Patient Rights and Health Care Reform
Will the President sacrifice the rights of patients injured by medical malpractice to get Republicans to sign-off on a health care bill? Steven Olsen explains why the President should not in this...
View Article“Tennessee Jury Verdict Reporter” Statistics – Part 1
Shannon Ragland of the Tennessee Jury Verdict Reporter has graciously agreed to permit me to share some of the information he has gathered concerning jury trials in Tennessee. It is fair to say that...
View Article“Tennessee Jury Verdict Reporter” Statistics – Part 3
As I mentioned in two previous posts, Shannon Ragland of the Tennessee Jury Verdict Reporter has graciously agreed to permit me to share some of the information he has gathered concerning jury trials...
View Article“Tennessee Jury Verdict Reporter” Statistics – Part 4
As I mentioned in three previous posts, Shannon Ragland of the Tennessee Jury Verdict Reporter has graciously agreed to permit me to share some of the information he has gathered concerning jury...
View ArticleIs Your Client on Facebook?
Stark & Stark’s Pennsylvania Law Monitor has a nice post about the impact of Facebook on personal injury litigation. An excerpt: The Internet and social networking sites have changed the face of...
View ArticleMotorcycle Deaths Decline
The Governors Highway Safety Administration has released a preliminary report indicating the motorcycle deaths have decreased on our nation’s highways. If the final numbers are substantially similar,...
View ArticleWrongful Death Claims in Tennessee
When a person dies as a result of someone else’s negligence, Tennessee law permits only certain people to assert a claim to recover damages for the death. This article does not discuss who receives the...
View ArticleOprah Lends Support to Safe Driving Practices
PC Magazine Oprah Winfrey has been urging her viewers to promise not to text or make telephone calls while driving. Last Friday she dedicated her show to the subject. Some 23 states, including...
View ArticleTrying Medical Malpractice Cases in Nashville
A recent study gives yet another reason of why it is difficult for a plaintiff to win a medical malpractice case in Nashville. MTSU’s Business and Economic Research Center has released a study that...
View ArticleDoctors in Thailand Voice Common Arguments Against Being Held Accountable for...
The government of Thailand wants to have a scheme to compensate victims of medical malpractice. Many Thai doctors are opposed to the law. Here is an argument made by the physicians, as reported in...
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