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Counties in California Can Learn a Few Lessons from State on Inmate Health Care - BB&K Health Care Attorney Shares Tips on...

Inmates in the Riverside County jails served a federal class-action lawsuit last month, claiming the county is subjecting them to cruel and unusual punishment by depriving them of basic medical and mental health care. A...more

Inmates Claim County is Depriving Them of Basic Medical and Mental Health Care - Similar Lawsuits Expected to be Filed as Counties...

Inmates in the Riverside County jails served a federal class-action lawsuit last week, claiming the county is subjecting them to cruel and unusual punishment by depriving them of basic medical and mental health care. Among...more

Florida Supreme Court Rules on Conflict Between Hospital Liens and Insurance Coverage in a Car Accident Case: Shands Teaching...

After a woman received an insurance settlement for injuries she sustained in a car accident, a dispute arose between the insurance company and the hospital that treated her over payment of the hospital’s lien. In many...more

Missouri Supreme Court Holds Non-Economic Damage Cap is Unconstitutional in Medical Negligence Claim

Overruling its decision in Adams By and Through Adams v. Children’s Mercy Hosp., 832 S.W.2d 898 (Mo. banc 1992), the Missouri Supreme Court in a 4 to 3 decision held that section 538.210 RSMo 2000 is unconstitutional to the...more

Editor’s Choice: Top Five Legal News Stories of the Day - December 8, 2011

Here are a several items we thought you’d find interesting. • Lawsuit says Delta lies about lost luggage liability limits. A class action lawsuit filed against Delta Air Lines says the carrier misleads customers about...more

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Damage from permanent disability

At the next joint of a person who as suffered severe injures as a result af an accident it is compensation for non patrimonial damages suffered as a result of the event,which must also include the beat.Evidence of such damage...more

President Obama and Medical Malpractice Reform

Last month, in a move that many trial attorneys believe will reduce the quality of patient care, President Obama submitted a budget that calls for a major revamping of medical malpractice laws. As explained in this NPR...more

Liability for Snow and Ice Removal

Client Alert about the Massachusetts laws regarding liability for damages from snow and ice...more

Illinois Supreme Court Strikes Down Caps on Damages

This is a description of the Illinois Supreme Court's recent decision holding that the statutory caps on non-economic damages awarded in medical malpractice cases is unconstitutional as a violation of the separation of powers...more

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ABUSE IN THE FAMILY

Abuse in the family > art.572 Cod.Pen - Italy -...more