Personal Injury Roundup No. 41 (7/03/09)

Happy Fourth of July!

Reform, Legislation, Policy

• Point:  Richard Epstein on Medical Malpractice Reform (Olson/Point of Law)
• Counterpoint:  Eric Turkewitz Responds (New York Personal Injury Law Blog)  Alberto Bernabe has more here.

Trials, Settlement and Other Ends

• NE:  Inmate Kills Girlfriend and Blames Zoloft (Olson/Overlawyered)

Damages

• Wrist Fracture Verdicts and Settlements (Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog)

Appeals    

• NY:  Jury’s Refusal to Award Damages for Future P&S is Reversed (New York Injury Cases Blog)
• GA:  Med Mal Defense Verdict Overturned; “Hindsight” Instruction was Inaccurate (Access North Georgia)
• CA:  Appeals Court Upholds Assumption of Risk in “Burning Man” Burns (Krauss/Point of Law)

Miscellaneous

• Krugman on Health Reform (HealthLawProf Blog)
• Nestle Cookie Dough E. Coli Update (The Pop Tort)
• Overlawyered, apparently the first legal blog, turns 10 years old.  Started by Walter Olson, it’s a must-read blog, regardless of your views.  Sometimes I agree with the content, often I don’t, but Walter is a class act.  If you don’t believe me, listen to people who disagree with him more often than I do.  (Miller/The Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog) (Turkewitz/New York Personal Injury Law Blog)

–CJR