Posts tagged Worksite Injuries

• Northern Nevada Hospitals Expand

  Steve Klearman | June 24, 2007 11:00 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Everywhere 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...

• HIPPA Hints

  Steve Klearman | June 07, 2007 1:02 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Here'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...

• New Nevada Law Imposes Liability on Those Who Furnish Alcohol and Drugs

  Steve Klearman | June 03, 2007 1:47 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  SB7, 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...

• Nevada Health Care Providers Must Disclose Interest in Physical Therapy Business

  Steve Klearman | June 01, 2007 1:41 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Another 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...

• Nevada Lawyer Charged in Personal Injury Scam

  Steve Klearman | May 23, 2007 6:37 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Las Vegas personal injury lawyer Noel Gage was charged in what is described as a "wide-ranging and expansive" investigation into the way that certain personal injury cases were allegedly handled.The following quotes come directly from the Las Vegas Review Journal on May 23, 2007: Las Vegas personal injury attorney Noel Gage surrendered to the federal government Tuesday after he was indicted on...

• Intermediate Court for Nevada?

  Steve Klearman | May 16, 2007 3:31 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The following blurb comes from the Nevada Supreme Court's website as of today:"Over the past 30 years, Nevada's Judicial and Legislative Branches have partnered to promote the creation of an intermediate appellate court - the Nevada Court of Appeals - and are in the process of doing so again.A new study compiled by the Nevada Supreme Court at the behest of the Nevada Legislature...

• 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...

• Dry Cleaning Lawsuit a Dangerous Aberration

  Steve Klearman | May 06, 2007 5:23 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A judge in Washington, DC has sued a dry cleaning business for $67 million dollars because it lost his pants.Stupid lawsuits like this do much to tarnish the good work of America's trial bar. Needless to say, media outlets, many of which are more concerned with American Idol, Anna Nicole Smith and other "non-news," love this sort of story because it's a story that they incorrectly use to...

• 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...

• 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...