Posts tagged Wrongful Death

• Hepatitis Victims May Be Duped By Med Mal Insurance Industry

  Steve Klearman | February 29, 2008 10:47 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Nevadans, 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. ...

• Ricin Found - Disease and Poison in Las Vegas(2)

  Steve Klearman | February 29, 2008 7:10 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Wrongful Death
  

  First 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...

• Nevada Hepatitis Scare

  Steve Klearman | February 28, 2008 7:19 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  You 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...

• Nevada Endoscopy Center Malpractice

  Steve Klearman | February 28, 2008 2:52 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  As 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.

• U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Medical Device Lawsuits

  Steve Klearman | February 22, 2008 1:19 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  I 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...

• Hospitals More Dangerous After Dark

  Steve Klearman | February 19, 2008 4:58 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A 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...

• Nevada Equitable and Legal Claims at Trial

  Steve Klearman | February 15, 2008 10:10 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  On 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...

• Update on Nevada Allstate Attorney Misconduct Case

  Steve Klearman | February 14, 2008 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  In 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...

• Does Nevada Have Jurisdiction? Part III

  Steve Klearman | February 13, 2008 9:52 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  This 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. ...

• Does Nevada Have Jurisdiction? Part II

  Steve Klearman | January 18, 2008 7:58 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  This is the second part of what will be a three-part blog. See yesterday's blog for the issue that the following argument addresses:A. The Fiduciary Shield Doctrine Is Not Law In Nevada And Even If It Were It Would Not Preclude An Exercise Of JurisdictionThe fiduciary shield doctrine, a flawed legal theory that has generated confusion and countless inconsistent exceptions, provides that acts...