August 19, 2015
Texas Bill, Which Would Effectively Immunize Insurance Companies for Wrongdoing, Doesn’t Pass
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Texas–a state that already has on the books some of the toughest and most draconian tort reform measures in the country–was until recently in the process of pas…
View MoreAugust 12, 2015
Only One in Five Medical Malpractice Cases Pay Out, According to Comprehensive Study
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Supporters of so-called tort reform measures would have the American public believe that medical malpractice cases are not only running rampant in the country’s…
View MoreAugust 05, 2015
The FDA Is Ineffective; How Did It Get This Way?
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We’ve been writing about the ineffectiveness of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for years now. From big-name pharmaceuticals to generic dru…
View MoreAugust 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 amon…
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 meas…
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. Armed with a few more …
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. For decades, each state had its own version of th…
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.g. “tears an…
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 o…
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 co…
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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 K…
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: thei…
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