Care is an excellent example of how dysfunctional our current political climate is. One side of the debate claims the other side’s health care solutions are on the slippery slope to socialism. The other side claims their opponents only cater to the pharmaceutical and insurance industries.
  • Attorneys Neil R. Rosen, Jon R. Perry and Michael Louik Named 2008 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Friday, August 8, 2008 @ 2:01AM Four attorneys from Rosen Louik & Perry, P.C. have been honored in the 2008 edition of Pennsylvania Super Lawyers. A leading medical malpractice and personal injury law firm in Pittsburgh, three attorneys have been named for the fifth consecutive year. The attorneys have also been honored by a few other organizations this year.
  • $10M lawsuit filed after Bend man dies during ankle surgery Wednesday, August 6, 2008 @ 9:49AMBEND, Ore. -- A trial is getting underway in Bend in a $10 million medical malpractice suit. The lawsuit was filed by the estate of a Bend man who went to St. Charles Medical Center in Bend for ankle surgery in 2006, only to die hours later.
  • Bend doctor on trial in wrongful-death lawsuit Wednesday, August 6, 2008 @ 1:31AMBend man goes to hospital for ankle surgery - and dies hours later. Now, jury trial has begun of a nearly $10 million wrongful-death lawsuit.
  • More News Thursday, July 24, 2008 @ 9:11PMPresidio Inc. of Greenbelt, which provides information technology services, was named Company of the Year by Everything Channel’s VARBusiness magazine. Presidio earned the award based on revenue growth of 58.3 percent in 2007, following growth of 222 percent in 2006.
  • Panel limits public notice of malpractice payouts Thursday, July 17, 2008 @ 5:54AMPatients will be able to access a Web site that shows medical malpractice payouts their doctors have made, but the information will not be as comprehensive as planned. Answering concerns from doctors, medical malpractice insurers and defense lawyers, the N.C. Medical Board voted Wednesday to make public only settlements of more than $25,000. In addition, the board scaled back the span of the ...
  • Medical board scales back plan to post malpractice settlements online Wednesday, July 16, 2008 @ 2:08PMThe North Carolina Medical Board has voted to scale back its plans for posting the details of medical malpractice settlements on its Web site, but the move still might not be enough to avoid a legal squabble over the issue.
  • Les Weisbrod named president of American Association for Justice Wednesday, July 16, 2008 @ 12:03PMDallas attorney Les Weisbrod, a partner with the firm of Miller, Curtis & Weisbrod, has been named the 2008-2009 president of the American Association for Justice (AAJ), a national trial bar that aims to give average Americans access to the civil court system.
  • Contagion of the system Wednesday, July 16, 2008 @ 9:00AMThree years after surgeon Jayant Patel left Australia and a malpractice scandal, Queensland police are ready to bring him back
  • Board agrees to post some malpractice details Wednesday, July 16, 2008 @ 7:31AMThe N.C. Medical Board voted today to scale back some of the information that will be published on its Web site about settlements doctors make in medical malpractice lawsuits.
  • Dateline Pittsburgh: 7/13/08 Saturday, July 12, 2008 @ 11:30PMPeople on the Move Accounting Alpern Rosenthal hired James E. McIntire as an accounting and audit shareholder. ...
  • Court rules against insurer in Dunn County case Tuesday, July 8, 2008 @ 12:10AMMENOMONIE - A Wisconsin insurance company that failed to respond in a timely manner to a medical malpractice suit filed in Dunn County in 2003 must pay $801,760 in a medical malpractice judgment.
  • Tennessee Ranked Best for Business in Tort Liability Study Thursday, June 26, 2008 @ 11:45AMTennessee is the most business-friendly state when it comes to litigation, according to a new study. In its annual boardroom guide to state litigation climates, the American Justice Partnership Foundation listed Tennessee as the state with the lowest risks of lawsuits against business.
  • Father-Son Harrisburg Trial Attorney Team Joins Million Dollar Advocates Forum Thursday, June 26, 2008 @ 10:29AM Father and son trial attorneys, John R. Zonarich and John B. Zonarich, partners in the Harrisburg law firm of Skarlatos & Zonarich LLP, have both been certified as members of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
  • Federal Appeals Court Asks Ohio Supreme Court To Clarify State Law Limiting Use Of Mifepristone Thursday, June 26, 2008 @ 10:12AMA panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati on Monday asked the Ohio Supreme Court to clarify whether a state law restricting the use of the abortion drug mifepristone, also known as RU-486, "explicitly limits" use to the first seven weeks of pregnancy before ruling on whether the law is constitutional, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports.
  • New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA) Welcomes Incoming President Nicholas Papain -- Leading New York ... Thursday, June 26, 2008 @ 2:01AM Nicholas Papain, managing partner and trial attorney of the firm Sullivan, Papain, Block, McGrath & Cannavo, P.C., will be sworn in as the 41st President of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association on June 26, 2008. He will succeed Jeff S. Korek, of the firm Gersowitz, Libo & Korek.
  • New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA) Welcomes Incoming President Nicholas Papain - Leading New York Trial ... Thursday, June 26, 2008 @ 2:00AM NEW YORK----Nicholas Papain, managing partner and trial attorney of the firm Sullivan, Papain, Block, McGrath & Cannavo, P.C., will be sworn in as the 41st President of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association on June 26, 2008.
  • Tennessee ranked best for business in tort liability study Wednesday, June 25, 2008 @ 11:15PMTennessee is the most business-friendly state when it comes to litigation, according to a new study.
  • University presidents weigh their civic role Friday, June 20, 2008 @ 11:25AMUniversities and their associated hospitals - "eds and meds" - are the biggest economic players in Philadelphia.