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• Recycled Medical Devices Draw Attention

  Steve Klearman | July 30, 2006 3:44 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Yahoo News and the AP report today as follows:TRENTON, N.J. - For eight months during his infancy, Sean Van Duyn gagged, retched and vomited daily. Now 6, the Winter Haven, Fla., boy still can't eat or drink by mouth, instead being fed by a permanent tube in his belly. Beset by multiple medical problems in his first months, the boy had to have a breathing tube inserted through a hole cut in his...

• Damages in Nevada Negligence Cases - Part II

  Steve Klearman | July 24, 2006 3:37 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Here is the second part of our continuing discussion of Nevada negligence law. Set forth below are case citations and holdings that deal with damage issues in such cases.The statutes of repose bar only those actions arising out of design and construction-related negligence, but not negligent maintenance. Davenport v. Comstock Hills-Reno, 118 Nev. 389, 46 P.3d 62 (2002). Under NRS 41.141, a...

• Defenses in Nevada Negligence Cases - Part I

  Steve Klearman | July 20, 2006 3:32 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Here is the first part of our continuing discussion of Nevada negligence law. Set forth below are case citations and holdings that deal with damage issues in such cases.Relief in contribution and implied indemnity is unavailable to the extent those claims arise from the intentional or punitive liability of the party seeking such relief. The Doctors Co. v. Vincent, 120 Nev. 644, 98 P.3d 681...

• JAMA Discloses Ongoing Conflicts of Interest

  Steve Klearman | July 19, 2006 9:51 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  This from the AP today:CHICAGO - Just days after announcing a crackdown on researchers who do not disclose drug company ties, the editor of a prestigious medical journal says she was misled again -- this time by the authors of a study linking severe migraines to heart attacks in women. All six of the study's authors have done consulting work or received research funding from makers of...

• Damages in Nevada Negligence Cases

  Steve Klearman | July 18, 2006 3:20 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Here is a continuing survey of cases and holdings that pertain to damages in Nevada negligence cases. As always, cases are listed in chronological order starting with more recent cases.An employer may be liable for punitive damages for acts or omissions of its agents if, but only if, (a) principal or managerial agent authorized doing and manner of act; (b) agent was unfit and principal or...