Federal District Court judges wield an awful lot of unappreciated power. I was joking with a colleague about the “tells” they use – a ‘menacing cough’ came up more than once. Early in my career, I hadn’t been able to read a room that well. One judge actually told me to “stop talking” because “you’re […]
The challenge of litigating your claim against a Federally managed clinic is real. Immunities can apply to doctors and other individual healthcare providers – or they may not. Investigating the differences could be ‘make or break’ for your case. Choose your lawyer carefully. Here’s the story from the Kaiser news outlet. When Malpractice Occurs at […]
But based on the states I’m familiar with, these numbers appear okay. What’s missing is the “knew or should have known” analysis – but perhaps they don’t want to acknowledge the extensions provided by those laws. Forbes Advisor List of Med Mal SOL’s
The most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen. — Louis D. Brandeis, former Supreme Court associate justice
$28M Verdict For Right Leg Amputation Following Medical Mismanagement For Vascular Condition
Many times, there are multiple causes and responsible parties to a terrible accident. Trial lawyers are tasked with identifying each of those parties prior to filing suit. At trial, it is the jury’s job to determine what percentage of blame to assign to each party. Trial lawyers can make recommendations in argument, but the decision […]
The Thompson Law Firm Video: What Is Medical Malpractice?
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Trial lawyers don’t win every argument in front of every judge. And, yes. Some of those losses come on significant issues and important cases. But here’s the thing: there are prescribed ways to deal with those disagreements. You can respectfully present that option to the judge and let him or her know that there are […]
From New Hampshire’s DOJ: In 2018, the state filed a complaint against J&J, alleging the company misrepresented their opioids as safer than other alternatives in their aggressive marketing campaign to prescribers and patients in New Hampshire. The state further alleged that J&J misrepresented their opioids as rarely addictive, negligently promoted the concept of pseudoaddiction, and […]
