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New RI policies to prevent wrong site surgeries

Jeffrey Roy wrote 4 days ago: Can you think of a worse situation than having a physician perform surgery on the wrong part of your … more →

New Study shows Outpatient Facilities Frequently Fail to Inform Patients of Clinically Significant Results

jlamy wrote 1 week ago: A study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine shows that doctors and medical centers often … more →

Tags: Attorney Joseph Lamy, Failure to notify patients, Failure to Diagnose

Two Recent Plaintiffs' Verdicts in Rhode Island Medical Malpratice Cases

Matt Jerzyk wrote 1 week ago: Injured Rhode Islanders have recently won justice in Rhode Island’s trial courts: Yesterday, … more →

Tags: RI Courts, medical malpratice, medical negligence, RI Superior Court

Gaps in Opinions

Justin Walsh wrote 1 week ago: Good morning! As you know, The Amateur Law Professor was stuck between a rock and a hard spot when t … more →

Tags: Civil Rights, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Criminal Law, Employment, Family Law, Governmental Liability, Insurance, Land Use

This is bad on so many levels. — 1 comment

Amy wrote 1 week ago: Check out this super-scary article from the Times: at a VA hospital, one of the doctors made an asto … more →

Tags: Lawyer, Law, RADIATION THERAPY, regulation, va, Prostate Cancer, medical liability, Medical Errors, Medicine

President to AMA: Health Reform . . . Sort Of — 2 comments

Obi Jo wrote 2 weeks ago: President Obama addressed the American Medical Association this past week.  He laid out his vision f … more →

Tags: Health Insurance, health reform, affordable health insurance, Congress, Damage Awards, health, health-care reform, health insurance access, Health Insurance Exclusions

End malpractice, not patient’s right to recovery — 1 comment

Jeffrey Roy wrote 2 weeks ago: Earlier this week, President Obama outlined his healthcare reform plans in a speech to the AMA in Ch … more →

Medical Negligence and the “Burden of Proof”

Editorial staff wrote 2 weeks ago: Understanding the Malpractice Trial Process By Dr. Jay S. Grife; Esq, MA In all civil trials, the pl … more →

Tags: Doctors Only, Book Reviews, ethics, Professional Liability, Quality Initiatives, Risk Management, Burden of proof, David Marcinko, Defendant

Getting a Recovery for Medical Malpractice; Obama Considers Limiting Medical Malpractice Cases

Mark Seitelman wrote 2 weeks ago: As part of his plan for national health insurance, President Obama is considering limiting medical m … more →

Tags: Accident and Personal Injury Cases and Issues, caps on recoveries, limits on recoveries, national health insurance, President Obama, state law, tort law

The American People Celebrate Independence Day--Saturday, July 4, 2009--By Marching in 1000 Cities and Towns and Attending Ice Tea Parties To Freeze Federal Government Spending, Taxes and Deficits--30 Million Expected Nationally--1 Million In Washington D.C.! — 20 comments

Raymond wrote 2 weeks ago: “Freedom is critically threatened when the government is given exclusive powers to provide ce … more →

Tags: Blogroll, Economics, Employment, Health Care, Immigration, Investments, Law, Liberty, Life