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Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice
Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice Law360 provides breaking legal news and analysis on personal injury and negligence involving bodily harm, including medical malpractice issues. Coverage includes major litigation over medical negligence, patron safety, and accidents involving catastrophic injuries and death, as well as legislative and regulatory developments.
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Latest News in Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice
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December 20, 2024
Jussie Smollett Atty Scores Exit In Attackers' Defamation Suit
An Illinois federal judge on Friday tossed a defamation suit against the Geragos & Geragos attorney who defended actor Jussie Smollett against charges that he filed a false police report on a staged hate crime, saying that a "whiteface statement" she made about Smollett's attackers on national television was substantially true.
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December 20, 2024
Buzbee Pans Jay-Z's 'Astonishing' Sanctions Bid In Diddy Suit
Personal injury lawyer Tony Buzbee urged a Manhattan federal judge on Friday to reject Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter's "astonishing request" to change the rules for a sanctions motion in rape litigation against the rapper and Sean "Diddy" Combs, saying the "rich, famous and powerful" must obey the same restrictions as everyone else.
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December 20, 2024
Insurer Gets Out Of Ga. Sperm Bank's Bad Seed Claims
A Georgia federal judge said Allied World Surplus Lines Insurance Co. has no duty to defend a sperm bank that has been sued in Canada and the United States for allegedly selling semen from a donor with genetic abnormalities.
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December 20, 2024
Court Opens Window For Patient To Pierce COVID Immunity
A Michigan appellate court said Wednesday medical malpractice claims from a patient seeking help for pandemic-related stress were barred because her hospital admittance and alleged injuries had a connection to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the court directed a lower court to consider letting the patient plead a gross negligence exception to the state's pandemic response immunity.
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December 20, 2024
Mich. Doc Accused Of Selling Property To Duck $35M Judgment
A Michigan doctor fraudulently sold property and sent money to his family members to avoid paying a $35 million forfeiture and $5.2 million restitution related to his healthcare fraud convictions, federal prosecutors alleged Friday.
Areas of Coverage
- LITIGATION
- Suits accusing major companies of not taking proper safety precautions to ensure the health and safety of patrons
- Suits accusing major companies of negligence in car accident, slip-and-fall, and fatal injury cases
- Disputes over alleged acts of negligence or omission, including failure to diagnose an illness or injury and improper treatment
- Suits claiming a failure to properly warn a patient about known risks or side effects of a medication or medical procedure
- Disciplinary proceedings against health care providers
- Ethics violations
- Criminal charges for illegally prescribing opiates or otherwise compromising patient care
- Professional liability insurance coverage disputes
- REGULATION
- Tort reform measures, including lawsuit payout caps
- State and federal legislation involving patient care
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of personal injury and medical malpractice practices
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- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys in the health care, retail, food & beverage, hospitality, sports, and insurance industries
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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