Do we know more and understand less more quickly in the age of the internet? With a fraction of the effort consumed by library trekking in the past, platforms like Wikipedia now give us immediate access to “answers”. As we know, these sources hardly bear the authority of the Library of Alexandria. – but the […]
Here’s the story: Miami Bascom Palmer surgical table collapse is an ordinary negligence claim per judge, not subject to medical malpractice rules The test for whether a claim is “medical malpractice” boils down to the use of professional judgment. If the medical or nursing error involves the use or failure to use good professional judgment […]
Let’s turn to Twitter to see how the legal people are responding to the news. The Breyer Nomination Scramble On Twitter
I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so quietly? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, “Go to sleep, darlings, til the summer comes again. Lewis Carroll
Wisdon comes with winters. Oscar Wilde A recently filed West Virginia case presents a common issue in medical malpractice cases. The human and economic costs of injuries pile up when radiology films are not properly read. The purpose of radiology tests like MRI’s is to correlate clinical signs and symptoms to findings on films. Underlying […]
“The human mind always makes progress, but it is progress in spirals.” Madame de Stael A radiologist was recently called out of town on a trip that required more driving than he was used to lately. Between his tele-radiology readings at home and the pandemic restrictions, he found that he wasn’t used to travel and […]
We Know the Real Cause of the Crisis in Our Hospitals. It’s Greed.
‘Can you imagine waking up next to her every day?’ said the Judge about Bill Cosby’s criminal defense lawyer, forgetting that he was being livestreamed. Now, that Judge is facing a complaint. Decorum is a real thing and it runs both ways. If you are a trial lawyer, you’ve danced this dance with a judge. […]
You say the hill’s too steep to climb Chiding You say you’d like to see me try Climbing You pick the place and I’ll choose the time H/T Pink Floyd
Lawyers’ war stories typically revolve around raucous and sometimes hilarious exaggerations (or not) of tumult and upset: epic fits and crying jags … confusion or hysterical screaming, crying, or babbling … horrifying threats and recriminations. All the better when those are punctuated with an impossibly favorable result for the client. Or maybe that’s just the […]
