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Medical Misdiagnosis

Medicine and weather forecasting have a lot in common: untold millions of dollars and thousands of hours of work pour into the study of each field and yet the results sometimes leave us scratching our heads wondering why we don't seem to be getting any closer to consistently make accurate and early forecasts and timely diagnoses.

Public Awareness of Brain Injury Grows

More brain-trauma victims and their families could be seeking attorney’s counsel in the months and years ahead due to the growing public awareness of such injuries. Much of the rise in awareness is due to the extensive publicity lately surrounding the issues of brain injury sustained by professional sports figures and military personnel. The sports…

Asbestos Discovery

Defendants in Asbestos-Exposure Cases Needlessly Prolonging Discovery Defendants’ law firms in asbestos-exposure cases are increasingly resorting to the tactic of needlessly prolonging discovery in order to waste time, run up costs and — ultimately — weaken the plaintiffs’ resolve to fight on. Unfortunately, the tactic sometimes works. At least it does against smaller law firms that lack…

Malpractice, Tort Reform and Rising Medical Costs

The Real Cost of Medical Care: Malpractice Has Nothing to Do With Rising Costs Doctors and insurance companies perpetuate the belief that medical malpractice payouts cause healthcare costs to rise. Their rumor mill has been responsible for numerous petitions in the past decade to cap the amount of noneconomic damages that can be awarded to…

Trying to Deprive Asbestos Plaintiffs of Justice

Asbestos Defendants Scheme to Deprive Plaintiffs of Justice in Pennsylvania Forty years on, asbestos defendants keep inventing new tricks to let them escape paying their fair share for the harm they have caused. In Pennsylvania, for instance, asbestos companies are pushing a bill that seeks to limit the ability of plaintiffs to recover for asbestos-related…

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