March 05, 2014
Tort Reform Does Not Create More Doctors
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In early February of this year, the Des Moines Register editorial staff ran an article attempting to confirm what this blog has been arguing since its inception: efforts toward so-called tort reform have accomplished very little when it comes to increasing the number of doctors practicing in a given state.
View MoreMarch 04, 2014
Feldman Shepherd Founders to Kick Off Bar Association Program
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Alan M.
View MoreFebruary 26, 2014
Unqualified NJ Doctor Stripped of License After Performing Spinal Surgeries
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We have commented in previous blogs about the inadequacy of the self-regulation of physicians by the medical community.
View MoreFebruary 19, 2014
Tort Reformers Collect Huge Sums While Claiming to Oppose Lawsuits
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This blog has covered the United States Chamber of Commerce before, calling it in 2011 a“misleadingly named collection of businesses considered the largest pro-corporation lobbying group in the U.
View MoreFebruary 12, 2014
PA Supreme Court Allows Emotional Distress To Be Defined As Bodily Injury
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This past January, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court took up a question that had been addressed by lower courts in the state over the past few years: Does witnessing a family member’s death fall under an insurance policy’s coverage of “bodily injury to a person and sickness, disease, or death which results from it”? Seventeen-year old Benjamin Lipsky was walking home with his father and two brothers from their synagogue where they had just participated in services for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot when Joseph White struck and killed him.
View MoreFebruary 05, 2014
New OSHA Pamphlet Suggests Hospitals More Dangerous Than You Think
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A new pamphlet published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) called “How Safe Is Your Hospital for Workers?” includes some startling facts about the dangers that hospitals present not only to patients, but to their employees as well.
View MoreJanuary 29, 2014
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Stops Immunizing Big Pharma for Harmful Products
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The seemingly never-ending products liability case in Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court Lance v.
View MoreJanuary 27, 2014
Feldman Shepherd Hosts Sold-Out Tincher Products Liability CLE
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In January, Feldman Shepherd produced a sold-out products liability CLE titled “A Whole New World? Product Liability Law in Pennsylvania After Tincher.
View MoreJanuary 22, 2014
Generic Drug Industry Still Largely Unchecked
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In the past few months, this blog has addressed issues concerning the safety of generic drugs.
View MoreJanuary 15, 2014
Bipartisan Budget Act Threatens Personal Injury Awards
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On December 26, 2013, President Obama and the House Budget Committee leadership reached a deal that set a new federal budget.
View MoreJanuary 08, 2014
Compounding Pharmacies Come Closer to Regulation
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About one year ago, a fungal meningitis outbreak in New England affected nearly eight hundred individuals in twenty states, claiming over sixty lives in the process.
View MoreDecember 11, 2013
Health Canada Warns Doctors Cancer Drug Xeloda May Cause Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
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Over a year ago, this blog published an article about the dangers of Stevens-Johnson syndrome, a serious condition that causes a dark red rash to appear on the skin.
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