Posts tagged Nevada

• Bush Nominates Anti-Consumer Advocate to Consumer Protection Post

  Steve Klearman | April 30, 2007 7:02 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Here's part of an email I received today from People Over Profits. President Bush has nominated Michael Baroody (one of Corporate America's leading anti-consumer henchmen) to head the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) - our top government agency protecting millions of consumers from injury and death as a result of unsafe products. A hearing in the U.S. Senate on the nomination will take...

• Ageism and Medical Malpractice

  Steve Klearman | April 27, 2007 8:50 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In a new article courtesy of AAJ, attorneys Elizabeth Faiella and Peter Gulden examine the issue of "ageism" in health care and litigation.They write, among other things:When the plaintiff has suffered injury because of a doctor's failure to diagnose cancer or provide adequate treatment, the lawyer can count on jurors to hold certain biases. They have been conditioned to believe that medical...

• Nevada Supreme Court Examines Legal Assistance

  Steve Klearman | April 20, 2007 7:08 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  This from the Nevada Supreme Court's site at http://www.nvsupremecourt.us/info/news/index.php?contentID=120:Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice William Maupin has announced the creation of a commission to study the way legal assistance is provided for criminal defendants who cannot afford to hire their own attorneys. Chief Justice Maupin said the Commission on Indigent Defense, which is the...

• Nevada Lawmakers Vote For Doctor-Backed 'I'm Sorry' Law

  Steve Klearman | April 13, 2007 3:33 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  This from the American Association of Justice:Nevada Lawmakers Vote For Doctor-Backed 'I'm Sorry' Law "A Nevada Senate committee voted Wednesday for a bill that would prevent doctors' apologies to their patients or patients' families from being admitted as court evidence if they're sued for negligence later on. The 'I'm Sorry' measure, SB174, provides that any doctor's expression of 'apology,...

• Blog on the Rise

  Steve Klearman | April 12, 2007 6:42 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  This from the blog mill (http://www.theblogmill.com/) quoting someone else:The blogosphere is doubling in size every 6 months It is now over 60 times bigger than it was 3 years ago On average, a new weblog is created every second of every day 19.4 million bloggers (55%) are still posting 3 months after their blogs are created Technorati tracks about 1.2 Million new blog posts each day, about...

• Nevada Attorney Recommends Samsung Blackjack

  Steve Klearman | April 12, 2007 6:16 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Yes, occasionally we diverge, strictly speaking, from law.I've had a Samsung Blackjack for a few weeks now. Before that I had an old Nokia. The Nokia was basic. I was fine with basic. Still don't understand why anyone would want to watch television on a 1" screen.But I do use Microsoft Outlook, and the Blackjack sync's in and tracks contacts, calendar and email. And does this, and keeps...

• Farmers Insurance in Nevada Gives Up Colossus

  Steve Klearman | April 12, 2007 12:46 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Word on the street is that Farmers (at least here in Nevada) has abandoned reliance on the notorious Colossus computer system in making claims determinations. Rumors are that adjusters have reduced authority while Farmers puts some form of new system in place.If this is true, one can only hope that Farmers has gone back to reliance on the discretion of humans rather than the inevitable formulas...

• Healthcare System Still a Mess

  Steve Klearman | April 11, 2007 6:28 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  I see and talk with potential clients every day. One thing becomes increasingly clear: the American healthcare system is in dire shape. Consider, for instance, the following:As of 2005, nearly 41 percent of Americans lacked health coverage;More than half of Americans making less than $20,000 a year have no health insurance.;Nearly 60% of Americans who were uninsured and have chronic conditions...

• Expert Witness Fees or Windfalls?

  Steve Klearman | March 23, 2007 6:52 AM | 2 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Nevada medical malpractice cases were put on the road to extinction several years ago by a voter-approved initiative that restricted lawsuits to such an extent that many attorneys stopped practicing in this area altogether.I still do and will continue to. But I've noticed that as medical malpractice lawsuits have become more limited, doctor's expert fees have continued to spiral. Several days...

• Medicare for All Nevadans?

  Steve Klearman | March 19, 2007 10:23 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  I was watching a back episode of West Wing last night.The presidential candidate played by Jimmy Smits had a health plan: take the words "over 65" out of the Medicare statute. Allow Medicare for all.It's an interesting idea.Probably 40% of my clients do not have health insurance. Something like 50 million Americans do not have health insurance. Lately, our local hospitals here in Reno are...