Posts tagged Nevada

• Tahoe Burning and More Homes Threatened

  Steve Klearman | June 25, 2007 12:27 PM | 2 CommentsReno, NV Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I 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...

• 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...

• California Rates Cardiac Surgeons

  Steve Klearman | July 16, 2007 7:43 AM | 1 CommentReno, NV Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  This from Garth Sullivan, Esq. at Indox Consulting:For the first time, California consumers can find out how individual cardiac surgeons fare on coronary bypass procedures. In a new report, the state has listed bypass death rates for 121 hospitals and 302 heart surgeons. The data is drawn from adult bypasses performed between Jan. 1, 2003 and Dec. 31, 2004. Hospital fees paid for the $1.5...

• Get Records from Nevada Doctors

  Steve Klearman | May 09, 2007 8:57 AM | 1 CommentReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  As I've pointed out many times now, there is a one-year statute of limitations in many Nevada medical malpractice cases.This means that if you request your medical records from your doctor, you should not let your doctor's office delay provision of records for more than a week or two.Undue delay in obtaining records could compromise your ability to bring your case. If you have problems getting...

• Evidentiary Privileges in Nevada

  Steve Klearman | November 30, 2006 8:59 AM | 1 CommentReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The evidentiary concept of "privilege" protects certain types of disclosures in certain situations.NRS 49.015 provides, generally:49.015. Privileges recognized only as provided1. Except as otherwise required by the Constitution of theUnited States or of the State of Nevada, and except as provided inthis Title or Title 14 of NRS, no person has a privilege to:(a) Refuse to be a witness;(b) Refuse...

• Nevada Supreme Court Reviews the Role of Biomechanical Engineers as Experts

  Steve Klearman | August 22, 2008 10:37 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In Hallmark v. Eldridge, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 48 (published July 24, 2008), the Nevada Supreme Court reviewed the often dubious role of so-called “biomechanical engineers” as experts and concluded...

• Nevada Drunk Drivers Stay Home

  Steve Klearman | August 15, 2008 3:09 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  From the Reno Gazette Journal Today: Local law enforcement agencies launch a region-wide drunk driving enforcement campaign beginning Monday that will consist of saturation patrols through...

• Medical Care Costs Climb

  Steve Klearman | March 14, 2008 6:37 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Briefly: the cost of medical care posted a small 0.1 percent increase in February as doctors' fees actually fell. However, medical care, the fastest-rising price category outside of energy, is still up by 4.5 percent over the past year.

• Nevada Slow to Inspect Endoscopy And Other Surgery Centers

  Steve Klearman | March 13, 2008 3:33 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Reno Gazette reports that the State Health Division has fallen behind in inspecting surgical centers for more than 10 years and has failed to inspect half of all centers over the past six years as is called for by Federal guidelines.More specifically, State inspectors failed to inspect 22 of Nevada's 50 surgical centers over the last six years and at least one center has gone without...

• Reno Surgery Center Situation Different So Far From Las Vegas Hepatitis Scare

  Steve Klearman | March 10, 2008 2:56 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  I've been travelling for depositions the last few days while the story of deficiencies among ambulatory surgery centers has been brewing.What's clear from the recent publicity regarding surgery centers other than the infamous Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada is that not so much is clear. Apparently when the State determined that as many as 40,000 people who visited the Southern Nevada house...