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• Most Dangerous Vehicles

  Steve Klearman | July 15, 2008 1:34 PM | 1 CommentReno, NV

  KCTV.com posted an interesting articlearticle discussing dangerous automobiles. While the greater likelihood of rollovers make SUVs, vans, and pickups more hazardous in single vehicle crashes,...

• Doctors' Malpractice Histories to be Reported

  Steve Klearman | July 14, 2008 3:58 PM | 1 CommentReno, NV

  The Reno Gazette Journal reports that after 84 hepatitis C cases were linked to the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada and more than 50,000 patients were notified they might be at risk, the...

• More Auto Accident Deaths in Fall than in Winter

  Steve Klearman | June 06, 2008 11:34 AM | 1 CommentReno, NV

  Driving In The Dark Everyone sees less well at night. In fact, you are three times as likely to be involved in a fatal crash at night as during daylight hours. Keep these tips in mind as the...

• RV Advice For Nevadans

  Steve Klearman | May 30, 2008 3:29 PM | 1 CommentReno, NV

  America's love affair with the open road has grown to become its love affair with recreational vehi­cles. Today, there are over 30 mil­lion RV enthusiasts, and more on the way. With...

• California Rates Cardiac Surgeons

  Steve Klearman | July 16, 2007 7:43 AM | 1 CommentReno, NV

  This from Garth Sullivan, Esq. at Indox Consulting:For the first time, California consumers can find out how individual cardiac surgeons fare on coronary bypass procedures. In a new report, the state has listed bypass death rates for 121 hospitals and 302 heart surgeons. The data is drawn from adult bypasses performed between Jan. 1, 2003 and Dec. 31, 2004. Hospital fees paid for the $1.5...

• Get Records from Nevada Doctors

  Steve Klearman | May 09, 2007 8:57 AM | 1 CommentReno, NV

  As I've pointed out many times now, there is a one-year statute of limitations in many Nevada medical malpractice cases.This means that if you request your medical records from your doctor, you should not let your doctor's office delay provision of records for more than a week or two.Undue delay in obtaining records could compromise your ability to bring your case. If you have problems getting...

• How Private is Your Health Information?

  Steve Klearman | December 14, 2006 2:20 PM | 1 CommentReno, NV

  This will be an ongoing topic starting today. As a technology-obsessed attorney, our privacy as healthcare consumers interests (distresses) me.A recent example: I had a small, simple auto accident case in which my client was the passenger in a vehcle that was hit. Clear liability any way you look at it. My client broke bones. Her only medical claim related to those broken bones. ...

• Evidentiary Privileges in Nevada

  Steve Klearman | November 30, 2006 8:59 AM | 1 CommentReno, NV

  The evidentiary concept of "privilege" protects certain types of disclosures in certain situations.NRS 49.015 provides, generally:49.015. Privileges recognized only as provided1. Except as otherwise required by the Constitution of theUnited States or of the State of Nevada, and except as provided inthis Title or Title 14 of NRS, no person has a privilege to:(a) Refuse to be a witness;(b) Refuse...

• South Dakota Jail for Judges Initiative

  Steve Klearman | October 18, 2006 9:45 AM | 1 CommentReno, NV

  Ever wonder what sort of recourse you have against a judge?There's a fascinating and disturbing constitutional amendment on South Dakota's November ballot.Here's an editorial dated October 17, 2006 from the Press & Dakotan, which can be found at http://www.yankton.net/stories/101706/opEd_796101706.shtml:South Dakota's proposed Constitutional Amendment E -- the so-called J.A.I.L. amendment -- on...

• Proving a Medical Malpractice Case in Nevada - Part II

  Steve Klearman | August 30, 2006 9:12 AM | 1 CommentReno, NV

  This blog I will continue with Nevada Supreme Court case selections that pertain to proving medical malpractice claims in Nevada. As always, when I list holdings from multiple cases, selections are listed in chronological order starting with more recent cases:In a medical malpractice case, under the traditional doctrine of res ipsa loquitur, the presumption of negligence arises after plaintiff...