Unintended Consequences of Tort Reform
“When I helped spearhead the tort reform movement in Nevada, I didn’t foresee the unintended consequences of innocent, truly injured individuals not receiving their rightful awards..”
“When I helped spearhead the tort reform movement in Nevada, I didn’t foresee the unintended consequences of innocent, truly injured individuals not receiving their rightful awards..”
The Flea discusses the first day of trial.
More and more, healthcare providers are attempting to take away a patient’s right to seek compensation if the doctor makes a mistake that causes the patient injury.
It seems a pediatrician from up north has been sued for medical malpractice involving the death of a child patient. The doctor, identified as “Flea” has been blogging about the trial since it started.
In what is being reported as the largest verdict in Louisiana or Mississippi for post-Katrina claims handling, a New Orleans jury awarded a grocery store $21 million dollars for damages from Katrina.
On Wednesday, Judge William Wehr ordered Shirley Cunningham, Jr., Melbourne Mills, Jr., and William Gallion to repay their clients $42 Million for breaching fiduciary duties.
Anyone who lives in or around Louisville, Kentucky has heard about the tragic events that caused catastrophic injuries to a young louisville girl at Kentucky Kingdom.
Today’s Courier Journal reports a local diet drug doctor is being investigated for operating an online pharmacy that never evaluates the people getting the medications.
So, I was talking with a non-lawyer friend of mine the other day and he was telling me how lucky we are to live in Louisville–because “we don’t have that many car accidents. ” WHAT!!??