One of my favorite films about trial lawyering is The Verdict (1982), starring Paul Newman and directed by Sidney Lumet. David Mamet adapted the screenplay from a 1980 novel by Barry Reed. Newman plays Frank Galvin, a lawyer holding on tightly to a medical malpractice claim near the end of his career. He is strung […]
Well, I guess eliminating elective procedures is one way to cut down on the malpractice.
76 Counts of Prescription Abuse Against an Ohio Neurologist
Prison Time for Virginia Doctor Abusing Prescription Privileges A former Virginia doctor has been sentenced to three years in prison for writing prescriptions that mixed powerful painkillers into narcotic cocktails that killed at least four of her patients, officials said, I am working on cases involving opioid use disorder (OUD) and the misdiagnosis and treatment […]
Every kid grows up with the right to strut their stuff without apology or fear.
This study shows that the US has an increasingly high rate of maternal death compared to other countries.
Buckminster Fuller said it and as you may suspect he didn’t tolerate ‘know-it-alls’. With thirty books to his credit, he maintained an insatiable intellectual curiosity throughout his life. When I start investigating a case, all I have to go on is my client’s story and the written record. In my experience, the client’s story is […]
CMS Changes Coverage Rules On Breakthrough Devices
Book burning is all the rage again on the right. We’ve been here many times before. I try to keep my position consistent: censorship in the name of political or moral correctness (however you individually perceive it) is a mistake. As he stood before the small group of (almost entirely male) students at his alma […]
It is the reason we run the #FullTiltBoogie all week.
