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Expert Testimony Allowed on the Issue of Recklessness in Medical Negligence Case

The Idaho Supreme Court has permitted an expert to opine that two defendants in a medical negligence case engaged in not just negligent but reckless conduct. In Jones v. Crawford, 2009 Opinion 53 (Idaho S. Ct. April 8, 2009), a defendant appealed from an adverse jury verdict in a wrongful…

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Medical Malpractice Filings Down – New Statutes Reducing Number of Lawsuits

We have some preliminary data on the number of medical malpractice case filings in certain counties since the October 1, 2009 effective date of the medical malpractice notice and certificate of good faith statutes. One new statute requires that actual notice be given to defendants in med mal cases before a lawsuit is filed. …

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Nashville Scene Speaks Out Against Efforts by Nursing Homes to Limit Liability for Malpractice

An article by Jeff Woods at Nashville Scene:   The nursing home industry is back at the legislature this session demanding a law to cap its liability in Tennessee courts for neglecting and abusing residents. That’s even though a legislative study committee, which met once after last year’s bill failed,…

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Has Hill v. NHC Been Settled? UPDATE

I heard a rumor that the appeal in Hill v. NHC Healthcare/Nashville,LLC, M2005-01818-COA-R30-CV, (Tenn. Ct. App. April 30, 2008) (Rule 11 granted Aug. 25, 2008) has been dismissed. This important opinion held that the defendant nursing home’s arbitration clause was unconscionable as a matter of law.  The hope was that this…

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