3091 ABA Journal Health Law articles.
Thirteen health-care lawyers at Vinson & Elkins, including six partners, are jumping to King & Spalding.
The health-care practice at King & Spalding is the highest-ranked in the country, the…
Jun 3, 2008 1:00 PM CDT
A legal assistant testified Friday that a lawyer accused of misappropriating fen-phen settlement money told her to destroy legal documents showing how clients were paid.
Rebecca Phipps said she ignored…
Jun 2, 2008 12:52 PM CDT
A Texas appellate court today has overturned a verdict against Merck & Co. concerning its popular Vioxx painkiller, eliminating the $26 million judgment that remained after a previous $253 million…
May 29, 2008 6:27 PM CDT
A lawsuit filed against Playtex Products claims its plastic baby bottles contain a dangerous chemical known as bisphenol A.
The suit was filed in New Haven, Conn., federal court after…
May 29, 2008 4:09 PM CDT
An identical twin who discovered, as an adult, that she had been sent home from a Canary Islands hospital in Spain with the wrong family has sued over the alleged…
May 28, 2008 3:34 PM CDT
The city attorney in Santa Fe, N.M., is investigating claims that wireless Internet signals are a violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act because they can cause an allergic reaction.
…May 27, 2008 11:58 AM CDT
A Nashville, Tenn.-based managed care company disclosed Wednesday that an employee’s laptop computer, which contained private data for about 9,000 individuals, had been stolen from a locked car.
The HealthSpring…
May 22, 2008 3:35 PM CDT
Some hospitals are ignoring the traditional legal advice and apologizing for errors.
The result has been fewer lawsuits and lower legal costs, the New York Times…
May 19, 2008 1:54 PM CDT
The Texas Court of Appeals has overturned a multimillion-dollar verdict against the maker of Vioxx, citing insufficient evidence that the painkiller caused the heart attack that killed the plaintiff’s husband.
…May 15, 2008 12:47 PM CDT
News media throughout the country have focused in recent years on the issue of substandard health care for prison inmates. Some 65 deaths annually in California, for instance, reportedly could…
May 5, 2008 10:08 PM CDT
To those who knew him, including his best friend, Hermes Villarreal was a successful trial lawyer with a happy family life.
But beneath the surface, the 41-year-old South Texas plaintiffs…
May 5, 2008 8:45 PM CDT
So-called disruptive doctors—the kind who scream, criticize and otherwise make colleagues’ lives miserable—can be effectively dealt with, a medical publication says. And, in an article that may be of interest…
May 5, 2008 5:34 PM CDT
Congress has passed a bill to ban genetic discrimination by health insurers and employers.
The House approved the measure yesterday by a vote of 414-1, the May 2, 2008 10:38 AM CDT
A California state appeals court has revived tort claims by eight fertility clinic patients against the university hospital where doctors reportedly implanted eggs stolen from unsuspecting women into other infertile…
Apr 24, 2008 8:36 PM CDT
A Whirlpool Corp. plant in southern Indiana has suspended 39 workers, claiming the employees were in fact smokers even though they claimed on their health insurance that they had kicked…
Apr 23, 2008 11:17 AM CDT
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