- Steve Klearman | February 29, 2008 4:12 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsI discussed Dipak Desai, MD, several blogs ago in some detail.The following useful article was referred to me by Susan E. Gallagher, an Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts:Nevada Law Journal Article on Dipak Desai Medical MalpracticeBack tomorrow with the promised article on why this case of what appears to be plain and substantial medical malpractice reflects what a disaster...
- Steve Klearman | February 29, 2008 10:47 AM |
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Wrongful DeathNevadans, you were duped by the medical malpractice insurance industry when you voted for the KODIN Ballot Initiative a few years back.Now those injured through the sheer negligence and stupidity of a group of Nevada doctors may find that they've limited their ability to collect compensation.Consider, for instance, that damages for pain and suffering are now capped in Nevada at $350,000.00. ...
- Steve Klearman | February 29, 2008 9:51 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe following important public health information is reprinted from the Southern Nevada Heatlh District www.southernnevadahealthdistrict.com The Southern Nevada Health District is advising patients who received injected anesthesia medication at the Endoscopy Center of Nevada (700 Shadow Lane) of a risk for possible exposure to hepatitis C and other bloodborne pathogens. The health district is...
- Steve Klearman | February 29, 2008 8:52 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsAlright, 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...
- Steve Klearman | February 29, 2008 7:10 AM |
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Wrongful DeathFirst news of 40,000 exposed to Hepatitis in Vegas and now authorities are reporting discovering what appears to be Ricin in a hotel. What's up in Vegas? Reminds me of an art exhibit I recently saw (still on display at the Barrick Museum there) that depicts scenes of apocalypse and absurdity with Vegas as the backdrop.Barrick Museum ExhibitAccording to Yahoo News, Ricin is made from the waste...
- Steve Klearman | February 28, 2008 7:19 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsYou know, you might think that you could go the Center for Disease Control website and get some update on what certainly appears to be a full-blown health care crisis in Las Vegas (40,000! Exposed? That's a big number! And that's a preliminary number...). But the CDC website, at least from my look around just now, is more about some form of static and slow thing. There may be something...
- Steve Klearman | February 28, 2008 2:52 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsAs many as 40,000 infected with Hep C in what looks like a potential mass negligence case against an endoscopy center and possibly a products manufacturer. Stay tuned to this blog and I will bring you extensive independently researched details on this developing case.
- Steve Klearman | February 22, 2008 1:19 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsI reprint here a summary from the recent important decision in Riegel v. Medtronic. This comes directly from the People Over Profits Grassroots Action Center:Riegel v. Medtronic In this case, Charles Riegel received a balloon catheter made by Medtronic which subsequently ruptured due to overinflation. Riegel developed a heart block and underwent emergency surgery. The Riegels later brought...
- Steve Klearman | February 21, 2008 7:22 AM |
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MiscellaneousAs many Nevadans know, Nevada is earthquake country.This just in this morning:A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit northeastern Nevada this morning with reports of property damage but no injuries so far. The quake had its center approximately 10 miles from the Utah border. Good news so far regarding injuries; though the area that the quake affected is largely unpopulated.As an aside: Elko County is...
- Steve Klearman | February 20, 2008 8:05 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsWashoe District Court Judge Robert Perry has reduced the recent landmark jury award against pharmaceutical giant Wyeth arising from Wyeth's development and marketing of Prempro.Judge Perry cut the award from $134 million to $58 million. $23 million is allocated toward compensatory damages and $35 million is punitive damages. Wyeth wanted the Judge to reduce the total award to $4 million.Wyeth...
- Steve Klearman | February 19, 2008 4:58 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeA new study that appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association concludes that the graveyard shift in hospitals is the most dangerous time for a patient to require a "code blue" for a stopped heart. Researchers found that among the late night cases studied, there were a higher portion of instances where patients were discovered with no heart electrical activity; that is, too late to...
- Steve Klearman | February 15, 2008 10:10 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsOn December 27, 2007 the Nevada Supreme Court clarified in Awada v. Shuffle Master, Inc., 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 57, the manner in which a Nevada District Court may handle mixed claims for legal and equitable relief at trial and found as follows:In this appeal, we consider the primary issue of whether a district court has the authority to bifurcate the legal and equitable claims presented in a...
- Steve Klearman | February 14, 2008 10:00 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsIn the ongoing squabble over Allstate defense attorney Phil Emerson's repeated misconduct in arguing cases at trial, the Nevada Supreme Court rendered its latest decision on January 17, 2008.In its introduction to Lioce v. Cohen, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 1, the Court stated:On December 28, 2006, this court issued an opinion in these consolidated appeals.[2] The defendants in each of the four...
- Steve Klearman | February 13, 2008 9:52 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeThis is the last part of my three-part series on the issue of whether Nevada has jurisdiction over a doctor who practices medicine over the Internet from a different state.1. Many States Have Recognized The Propriety Of Exercising Jurisdiction Over Nonresident DoctorsCourts have found jurisdiction over nonresident doctors where they purposefully directed their actions at plaintiffs' states. ...
- Steve Klearman | February 12, 2008 5:40 PM |
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MiscellaneousI've been wrapped up in litigation lately and otherwise trying to take advantage of the epic snow that we've been seeing; and I've therefore been remiss in finishing the last of the series I started. I will do that within a day or two.In the brief time I've been away there have been major medical discoveries, the Internet went down for one side of the world, Blackberry stopped working for a...