Honorarios de abogado y recurso directo de revisión, artículo 454.bis LEC by María Luján López on 5/16/2012 Publicado en VLex 16/05/2012 El motivo de este trabajo, es expresar y fundamentar acabadamente el parecer contrario, haciéndonos eco,nada menos, que de la voz de autoridad de la Sala de lo Civil del TS, en distintas...more
Case Study in Nevada: The Allegedly Unsafe Medical Provider and ERISA Preemption by Sedgwick LLP on 4/18/2012 In Cervantes v. Health Plan of Nevada, 263 P.3d 261 (Nov. 2011), the plaintiff commenced an action against a managed care organization (MCO) alleging it violated Nevada's quality assurance laws and regulations when MCO...more
Soldiers’ Families Blocked from Suing Military Hospitals by Lawyers.com on 3/29/2012 A large number of combat troops have been returning home from their overseas missions, and many are seeking treatment at military and VA hospitals for injuries and conditions they’ve suffered as a result of their combat...more
Malpractice Rampant at VA Hospital by Lawyers.com on 3/22/2012 Chuck Pennington’s liver biopsy seemed fairly routine. But instead of taking a day or two to recover, Pennington died at the Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center of internal hemorrhage. He’d received too much blood thinner,...more
Medical Malpractice Claims Raise Unique Statute of Limitations Issues by Collins & Collins, P.C. on 2/16/2012 Most people are aware of the concept of a statute of limitations period which is a time frame in which a claim must be brought or is lost forever. There many subtleties that must be understood as well and it is these that...more
Minnesota Tells Dangerous Doctors: We Won't Punish You by Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 2/8/2012 It's been known for a while that Minnesota ranks dead last in the nation in the frequency with which its doctors are disciplined by the state licensing board for harming patients. Now we know why. A new...more
Survey Shows Doctors Report Only 14 Percent of Errors by Lawyers.com on 1/17/2012 A study by the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services has found that doctors and hospitals are reporting only 14 percent of their mistakes when caring for Medicare patients, raising...more
ABSs & the SRA Handbook - A New Era for 2012 by Rachel Khiara on 1/12/2012 Three months under the new regulatory regime - how is your business adapting, what should you be thinking about, and what are the responsibilities of your COLP and COFA? From 3rd January 2012, non-legal persons may now...more
Legal Issues Facing Veterinarians Today by Abrams Fensterman Fensterman Eisman Formato... on 1/9/2012 Clinical practices of all types have become much more complex in recent years as regulations have become more pervasive and as our society of internet-fueled "experts" has become increasingly litigious. Practitioners engaged...more
What to Do When the OPMC Calls on You by Abrams Fensterman Fensterman Eisman Formato... on 12/28/2011 You are sitting in your office, secure in the knowledge that you are practicing good medicine, when your receptionist announces that John Roe, an investigator from the New York State Department of Health, Office of...more
Health Law Alert -- A Dentist's Best Answer To An Investigation By The New York State Education Department's Office Of... by Ruskin Moscou Faltischek on 12/2/2011 As you know, with the exceptions of physicians, attorneys, and a handful of other professions, professional misconduct (the failure of a licensed professional to meet expected standards of practice) of all other professions,...more
How to Complain Effectively about Unsafe Medical Care by Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 11/7/2011 If you believe your care provider has caused serious harm by negligence or malpractice, consult an attorney about legal relief. But that’s using a machete, and sometimes the job requires a butter knife. If you have a...more
Terrorist Hunt by Mario Quintela on 10/21/2011 The new regulatory law which tries to prevent criminal business and behaviour by the way of washing black money....more
Conservative Group Says Capping Patients' Malpractice Damages Could Encourage Unsafe Medical Care by Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 10/21/2011 The conservative Cato Institute is out with a new study arguing that putting limits on malpractice verdicts could be doubly bad for patients. It could result in both inadequate compensation for victims of malpractice, and...more
Youth and Tanning Beds: Do Not Mix by Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 10/18/2011 The groundswell against the use of tanning beds got an additional boost last week when California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation prohibiting children younger than 18 from using the body-bronzers as of January 2012....more