The Tennessee Supreme Court has released data concerning filings and dispositions on civil and criminal cases for the year ended June 30, 2012, including personal injury and wrongful death cases. The Annual Report of the Tennessee Judiciary is published every year and contains lots of data not readily available from…
It comes as no surprise to those of us who are medical malpractice attorneys in Tennessee or elsewhere around the Nation, but this article, "Surgeons Make Thousands of Errors," (subscription required) does a great job of identifying problems that arise in the operating room. The article reports that surgeons make…
As predicted, New England Compounding Pharamcy, Inc., the owner of the New England Compounding Center (NECC), filed for bankruptcy last week. NECC is the company that provided contaminated steriods that killed and hurt hundreds of people, including many in Tennessee and Kentucky. Click the link to view NECC’s bankruptcy filing. www.dayontorts.com/uploads/file/Bankruptcy Petition.pdf…
I am one of the those personal injury lawyers who doesn’t win every case. The loss in Kohl v. United States of America is particularly difficult. First, we have a wonderful client who I truly believe has a valid claim. Second, the opinion in this case makes it very difficult…
The Illinois Supreme Court has issued an opinion in Lawlor v. North American Corporation of Illinois, Case No. 112530 (Oct. 18, 2012), holding that (a) the tort of intrusion upon seclusion is recognized in Illinois and (b) held that an employer liable for the torts of a non-employee private investigator…
The Nebraska Supreme Court has held that the doctor for a kidney donee does not owe a duty to the kidney donor. Thus, when the donee’s doctor allegedly committed malpractice when treating the donee, rendering the donor’s kidney useless, the donor cannot sue the donor’s doctor. In Olson v. Wren…
It happens almost every day. I receive a call from a person claiming that they have been injured by the act or omission of some health care professional and I have to tell them I can’t help them because the damages suffered to not justify the time and expense of…
I recently wrote about a few of the ways the tort reform legislation that hit Tennessee effective October 1, 2011 will impact the victims of the fungal meningitis outbreak. Heidi Hall of the Tennessean talked to one of the sponsors of the tort reform legislation. This is what he…
The fungal meningitis outbreak will result in four different classes of those with claims for damages against those who are responsible for the harm: (1)those who die; (2) those who contract the disease and are treated with no long-range effects; (3) those who contract the disease, are treated, but are…
Those of us who are medical malpractice lawyers or personal injury lawyers spend some time every day learning some aspect of medicine. Like most of you, I am always on the lookout for good websites that will help me learn some aspect of medicine that will help me help my clients.…