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By P.J. D'Annunzio | June 2, 2017
The state Supreme Court has declined to take up an appeal from a lower court's ruling allowing a plaintiff in a medical malpractice lawsuit against a podiatric surgeon to introduce expert testimony from an orthopedic surgeon, despite the expert's different subspecialty and the fact that he has not performed any surgery in over eight years.
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By Amanda Bronstad | May 18, 2017
Accused of not disclosing payments to two expert witnesses, Houston plaintiffs attorney W. Mark Lanier is throwing a similar charge at Johnson & Johnson's defense.
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By ROBERT STORACE | May 18, 2017
The key issue was whether cocaine allegedly used by the victim the night before was a factor in the fatal traffic accident.
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By Max Mitchell | May 12, 2017
So-called independent medical exams are "far from independent," and so attorneys or their associates should be allowed to accompany their injured clients during those exams, a plaintiffs attorney argued before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on May 9.
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By Max Mitchell | May 11, 2017
A proposed federal class action lawsuit against Allstate over its policy mandating that claimants undergo medical exams by a doctor of the carrier's choosing before they can receive benefits has gotten the green light in a ruling that predicts how the Pennsylvania Supreme Court may handle the situation, which has started percolating through state courts.
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By Charles Toutant | May 8, 2017
A restaurant is not liable to a patron whose left leg was amputated after she contracted a flesh-eating bacteria from eating raw shellfish there, a federal judge in Camden ruled.
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By Amanda Bronstad | May 4, 2017
Hoping to reverse a $502 million loss, lawyers for Johnson & Johnson are attacking Houston attorney W. Mark Lanier. But he says the campaign "fails to tell the whole story."
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By Charles Toutant | May 2, 2017
A state appeals court tossed a $25 million verdict against Hoffmann-La Roche in a suit over acne drug Accutane after finding that the trial judge improperly restricted duplicative testimony from two defense experts.
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