May 21, 2014
The Real Villains of Tort Reform Debates: Insurance Companies
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This month, pro-civil justice blog ThePopTort.com ran a story on an article published by the nonpartisan policy group the Center for Public Integrity called “Ke…
View MoreMay 14, 2014
Debunking Even More Myths about Medical Mistakes
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In a post published last week, this blog detailed a fledgling platform called Leapfrog, which assigns over 2,000 American hospitals letter grades based upon saf…
View MoreMay 06, 2014
Technology Increases Hospital Transparency, Exposes Medical Errors
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All too often, news about medical safety is relegated to academic journals and other industry publications. So when a mainstream news organization publishes an …
View MoreApril 30, 2014
In an Attempt to Avoid Lawsuits, General Mills Pushes for Forced Arbitration
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The right to a trial by jury in civil matters is firmly entrenched in the United States Constitution. The civil justice system is the only tried and tested chec…
View MoreApril 23, 2014
California Voters Push to Remove Cap on Non-Economic Damages
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A few weeks ago, this blog published an article about the overturning of a non-economic damages cap by the Florida Supreme Court, one that prevented families of…
View MoreApril 21, 2014
Feldman Shepherd Lawyers to Present Unlocking the Blockbuster Case at Free Philadelphia CLE on May 13
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Unlocking the Blockbuster Case Date: May 13, 2014 Event Time: 8:30 a.m. — 12:15 p.m. Event Location: Top of the Tower, 1717 Arch Street, Philadelphia CLE Credit…
View MoreApril 16, 2014
GM Recall, Now Linked with Safety Cover-Up, Grows
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In the month or so that has elapsed since we reported on General Motors’ massive recall, the automakers’ problems have not improved. Our article’s headline clai…
View MoreApril 16, 2014
Gilbert J. Marquez of Feldman Shepherd Named President, Association of Legal Administrators Philadelphia Chapter
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Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP is pleased to announce that Gilbert J. Marquez, Law Firm Administrator, has been named President of th…
View MoreApril 09, 2014
Florida Supreme Court Removes Non-Economic Damages Cap
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Last month, Florida’s Supreme Court attacked the state senate for creating what one justice called an “alleged medical malpractice crisis.” The court was referr…
View MoreApril 02, 2014
Parallel Claims Alter Medical Products Liability Claims
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The last week in February, Michael Walsh published an article in the New Jersey Law Journal claiming that courts are “relegating failure-to-warn claims, the dec…
View MoreMarch 26, 2014
Temple Student Takes Philadelphia Police to Court Over Arrest Photographs
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Despite that Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey wrote a memo in 2011 advising all officers that civilians are permitted to take photographs or vide…
View MoreMarch 20, 2014
Wharton Turns to Feldman Shepherd for Civil Justice Symposium
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Philadelphia personal injury attorney Ezra Wohlgelernter led a three hour symposium entitled “Business and the Tort System: Friends or Foes?” at the Wharton Sch…
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