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Medical Law's Regan Report
A monthly journal devoted to court cases concerning health law and discussing issues arising from court decisions, aimed at professionals..
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Does disclosing pt.'s medical records in DUI case violate confidential...
January 01, 2004
Judge reverses own ruling expert's testimony admissible.(Medical Law C...
January 01, 2004
UT: inability to pay results in failure to treat: was this a case of p...
January 01, 2004
AL: medical expert's testimony ruled admissible: 'same school of pract...
January 01, 2004
Failure to file affidavit of merit proves fatal to case.(Rx For Physic...
January 01, 2004
Comparative negligence on capacity-based standard?
December 01, 2003
Physician's failure to diagnose ongoing stroke.(Medical Law Case of th...
December 01, 2003
LA: panel finds insufficient evidence for claim: can Dr. Panel members...
December 01, 2003
TN: incompetent patient sues for malpractice: does incompetency bar li...
December 01, 2003
Caveat to ophthalmologists regarding radial Keratotomy.(Rx For Physici...
December 01, 2003
Reversal of fortune verdict results in malpractice suit v. lawyers.
November 01, 2003
ME: ER Dr. had 'no independent recollection': cause of injury shown on...
November 01, 2003
Ear surgery aborted unnecessarily: suit 22 years post OP.(Medical Law ...
November 01, 2003
$10 million award pared down by damage cap.(Rx For Physicians Caveat)
November 01, 2003
CA: limitations bars suit for injury in surgery: failure to diagnose P...
November 01, 2003
Paraplegic's blindness is result of six-hour 'face-down' surgery.(Medi...
October 01, 2003
Damage caps provoke 'conflicts of law' battles.
October 01, 2003
CA: failure to diagnose lesion--death results: judgment for Dr. grante...
October 01, 2003
IA: unattended postsurgical pt. falls from table: no medical expert--d...
October 01, 2003
Position that 'all' insurance must be exhausted before fund pays rejec...
October 01, 2003
The 'two schools of thought' doctrine saves day for defendants.
September 01, 2003
Was contraindicated neo-synephrine cause of stroke during operation?(M...
September 01, 2003
FL: Pt. unable to complete investigation in time: filing petition exte...
September 01, 2003
Was there a Dr.--Pt. relationship when physician had sex with employee...
September 01, 2003
MS: 'surgical blanket' causes third-degree burns: failure to find Dr. ...
September 01, 2003
Operative notes can be significant in defending malpractice cases.
August 01, 2003
Pt. with benign tumor consents to total hysterectomy relying on "rare ...
August 01, 2003
IN: suit brought after statute of limitations ran: does death of minor...
August 01, 2003
Dr. successfully defends malpractice case then sues pt.'s attorney.(Rx...
August 01, 2003
NE: death before $3 million settlement is finalized: were defendants b...
August 01, 2003
Does Good Samaritan Law protect Ob/Gyn in emergency delivery?(Medical ...
July 01, 2003
Are incentives paid to physicians by HMOs legal?
July 01, 2003
ND: botched surgery and punctured bladder: medical malpractice & infor...
July 01, 2003
TX: four-year-old boy stabbed 193 times: parents seek to quash subpoen...
July 01, 2003
Failure to have experts' affidavits properly sworn to, etc.(RX For Phy...
July 01, 2003
Should Res Ipsa Loquitor (RIL) have applied in this case?(Medical Law ...
June 01, 2003
SC: failure to recognize classic cardiac symptons: "it's not your tick...
June 01, 2003
NJ: failure to timely diagnose ovarian cancer: was dereliction of duty...
June 01, 2003
Radical mastectomy: Dr. fails to 'request instructions re cap'.
June 01, 2003
Failure to diagnose & treat lyme disease: severe injury results.(Rx fo...
June 01, 2003
AR: expert's deposition ruled inadmissible: modified 'locality rule' a...
May 01, 2003
Bypass pt. denied 'directed' blood transfusion--death results.
May 01, 2003
CA: surgeon elects not to "repair" shoulder: was patient's written con...
May 01, 2003
Were sleeping pills 'hand grenade' for pt. with suicidal ideation?(Rx ...
May 01, 2003
Is healthcare plan liable for negligence of 'referral' physicians?(Med...
May 01, 2003
NJ: consumer fraud act claim v physicians: is medical practice subject...
April 01, 2003
Catheter dropped on floor used on pt.--infection results.(Rx For Physi...
April 01, 2003
TN: failure to release tourniquet in increments: were anesthesiologist...
April 01, 2003
Was there a misdiagnosis? Was it covered up?
April 01, 2003
Did surgeon fail to obtain patient's informed consent?(Medical Law Cas...
April 01, 2003
Were surgeon's operative records 'doctored?'.
March 01, 2003
Physicians 'dither' while emergency appendectomy Pt. suffers: Case on ...
March 01, 2003
MO: Videotape of 'similar surgery' proffered: 'cut' and 'edited' tape ...
March 01, 2003
CA: patient discloses suicidal ideation to doctor: physician immunity ...
March 01, 2003
Surgeon's 'makeshift' device causes permanent scar: Case on point: Bro...
March 01, 2003
Oncologist misdiagnoses by telephone--pt. dies--$1.5 m verdict.
February 01, 2003
$1.2 million judgment against three physicians reversed.(Medical Law C...
February 01, 2003
Il: child swallows ball and dies--x-rays ignored: court orders deponen...
February 01, 2003
Mi: 'wood chip' left in tubal ligation patient: statute of limitation ...
February 01, 2003
Healthy ovaries removed without consent: conspiracy of silence?(Rx For...
February 01, 2003
Was Ob-GYN negligent in directing delivery by phone?
January 01, 2003
Needle left in pt. during heart valve replacement surgery.(Medical Law...
January 01, 2003
MS: supervising physician at state hospital sued: 'employee' status cl...
January 01, 2003
LA: resident fails to diagnose strep throat: misdiagnosis results in p...
January 01, 2003
Concealment held not a bar to limitations defense.(Rx For Physicians C...
January 01, 2003
`Fraudulent concealment' negates limitations defense. .(Vargas v. Fobi...
December 01, 2002
`Discovery rule' Thwarts Dr.'s statute of limitations defense.(Martine...
December 01, 2002
Delayed C-Section in double footling breach delivery spells disaster.(...
December 01, 2002
TX: PVNS in knee results in amputation: court denies Drs.' motion for ...
December 01, 2002
TX: Use of vasopressors result in loss of limbs: unavoidable accident ...
December 01, 2002
Dr.'s `overutilization' & peer review privilege under HCQIA.
November 01, 2002
Fetal tissue transplant in Parkinson Pt.: was Pt. led to `overdo?' Cas...
November 01, 2002
CA: delay in cesarean results in stillborn: `bystander' dad has no emo...
November 01, 2002
FL: Dr. gives ok to RN to sign preprinted scripts: was Dr. subject to ...
November 01, 2002
Court grants immunity to Dr. wearing `two hats'. .(Ohio)
November 01, 2002
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