Sentences with phrase «malpractice suits make»

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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.

Moreover, conducting a competent private practice is not easy; increasingly, there seems to be the possibility of malpractice suits for which even physicians have a hard time making provision.

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...

Knowledgeable animal owners must accept that fear of malpractice suits in a suit - happy society makes vets very cautious about diagnosing and reporting adverse events.

That's why legal suits for accidents, injuries, and even medical malpractice typically don't make it to trial.

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.

Although the statute of limitations regarding medical malpractice does state that no medical malpractice suit can be brought after five years has passed from the initial act or error made by the doctor in question, Kentucky courts have made it clear that this «five - year rule» is unconstitutional and should no longer be considered as part of the law.

Should your physician make a serious mistake during a procedure or do something ethically wrong, such as misrepresent his or her credentials, you may be able to file a medical malpractice suit.

Don't wait too long to make a decision on your course of action, though; each state has its own laws regarding statutes of limitations on filing a medical malpractice suit.

But its a bit of a stretch to say that because a lawyer makes themselves accessible via technology that they're looking down the barrel of a malpractice suit.