Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Brain-Damaged Patient
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:01:00 -0700
The Law Offices of Dr. Bruce G. Fagel and Associates announces a medical malpractice lawsuit filed on behalf of brain-damaged patient. The firm is one of the nation's premier medical malpractice plaintiff firms. The firm only handles medical malpractice cases, with an emphasis on birth and brain injuries.

NHSO mulls malpractice compromise
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:58:56 -0700
The National Health Security Office will hold talks to determine the feasibility of a proposal to extend compensation for victims of medical malpractice to include patients under all healthcare schemes.

Sacramento Personal Injury Lawyer Wins $456,745 Verdict in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:01:00 -0700
Steven H. Schultz, a Sacramento personal injury attorney with the law firm of Demas & Rosenthal, LLP, represented a client who suffered an infection from a wrongly placed feeding tube while a patient at the UC Davis Medical Center. A verdict of $456,745 was returned for the plaintiff.

Viewpoint: Threat of malpractice lawsuits means medicine is a balancing act
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:10:00 -0700
Some months ago at my office, my receptionist handed me a registered letter. The name on the envelope seemed familiar.

Pa. Jury Awards $1.8 Million in Legal Malpractice Suit
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:22:33 -0700
A Philadelphia jury has awarded nearly $1.8 million in a legal malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleged her attorney failed to plead all of the relevant theories in her medical malpractice case, leading to the necessity of settling her case for $1 million, despite having received a $2.5 million verdict. The jury found that attorney David M. Barry was negligent, but that the law firm ...

Maryland high court hears religious freedom case
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:56:13 -0700
Plaintiff missed trial because of Jewish holiday In one of the cases kicking off its fall term, Maryland's highest court is being asked whether a judge violated an Orthodox Jew's right to religious freedom by holding a medical malpractice trial without him and his lawyer during a major Jewish holiday.

Personnel
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:12:48 -0700
HUNTINGTON -- Jenkins Fenstermaker, PLLC, a Huntington based law firm has six attorneys who recently were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

'Safety net' health centers gear up for influx of patients
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:56:13 -0700
New Highlandtown Healthy Living Center serves disadvantaged The Highlandtown Healthy Living Center is one of about 1,200 community health centers that are expecting to see their patient numbers double in the next 10 years because of health care reform

California doctors run afoul of state board but keep working
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:32:11 -0700
For the people who police California's 100,000 doctors, little is black and white.

Business news: Bank begins recycling effort
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:34:25 -0700
LAW George Ripplinger, principal of the law firm Ripplinger and Zimmer LLC, of Belleville and St. Louis, accepted an invitation to be an Illinois member of The American Trial Lawyers Association. Membership is limited to the top 100 trial lawyers from each state. Selection is extended to civil plaintiff and criminal defense attorneys by special invitation. Ripplinger concentrates his practice in ...