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Clinical trial was a Vioxx marketing tool, researchers say.
In what the editor of the Annals of Internal Medicine called the first "documentary evidence that proves the existence of seeding trials," a...
Trial, 11/01/08 by Jablow, Valerie · More from publication -
Second Circuit adopts balancing test for plaintiff anonymity.
In a case of first impression, a three-judge panel of the Second Circuit has ruled that a lower court did not balance "relevant interests" in...
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Doctor, heal thy care: it's become a truism of American health care that thousands of patients will die every year as a result of medical errors. One doctor who has implemented patient safety measures in hospitals explains how simple ideas for standardiza
Nuclear power plants, aircraft carriers, hospitals: For PETER PRONOVOST, a critical care doctor at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, operating...
Trial, 05/01/08 by Jablow, Valerie · More from publication -
Lawsuit seeks to save car title database - and protect car buyers.
Sixteen years after Congress enacted the Anti Car Theft Act of 1992, which called for the creation of a national database to track motor vehicle...
Trial, 05/01/08 by Jablow, Valerie · More from publication -
Insurers continue to overcharge, underpay policyholders, study finds.
During 2007, property and casualty insurers continued a trend of charging too much for premiums and underpaying claims, leading to an overcharge...
Trial, 04/01/08 by Jablow, Valerie · More from publication -
Lawsuits challenge use of 'chemical restraints' in nursing homes.
For David Couch, an attorney in Little Rock, Arkansas, Robert Harris was "just a grumpy old man" suffering from mild dementia who should not have...
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New York's high court allows ex parte interviews after discovery.
The New York Court of Appeals has ruled 6-1 in a consolidated appeal of three cases that in lawsuits concerning a plaintiff's medical condition,...
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Whistleblower protection extended to California's doctors.
With near-unanimous support in the state's legislature, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law in October a measure providing...
Trial, 01/01/08 by Jablow, Valerie · More from publication -
Med-mal settlements are tied to quality of care, study shows.
An analysis of the results of 11 studies of medical malpractice claims and settlements shows that "medical malpractice settlements are neither...
Trial, 12/01/07 by Jablow, Valerie · More from publication -
Tennessee allows child's prebirth informed-consent claim, with time limits.
Ruling on two certified questions from the Sixth Circuit, the Tennessee Supreme Court has held that a child has "an independent cause of action...
Trial, 11/01/07 by Jablow, Valerie · More from publication
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