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• Nevada Legislators Propose Risky Amendment

  Steve Klearman | March 18, 2009 3:38 PM | 4 CommentsReno, NV

  On March 11, Nevada Legislators introduced Bill A.B. 300, amending existing helmet requirements for motorcyclists. Under the new bill, motorcyclists over the age of 21, who have had their motorcycle...

• Statute of Limitations in Nevada Medical Malpractice Cases

  Steve Klearman | January 18, 2006 5:31 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  Nevada's 2004 ballot initiative, concieved and created by the U.S. medical malpractice insurance lobby, and naively passed by Nevada's voters (who thought that they were voting to "keep doctors from moving out of Nevada"),contains a new one-year statute of limitations that severely curtails the rights of Nevada's medical malpractice victims.Nevada statute 41A.097 provides: 1. Except as...

• Stages Of Litigation In Nevada

  Steve Klearman | December 18, 2005 9:53 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  There are numerous types of courts in Nevada, but injury cases are generally handled in the Nevada district court system.Generally speaking, there are two phases to most cases: 1) the settlement phase, and 2) the litigation phase. The litigation phase of a case can be divided into three distinct stages: 1) the complaint and answer stage, 2) the discovery stage, and 3) the trial stage.This is the...

• Nevada Joins Mission to Save Lives Through Fire-Safe Cigarettes

  Steve Klearman | April 01, 2009 9:17 AM | 5 CommentsReno, NV

  According to the National Fire Protection Association, an estimated one out of every four fire-related deaths in the United States in 2006 was caused by smoking materials (i.e. cigarettes, pipes,...

• District Judge Bars Injection Regulations

  Steve Klearman | October 01, 2009 11:55 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  Two weeks ago, the Nevada Board of Medical Examiners issued an emergency regulation to restrict the ability of medical assistants to perform certain injections, such as Botox. As reported by the...

• Nevada Supreme Court Says Suicide Not Willful in Workers' Compensation Case

  Steve Klearman | August 04, 2008 1:17 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  The Nevada Supreme Court issued a decision last week in Vredenburg v. Sedgwick CMS allowing surviving family members to recover workers' compensation death benefits under certain circumstances when...

• Nevada Hepatitis Warning - Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada Malpractice

  Steve Klearman | February 29, 2008 8:52 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  Alright, let's get into this.The subject of controversy is an entity known as Southern Nevada Endoscopy Center.The Nevada Secretary of State indicates two limited liability companies registered under that name, both active:The first reflects that Clifford Carrol, MD and the Hari Om Limited Partnership are officers.The second company, which has the same name but is listed as Endoscopy Center of...

• Nevada Medical Board a Subject of Scrutiny

  Steve Klearman | December 29, 2007 10:37 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  As reported yesterday, the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners disciplined a record number of doctors at its last meeting.The Board has come under scrutiny in recent years for a variety of practices. In fact, according to a Reno Gazette Journal article dated December 12, 2007, our Nevada Board is one of the worst in the United States for disciplining doctors. A Reno Gazette Journal inquiry...

• Relationship Between Low LDL and Cancer

  Steve Klearman | August 01, 2007 7:23 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  This from an email to me yesterday from Indox Consulting. More contradictions in medical research:Results from a new analysis, initially designed to determine whether there was a correlation between the extent to which statins lowered low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol levels and liver and muscle toxicity, suggests that the cardiovascular benefits of achieved levels of LDL cholesterol...

• Prescription tracking: Too invasive?

  Steve Klearman | September 07, 2008 10:35 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  With prescription drug use at its highest in Nevada, and with overdoses from painkillers, including methadone, on the rise, prescription tracking programs are emerging all over the country. Nevada...