August 05, 2015
8 Feldman Shepherd Attorneys Named to 2016 ‘Best Lawyers in America’
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Eight attorneys from Philadelphia personal injury law firm Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig LLP have been selected for inclusion among the 2016 Best Lawyers in America®, one of the legal profession’s oldest and most-respected peer-review publications.
View MoreJuly 29, 2015
Legislation Targeting Asbestos Victims Moves Through House Committee
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Shortly after the most recent round of midterm elections, we predicted that one of the priorities of the new Congress would be to enact as many tort reform measures as possible.
View MoreJuly 22, 2015
Even More Data Proves Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Filings Declining
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Back in June of 2013, we published an article detailing a 45-percent decline in the number of medical malpractice case filings statewide.
View MoreJuly 15, 2015
New York Implements Multistate “Uniform” Bar Exam
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One of the most daunting prospects a recent graduate of law school has to face is the dreaded bar examination.
View MoreJuly 13, 2015
Da Vinci Surgical Robot Subject of FDA Probe
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Last summer we published a post about growing numbers of injuries sustained by patients during surgeries with the da Vinci surgical robot system, e.
View MoreJuly 08, 2015
Judge Allows BP Clean-Up Workers to Pursue Jury Trials
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The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has not been in the news a great deal over the last four or so years, but that does not mean all of the problems it created have been solved.
View MoreJune 24, 2015
Congressional Bill Threatens Federal Class Action Lawsuits
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This blog has long advocated that the class action suit is a core component of the civil justice system, one that provides a class of plaintiffs redress from corporate wrongdoing.
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June 23, 2015
A.C.’s Golden Nugget in legal war with $1.5 million winners
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Jason Nark Daily, Philadelphia Daily News Staff Reporter It was Friday the 13th, this past April, when 28 decks of playing cards left a manufacturing plant in Kansas City allegedly carrying a simple, fateful flaw.
View MoreJune 17, 2015
Markups on Brand-Name Medication Strain Hospital Budgets
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A revelatory article in a recent edition of the Wall Street Journal sheds light on one of the most important factors influencing prescription drug pricing: their brand labels.
View MoreJune 10, 2015
Evidence-Based Medicine Activist Explains Our Expensive Health Care System
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WNYC’s Freakonomics Radio–named after a book series by journalist Stephen Dubner and economist Steven Levitt–recently ran a two-part series about the American health care system.
View MoreMay 27, 2015
Retired NHL Players File Class Action Suit Against League
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In 2013, more than four thousand former NFL players settled a class action suit against their former employer for $765 million, alleging that the league knew about the long-term risks associated with sub-concussive and concussive injuries.
View MoreMay 20, 2015
To Make Amtrak Crash Victims Whole, Congress Must Raise Rail Liability Cap
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Joanne Doroshow, founder and executive director of the Center for Justice and Democracy at New York Law School, is also a columnist for The Huffington Post.
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