Sentences with phrase «case of malpractice suits»

The virtual - reality headset Oculus Rift could be used in the manufacturing industry to examine virtual models, while Google Glass could give surgeons hands - free access to information and allow them to create video records of their actions in case of malpractice suits.

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As a result, Nailah has been allowed by a California judge to present evidence that Jahi is alive as part of an ongoing medical malpractice suit, a case that could make bioethical and medical history.

Since the first widely publicized case in which a claim of educational malpractice was made — a 1976 California suit brought by a high - school graduate who charged he was illiterate — state courts, including New York's, have continued to turn...

Additionally, the SJC rejected Otis» arguments that judicial estoppel should not be applied because: (1) Otis is bringing the present suit as an assignee of Cusick and is therefore presenting Cusick's claims, not his own; (2) Otis himself did not make inconsistent statement under oath concerning his comparative negligence; and (3) the SJC previously rejected use of judicial estoppel in cases of assignment of legal malpractice claims.

Certain aspects of medical malpractice cases vary from state to state, such as the standard of care, and the time periods in which one can bring a suit against the medical professional they feel has harmed them or a loved one.

In the case of medical malpractice suits, hospitals may be held liable for negligence or for the negligence of their employees.

CASE SPOTLIGHT: Medical Malpractice Settlement 1.5 Million Suit filed against doctor and medical center for failure to properly diagnose a cancerous condition causing a delay of treatment.

In general, many states have a two - year statute of limitations on medical malpractice cases, meaning if you fail to file your suit during those two years, you will not be able to bring a lawsuit.

In this groundbreaking case, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that the trial court correctly dismissed a legal malpractice suit against the attorney and his law firm because the underlying product liability claim plaintiffs» asserted should have been pursued was statutorily preempted under the federal Medical Device Act («MDA»).

Brad also has substantial experience defending marine classification societies in major malpractice cases, including the $ 1 billion suit brought by the Kingdom of Spain against the American Bureau of Shipping concerning the massive oil spill from the M / T PRESTIGE off the coast of Spain, and another brought by cargo interests against Bureau Veritas concerning the catastrophic failure and sinking of the M / V STAR OF ALEXANDRIof Spain against the American Bureau of Shipping concerning the massive oil spill from the M / T PRESTIGE off the coast of Spain, and another brought by cargo interests against Bureau Veritas concerning the catastrophic failure and sinking of the M / V STAR OF ALEXANDRIof Shipping concerning the massive oil spill from the M / T PRESTIGE off the coast of Spain, and another brought by cargo interests against Bureau Veritas concerning the catastrophic failure and sinking of the M / V STAR OF ALEXANDRIof Spain, and another brought by cargo interests against Bureau Veritas concerning the catastrophic failure and sinking of the M / V STAR OF ALEXANDRIof the M / V STAR OF ALEXANDRIOF ALEXANDRIA.

Other types of injury cases can involve workers» compensation, medical malpractice, and even wrongful death suits.

Meyer, who has been a medical malpractice lawyer for 30 years and has won some of the state's biggest judgments in such suits, said he has never encountered a case of a patient dying as a result of a fall from an operating table.

Medical malpractice cases form an astonishing number of personal injury suits every year.

Indeed, lawyers have been sued for myriad e-discovery issues, such as the mismanagement of vendors, as in the case of Devon IT's malpractice suit against Mitts Milavec in 2007.

Nearly two decades later, in the 2008 case of Matsuyama v. Birnbaum, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court followed suit and recognized a medical malpractice cause of action for «loss of chance of survival.

Insurance defense attorney Robert Baker, who defended malpractice suits for more than 20 years, told Congress in 1994, «As a result of the caps on damages, most of the exceedingly competent plaintiff's lawyers in California simply will not handle a malpractice case... There are entire categories of cases that have been eliminated since malpractice reform was implemented in California.»

In many of these cases, there was no cause for a malpractice suit because the damage done during surgery was expected, quickly realized and corrected without further harm coming to the patient.

In the case of a wrongful death caused by medical malpractice during labor and delivery, the defendants in the wrongful death action will be the same as those named in a medical malpractice suit for non-fatal injuries sustained by a baby.

In civil cases such as personal injury or medical malpractice, depositions occur during the discovery phase, which is the period of time after the law suit is filed and the initial papers are exchanged between the two sides.

The legal malpractice case arose from a 1992 suit in which several parties had sued the Plaintiff, seeking a declaration of rights regarding a water well.

Inc. v. McDermott Will & Emery filed on June 2, 2011, in Los Angeles Superior Court (Case BC462832) has ignited several discussions in the legal community, including a 50 - comment debate on the ABA Journal website under Debra Cassens Weiss» article, «Malpractice Suit Targets Quality of BigLaw's Temporary Lawyers.»

Exceptions to confidentiality include cases in which: (1) illegal activity is occuring (such as physical or sexual abuse); (2) the purpose of counseling is to obtain a court evaluation; or (3) legal action regarding the therapy itself (such as malpractice suit) is in progress.