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Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection List of Ineligible Attorneys
Notice to the bar.Cite as: Rizzo v. Moseley, 11214/07, NYLJ 1202477426263, at *1 (Sup., WE, Decided December 21, 2010)Justice Gerald E. LoehrDecided: Decem
Judge Dismisses Negligence Suit Against Ringside Doctors
A lawsuit filed by the widow and the estate of boxer Beethavean Scottland, who died following a bout on the U.S.S. Intrepid, has been dismissed. Denise Scottland alleged that two ringside physicians failed their common-law duty to exercise reasonable care by stopping the fatal fight. A New York judge ruled that the case sounded in medical malpractice, not negligence, and that under malpractice's shorter statute of limitations, the claims had expired.Before: Gonzalez, P.J., Tom, Sweeny, Jr., Catterson, Abdus-Salaam, JJ. APPELLATE DIVISION FIRST DEPARTMENT Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy & Bach, LLP, New York (Danie
Neurologists Revamp Expert Witness Testimony Guidelines
In a move that has irked plaintiffs attorneys, the American Academy of Neurology has revamped its guidelines on expert witness testimony. The AAN maintains that the guidelines, which call for tougher expert credentials and warn against doctors advocating for lawyers, are in response to physicians' complaints about unqualified witnesses. But plaintiffs lawyers allege that the new rules are scare tactics designed to keep doctors from testifying in medical malpractice cases.Ruling Narrowly, Panel Revives Hospital Suit
ALBANY In a cautious and narrow decision, the Court of Appeals yesterday reinstated a direct negligence claim against Cabrini Medical Center, where a woman recovering from vaginal surgery was sexually molested by a resident employed by the hospital.Actions of Other Staffers Key in Attack by DoctorCourtside: Testy Justices, Blackmun Memories
For two days this month, it appeared that several Supreme Court justices were at war with the world outside their marble palace. The events were a reminder that, even as it begins to turn its face to the public in the manner of other modern government institutions, the Supreme Court still thinks of itself as different -- above the fray and even beyond question. Justice Antonin Scalia was the source of the most prominent eruption.Parents` Wrongful Death Suit For Stillbirth Stands in Conn. New Doorway?
The administrators for the estate of Anthony J. Vecchio IV don`t have to claim he was alive or viable to sue for wrongful death. That`s implied from the fact he was an 8 month-old fetus at the time he was stillborn, a Stamford, Conn. judge trial referee has ruled.Trending Stories
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