- Steve Klearman | June 27, 2007 12:25 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsAlright: what was destined to happen happened: the greedy unrealistic judge (with an anger problem perhaps) lost. As well he should have. Here's the story as reported by the Reno Gazette Journal on June 25, 2007:WASHINGTON (AP) -- A judge ruled Monday that no pair of pants is worth $54 million, rejecting a lawsuit that took a dry cleaner's promise of "Satisfaction Guaranteed" to its most...
- Steve Klearman | June 26, 2007 11:08 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsAnyone who's spent anytime in Northern Nevada's rural communities knows that healthcare can be an issue. This article comes from John Wheeler, special to the Reno Gazette Journal, and was published on June 24, 2007. When it comes to economic development, rural communities readily see the benefit in attracting traditional businesses, such as warehouses or processing plants.But they might get...
- Steve Klearman | June 25, 2007 12:27 PM |
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MiscellaneousI occasionally detour from the law.Last week my wife and I mountain biked up Angora Lakes Road in South Lake Tahoe, California. Straight up a long hill, beautiful views of Fallen Leaf Lake and Lake Tahoe with two idyllic lakes at the very top and Desolation Wilderness even further above. This week the entire area is evacuated by a fire that has burned more than 2000 acres and South Lake is...
- Steve Klearman | June 25, 2007 11:04 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsPer the Reno Gazette Journal, NNMA in Sparks has hired a new administrator in charge.Northern Nevada Medical Center and Universal Health Services, Inc. announced the promotion of Lisa Wilson to chief operating officer for Northern Nevada Medical Center in Sparks.Wilson was an associate administrator at Northwest Texas Healthcare System, a 489-bed hospital in Amarillo, Texas.Wilson's previous...
- Steve Klearman | June 24, 2007 11:00 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsEverywhere you look in Northern Nevada hospitals are expanding (and advertising more).This article by Zack Hall from today's Reno Gazette Journal provides detail:The region's major hospitals want people in Northern Nevada to know that the reasons for leaving Nevada for health care are waning.Renown Health, Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center, Carson-Tahoe Regional Medical Center and Northern...
- Steve Klearman | June 07, 2007 1:54 PM |
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MiscellaneousThis from AAJ using a blurb from the North Country Gazette:"The judge at the center of the infamous $65 million lawsuit against his long-time dry cleaner for losing a pair of his pants is the subject of an ethics complaint filed against him by the American Association for Justice. Jon Haber, CEO of AAJ, has written a letter to the District of Columbia Bar, asking that it open an investigation...
- Steve Klearman | June 07, 2007 1:02 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsHere's a handy guideline to HIPPA that was sent to me by the Institute for Paralegal Education. This was apparently written by attorney Heather Brochu (a short bio is at the bottom of this blog):The primary purpose of HIPPA is to outline circumstances in which an individual's protected health information may be used or disclosed by covered entities.Covered Entities Under HIPPA• Health care...
- Steve Klearman | June 04, 2007 6:43 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeMore African American women die of breast cancer. A recent Yale study found, however, that there was no association was observed between perceived racial discrimination and nonadherence to age-specific mammography screening guidelines.D. Garth Sullivan, from Indox Consulting, expands in a recent mass email:Perceived racial discrimination is not associated with nonadherence to screening...
- Steve Klearman | June 03, 2007 1:47 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeSB7, effective October 1, 2007, establishes civil liability for certain acts involving the provision of alcohol and controlled substances.Existing law provides immunity from civil liability to a person who serves or sells an alcoholic beverage to another person for damages caused by an intoxicated person as a result of that service or sale. (NRS 41.1305) Section 2 of this bill limits that...
- Steve Klearman | June 01, 2007 1:41 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeAnother Nevada legislative session has come and is almost gone.I will report on interesting legislative developments over the next few months.AB 468, effective October 1, 2007, requires providers of health care who refer patients to or recommendphysical therapy to a patient to provide a written disclosure to the patient of any financial interests that the provider of health care has in a...
- Steve Klearman | June 01, 2007 1:18 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeNBCSanDiego.com reports that a skin cancer patient was recently awarded $5.7 million in a failure to diagnose case:A Superior Court jury awarded $5.7 million in damages to a bedridden man who claimed a doctor failed to diagnose his skin cancer.The verdict is the largest medical-malpractice award in California this year, but will be cut to $1.9 million under a state statute limiting damages in...