Posts tagged Nevada Injury Law

• Chavez Slapped in the Face By His Own Electorate

  Steve Klearman | December 03, 2007 8:48 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Miscellaneous
  

  In American, politics and injury law are sometimes hard to separate, and attorneys are often misidentified as liberal or conservative depending on their view of whether an injured party deserves compensation. At the end of the day, we're all Americans though (and let's face it: those who support adequate compensation for victims are better Americans)...I have a background in international law,...

• Court Examines Sovereign Immunity Protection for Doctors

  Steve Klearman | December 01, 2007 12:26 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In Martinez v. Maruszczak, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 43 (October 11, 2007), the Nevada Supreme Court considered " the extent to which sovereign immunity protects publicly employed physicians from common-law liability for medical malpractice."The Court's analysis turned "on Nevada's statutory waiver of sovereign immunity and a statutory exception to that waiver, which immunizes state actors from...

• Health Care Providers Do Not Need to "Line Up" to be Experts

  Steve Klearman | November 30, 2007 12:20 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In Staccato v. Valley Hospital, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 49 (November 8, 2007), the Nevada Supreme Court resolved the issue of whether a physician is qualified to testify as to the proper standard of care in a malpractice action against a nurse when the allegedly negligent act implicates the physician's realm of expertise. The Court concluded "that a physician or other medical care provider is...

• More Wierdness in Mack Trial

  Steve Klearman | November 30, 2007 8:07 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Yes, more wierdness in a case that's had it's share. First, Mack stabs his wife to death and shoots a judge (always the best way to endear oneself to the legal community about to determine your fate).Darren Mack flees, he's talked into coming back by the D.A. (of all people).Darren Mack pleads guilty (before putting on a defense); now he's changed his mind, fired attorney Scott Freeman (Mack...

• HIV on the Rise in America

  Steve Klearman | November 30, 2007 7:55 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Wrongful Death
  

  According to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 2001 to 2005 (the latest years available), the number of new cases of HIV infection diagnosed among 15-to-19-year-olds in the United States rose from 1,010 in 2001, held steady for the next three years, then jumped 20 percent in 2005, to 1,213 cases.For young people aged 20 to 24, cases of new infection have climbed...

• No Private Right of Action Under Prompt Pay Law

  Steve Klearman | November 29, 2007 12:15 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Nevada Supreme Court examined Nevada's so-called "prompt-pay" statute, NRS 690B.012, in a decision dated November 21, 2007. See, Allstate Ins. Co. v. Thorpe, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 52. That statute "requires casualty insurers to approve and pay, or deny, casualty claims, including claims for medical payment benefits, within a limited time frame. Under the statute, an insurer must pay...

• University Medical Center Does Deal with Cancer Institute

  Steve Klearman | November 28, 2007 12:11 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Las Vegas' University Medical Center would shed some controversy, save $290,000 a year and gain prestige in a new deal with the Nevada Cancer Institute. The hospital would pay the research center $60,000 annually to direct its oncology-hematology department under a three-year contract that's expected to be approved today by Clark County commissioners. Marshall Allen, at the Las Vegas Sun...

• Nevada Hospital Managers Face Theft Charges

  Steve Klearman | November 27, 2007 12:07 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Two managers at Clark County's financially struggling public hospital face criminal charges on accusations of bilking taxpayers out of thousands of dollars by stealing materials and enlisting hospital employees for their personal use, according to court documents. Tony Cook, writing for the Las Vegas Sun yesterday, writes that Christopher Roth, an associate administrator of support services who...

• Pregnant Women Get More Imaging Exams

  Steve Klearman | November 27, 2007 6:16 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Pregnant women are receiving more high-tech imaging exams, exposing their babies to higher doses of radiation than a decade ago, a study said on Tuesday. Reuters reports that while the levels of radiation exposure are low, they carry a slight risk of harm to the developing fetus, said study author Elizabeth Lazarus, a professor of diagnostic imaging at the Warren Alpert School of Medicine at...

• Fallon Nevada's Arsenic Problem

  Steve Klearman | November 26, 2007 6:44 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Wrongful Death
  

  In Fallon, Nevada (about an hour and a half away from Reno) residents have been experiencing high numbers of cancer diagnoses. Although the town has a population of roughly 8,500 people, 12 children were diagnosed with leukemia over a course of approximately three years. According to the American Cancer Society approximately 1.27 percent of the population (1 in 79) will come down with the...