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Paul Clement stays cool in High Court hot seat
IN THE PANTHEON of lawyers who have been blind-sided by their clients, it will be hard to top what happened to Paul Clement on April 28, 2004. Clement, then deputy solicitor general, was arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court that Congress, in its post-9/11 authorization of military force, had also in effect given the green light to the military detention of Jose Padilla, a U.Injury During Exam Ruled Malpractice, Not Simple Negligence
Doctors who injure patients during the independent medical examinations required for plaintiffs in personal injury cases are subject to medical malpractice claims, not actions for ordinary negligence, a widely divided state Court of Appeals ruled yesterday. The majority of the 4-3 Court held that a "limited physician-patient relationship" exists during such examinations, typically performed at the behest of insurers to determine the extent of injuries plaintiffs suffered in prior accidents. The the 2 1/2-year statute of limitations for medical malpractice should apply to any claims brought against doctors for harm done during the exams, the majority said.Record-Setting $1 Billion Verdict Returned in Fen-Phen Suit
A Texas jury unanimously returned a record $1 billion verdict in a fen-phen wrongful-death suit last week, but a Houston plaintiffs lawyer now faces the harder task of convincing the courts that the jury finding busts a statutory cap on punitive damages. Attorney John O'Quinn says the $900 million in punitives will stand because the jury found the Wyeth drug company knowingly or intentionally destroyed, altered or concealed public documents.Middlesex Jury Awards $14M for Failure To Test for Genetic Trait
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