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21 Dec 2007, 9:47 am
No Justice for Jamie Jones, by Stephanie Mencimer, TortDeform Contributor and journalist for Mother Jones. [read post]
17 Dec 2007, 3:53 am
Tortdeform is a blog with a lot of contributing authors. [read post]
5 Dec 2007, 9:37 am
According to the article, the Supreme Court's decision in the Medtronic case (covered here and here on TortDeform, and here on PAL blog) could affect tens of thousands of Americans' claims against manufacturers of other medical devices and drugs that were harmful to the public. [read post]
4 Dec 2007, 11:40 am
On American Constitutional Society blog, a wrap up on new and impending Supreme Court oral arguments and decisions, including the Medtronic Case we've covered on TortDeform in the past. [read post]
29 Nov 2007, 1:03 pm
They've now been fined $50,000;Blawg Review #136 is up from down under at Freedom to Differ;Blawg Review #135 was a two-parter co-hosted at Transgender Workplace Diversity and the Rainbow Law Center;The Impact of Race and Poverty on American Tort Awards (Ron Miller)Malpractice awards cap would harm victims (Newsday Op-Ed by Jeffrey Kimmel)New York Doctors Claims of Medical Liability Crisis is Deja vu All Over Again (TortDeform)NY Lawyers Code of Professional Responsibility Updated… [read post]
19 Nov 2007, 2:12 pm
I've even borrowed notes: For writing class, I borrowed notes from NY Personal Injury Law Blog on 12 tips on blogging, and from Prescription Access Litigation blog on how to blog in language that doesn't make people want to skip class (it looks like TortDeform is doing pretty well on that). [read post]
15 Nov 2007, 10:15 pm
Mark McKenna has more with a link to the decision; And Justinian Lane at TortDeform explains that the failure of this "reform" made no difference for an insurer's decision to stay in the state;[Edit - 11/19/07: In an email to me, Robert Peck of the Center for Constitutional Litigation, who argued the case, alerted me that the decision was ruled unconstitutional based solely on separation of powers issues. [read post]
7 Nov 2007, 10:17 am
" From TortDeform: Well, hopefully this time around Scalia, Roberts, and their cohort will channel this frustration into a decision that protects employees against discrimination, rather than shields employers from legal liability for discriminating. [read post]
25 Oct 2007, 12:46 pm
So if all these groups have something insightful to say about this, why should TortDeform add it's two cents? [read post]
19 Oct 2007, 6:33 am
;And Stephanie Mencimer at The Tortellini points out that of all those docs heading into Texas, none seem to be going to the poor counties, just the rich ones already stocked with docs, with more on the subject from Perlmutter & Schuelke;Kia Franklin at TortDeform has a piece on the White Coat of Silence, with medical practitioners at health care giant Kaiser Permanente being punished for reporting negligence concerns over their colleagues;Anne Reed tackles the subject of ferreting… [read post]
19 Oct 2007, 6:33 am
;And Stephanie Mencimer at The Tortellini points out that of all those docs heading into Texas, none seem to be going to the poor counties, just the rich ones already stocked with docs, with more on the subject from Perlmutter & Schuelke;Kia Franklin at TortDeform has a piece on the White Coat of Silence, with medical practitioners at health care giant Kaiser Permanente being punished for reporting negligence concerns over their colleagues;Anne Reed tackles the subject of ferreting… [read post]
17 Oct 2007, 10:37 am
I'm here today but will try to update TortDeform as time permits. [read post]
12 Oct 2007, 7:36 am
Charles Silver wrote in November 2006 at TortDeform: What's Up Doc? [read post]
12 Oct 2007, 7:36 am
Charles Silver wrote in November 2006 at TortDeform: What's Up Doc? [read post]
5 Oct 2007, 9:16 am
See Also: * More Docs Messin w/ Texas ¦ While Texas Messes with Patient-Plaintiffs (TortDeform) (Eric Turkewitz is a personal injury attorney in New York) Labels: tort reform [read post]
5 Oct 2007, 8:02 am
You can get lots of the gory details at TortDeform, The Burnt Orange Report, and Perlmutter & Schuelke, including that he has also been sued at least 14 times and admitted to practicing medicine while drugged up. [read post]
5 Oct 2007, 3:59 am
They just might not be the ones you want.See also:More Docs Messin' w/ Texas ...While Texas Messes with Patient-Plaintiffs (TortDeform)Well What Do You Know - Tort Reform Works (AnkleBitingPundits)Medical Malpractice Caps Work (Health Care BS)Texas: A Study in Tort Reform (Below the Beltway)How About that Tort Reform (Off the Kuff)Medical Malpractice: More Docs in Texas (Perlmutter & Schuelke)After Texas Caps Malpractice, Docs Move In (WSJ Health Blog)(Eric Turkewitz is a… [read post]
4 Oct 2007, 6:49 am
" I can't argue with that.So, without further ado, and without replicating any blawgs on the two lists linked above:Overlawyered - Walter Olson's blawg that needs little introduction, giving you the skinny on suits that should never have been brought, and politics from the Big Business side;TortDeform - The polar opposite of Overlawyered, currently written by Kia Franklin and bringing you the consumer side of the equation. [read post]
7 Sep 2007, 2:19 pm
Okay, so why is the Mad Biologist's blog being mentioned on TortDeform? [read post]
7 Sep 2007, 7:28 am
A trial is starting in Texas over the 2005 BP explosion that killed 15 people and will be about, as TortDeform reports, whether the oil giant put profits over safety;A partial settlement was reached in the catastrophic Rhode Island night club fire that killed 100 people and injured 200 more in 2003 when the manager for Great White ignited a pyrotechnics display. [read post]