September 9 roundup
“Bullying Busybody for Senate: How Connecticut’s attorney general beat Craigslist into submission” [Sullum, Harper] Blumenthal’s Senate campaign sputtering despite huge advantages [Jack Fowler, NRO]...
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O.J. Simpson trial 15 years after [Tim Lynch, Cato at Liberty; a couple of my reactions back then] Hackers expose internal documents of British copyright-mill law firm [Steele, LEF] Insult to injury:...
View ArticleDeficit-reduction panel
Among its other proposals, it’s calling for medical malpractice reform to “pay lawyers less and reduce defensive medicine.” [Reuters] Tweet Tags: defensive medicine, medical malpractice, taxpayers...
View ArticleBowles-Simpson commission proposes med-mal reform
Like others who’ve looked at the question of how to close the federal government’s vast budget deficit, it finds promise in the idea of curbing liability payouts and defensive medicine. Trial lawyers...
View ArticleNew study: defensive medicine rife
“Nearly 35 percent of all the imaging costs ordered for 2,068 orthopaedic patient encounters in Pennsylvania were ordered for defensive purposes, according to a new study presented today at the 2011...
View ArticleFebruary 28 roundup
Feds indict activist for handing out “jury nullification” tracts outside courthouse [Volokh, Greenfield] Anti-abortion billboard taken down after demand by NYC pol; co. says fear of violence was spur...
View Article“More risk of getting sued…”
Some Florida ob-gyns turn away seriously overweight patients, who face a greater risk of complications in pregnancy [Sun-Sentinel/Palm Beach Post] More: White Coat. Tweet Tags: defensive medicine,...
View ArticleOctober 6 roundup
Dodd-Frank, arms-trade laws serve to entrench bigger business against smaller [Tim Carney, Rand Simberg] Similarly with automakers and coal producers [David Henderson] One guess as to why: “Many...
View ArticleFebruary 14 roundup
“Brazil Sues Twitter in Bid to Ban Speed Trap and Roadblock Warnings” [ABA Journal] Obama nominates Michigan trial lawyer Marietta Robinson to vacancy on Consumer Product Safety Commission, ensuring...
View Article“Rule out every possibility…a dangerous way to practice medicine”
“None of the death certificates in these cases list ‘Fear of Being Sued’ as the cause of death.” ["Birdstrike" at White Coat, EP Monthly] “Defensive medicine is rooted in the goal of avoiding mistakes....
View ArticleMedical roundup
Defense medico-legal expert sees 1,000+ cases a year, testimony infuriates NYC judge [Eric Turkewitz: first, second, third, overview posts] More commentary on Supreme Court’s generic drug pre-emption...
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No, ma’am, I’m not going to diagnose your kids with PTSD after your low-speed auto accident, but I’m sure some other doc will [White Coat] In time to avert catastrophe? “FDA reboot of antibiotic...
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ObamaCare challenge: D.C. Circuit vacates Halbig decision for en banc rehearing [Roger Pilon, earlier] ACLU and SEIU California affiliates oppose trial lawyers’ higher-damages-plus-drug-testing...
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Down comes the pediatrician’s wall of baby pictures, another HIPAA casualty [Anemona Hartocollis/NY Times, resulting letters to the editor, earlier, NPR with somewhat different slant] Had the...
View ArticleAnti-drug-overdose compound could save lives…
…but counsel for the Maryland State Medical Society told a panel in Annapolis that doctors fear liability should they prescribe it. In recent years police and first responders have increasingly been...
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Med mal something of a regional problem: nearly half of payouts are in Northeast, with New York alone paying out more than the entire Midwest [New Jersey Civil Justice Institute on Diederich...
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U.S. Surgeon General’s office, WHO campaign against vaping, e-cigarettes. Lessons of harm reduction forgotten [Jacob Sullum, Jonathan Adler, Todd Krainin] Plenty of other hospitals are willing to do...
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States that are best at deploying coercive public health laws are also generally unable to resist meddling of other sorts [Werner Troesken via Vincent Geloso, Notes on Liberty] Artificial intelligence...
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After malpractice caps, doctors ordered fewer invasive tests to diagnose heart attacks [Elizabeth Cooney, Stat] Product liability defense lawyer manages to survive peremptory challenge and make it...
View ArticleI join Dr. Saurabh Jha to discuss law, medicine, and American tort history
A noteworthy podcast: I join Dr. Saurabh Jha [@RogueRad on Twitter] for an lengthy discussion of how American tort and medical malpractice law has changed over the past century, similarities and...
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