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No immunity for medical associations that intimidate experts.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-NOV-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Adopting arguments made in a brief submitted by the Center for Constitutional Litigation (CCL), the Tenth Circuit vacated a dangerous lower court ruling and held in Bundren v. Parriott that a federal statute designed to protect patients does not give the medical industry carte blanche to intimidate medical expert witnesses. (2007 WL 2405258 (10th Cir. Aug. 24, 2007).)

Medical societies are attempting to quell testimony against their members by taking...

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