Personal Injury Roundup No. 81 (9/24/10)
New Suits
- Negligence suit filed against 2 CA health care facilities in birth of brain-damaged child (PR Web)
- Woman sues airline over emergency landing (Overlawyered)
Appeals
- Idaho SC affirms dismissal of wrongful death action against school over a student’s murder that occurred off the school’s property and outside of school hours. (LegalNewsline)
- Connecticut SC reverses slip-and-fall verdict; “mode of operation” rule not applicable. (LegalNewsline)
Reform, Legislation, Policy
- NJ: Bill would prohibit insurers from raising premiums for malpractice liability insurance unless a physician is found liable for a med mal claim. (Holmdel Independent)
- Malpractice reform no panacea for rising health care costs (Century Foundation)
Trials, Settlements and Other Ends
- NC jury finds mistress must pay $5.8M alienation-of-affections verdict. (WNCT-TV, via Volokh, via Overlawyered)
- Jury finds risks of FDA-approved drug outweighs its benefits (Bernabe) (Drug and Device Law)
Miscellaneous
- Ron Miller on malpractice suits of the rich and famous (The Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog)
–CJR
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