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• ICBC Uninsured Motorist Claims and the Health Care Costs Recovery Act

  
  ICBC Personal Injury Claims Lawyer Erik Magraken | Victoria & Vancouver Island BC — Authority: 127
  Further to my previous posts on the Health Care Costs Recovery Act , I recently had the opportunity to scrutinize the Act’s application to Uninsured Motorist Claims under Section 20 of the BC Insurance (Vehicle) Act .  It was a a bit of a lengthy exercise so I thought I would share my findings for the benefit of ...
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• Congressman Fights for Patient Safety

  
  Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog — Authority: 130
  Representative Bruce Braley gave a last-minute speech about medical errors moments before the House voted on the health reform bill earlier this month. He asked who was supposed to speak for the patients. He quoted an Institute of Medicine report stating that, “[t]he most significant way to reduce the cost of ...
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• Fighting for Marquee Law Firm Tenant, Landlord Sues Officials Over Incentives

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 603
  A Chicago landlord is suing St. Louis and Missouri officials over a major law firm tenant that is allegedly being lured to another building with illegal taxpayer-funded incentives. Among the benefits that Lewis Rice & Fingersh expects to get from the move to One City Centre is $300,000 forgivable loan, reports the ...
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• Theres no proof tort reform reduces health costs

  
  Texas Tech Today — Authority: 147
  It’s not as rare as you think for President Barack Obama and Gov. Sarah Palin to be in complete agreement on an issue of national importance. In August, she wrote on her Facebook page that “we cannot have health care reform without litigation reform.” Speaking to the American Association of family physicians a ...
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• Appeals Court OKs $5M in Punitives for Victim of Phone Hoax Strip Search

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 603
  A Kentucky appeals court cut from $1 million to $400,000 a punitive damages award to a McDonalds manager who was fired and charged with a crime after she says she was duped into pressuring a young worker to comply with instructions from a prank caller to submit to a strip search. But the state Court of Appeals upheld ...
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• Rangers and Islanders in action tonight

  
  The Battle of New York :: A Tri-State Area Hockey Blog — Authority: 433
  Monday doesn’t have many games. But tonight, both the Rangers and Islanders are in action with one at home and the other finishing a long seven-game road trip. The struggling Blueshirts- losers of five of six- try to get back on track against the Blue Jackets at MSG. A game we’ll be in our Sec.411 seats for. ...
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• Defendant Argues Law Firm’s YouTube Video Amounted to Defamation

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 603
  A company accused in a class action lawsuit of selling a dietary supplement that doesn’t live up to its memory claims has turned the tables on the paintiffs’ firm, claiming its lawyers gave interviews and posted a YouTube video with defamatory statements. On Friday, the class action defendant, Brain Research Labs, ...
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• Katrina Ruling Could Open Floodgates to Suits, But Will It Survive?

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 603
  A ruling blaming the federal government for flooding in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina could lead to a flood of lawsuits and affect funding for a coastal restoration project. Last week a federal judge ruled the Army Corps of Engineers was negligent in maintaining a navigation channel, leading to the failure of ...
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• Malpractice Myths Debunked

  
  South Carolina Nursing Home Blog — Authority: 424
  The following is a press release from the AAJ.  New Paper Debunks Malpractice Myths  As enemies of health care reform spread lies and mistruths about medical negligence, a new white paper tackles the issue head-on, debunking the most common myths with sound science and research while refuting the hyperbole and ...
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• November 23 roundup

  
  Overlawyered — Authority: 613
  “Ten Ways Lawyers Rip Off Clients” [ Lawrence Delevingne and Gus Lubin, Business Insider ] White House visitor logs contain more entries for trial lawyer lobbyist Linda Lipsen (5x) than for Hillary Clinton (3x) (h/t ShopFloor) Time magazine has a cover story on child overprotectiveness [ Free-Range Kids ] ...
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• Nursing Home Industry Profits doing well.

  
  South Carolina Nursing Home Blog — Authority: 424
  Five Star Quality Care 3rd Qtr Results here and press release  here .   Total revenues increased 5.9% to $297.2 million; net income $4.1 million.  Five Star Quality Care, Inc. is a senior living and healthcare services company.  Five Star owns or leases and operates 206 senior living communities with 21,953 ...
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• THE PATIENT OR THE STATE? -- BY DR. C. L. GRAY, The Washington Times

  
  COURAGE IN AMERICA — Authority: 167
  Whoever pays holds the power to choose Americans are among the most compassionate people on Earth. We all want our fellow citizens to have access to quality health care. Who argues with that sentiment? In this context, government compassion sounds so noble. But the fact remains: Whoever pays holds the power to ...
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• ‘Million Med March’ Draws Hundreds in St. Louis

  
  Bob McCarty Writes — Authority: 439
  A crowd of more than 300 gathered at Memorial Plaza outside the St. Louis County (Mo.) Government Building in Clayton Saturday afternoon as part of the Million Med March protest against health care reform measures now under consideration in the nation’s capitol.Medical professionals, many of whom donned white coats, ...
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• HarryCare: Increased Taxes & Subsidized Abortions Among Other Problems

  
  Caffeinated Thoughts — Authority: 142
  I’ve already written that the health care reform bill that Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) introduced includes tax increases , some of which, start in 2010, while the legislation’s answer to health care reform won’t start until 2014. The Senate’s version of the health care reform includes a mandate for Federally ...
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• Medical Industry maintains status as highest paid jobs

  
  South Carolina Nursing Home Blog — Authority: 424
  I have seen two lists that discuss the highest paid jobs.  One list is based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the other is from Forbes Magazine .  Both are dominated by health care professionals and show that there is clearly no need for tort reform. 1. Anesthesiologists : $197,340. (And ...
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• Model Who Married Doorman Sues Swanky NYC Coop

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 603
  Love hasnt been entirely a bed of roses for a wealthy young woman who has been called the Heidi Klum of foot models and her new husband—a former doorman in her swanky New York City co-op building. Jealous of the 30-something pair, some fellow residents of the upscale Upper East Side apartment complex have been ...
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• Model Who Married Doorman Sues Swanky NYC Coop

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 603
  Love hasnt been entirely a bed of roses for a wealthy young woman who has been called the Heidi Klum of foot models and her new husband—a former doorman in her swanky New York City co-op building. Jealous of the 30-something pair, some fellow residents of the upscale Upper East Side apartment complex have been ...
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• Ohio AG: Major Credit Agencies ‘Sold Out’ in Toxic Mortgage Mess

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 603
  As federal elected officials and administrators mull potential regulatory reform to rein in lenders accused of causing a mortgage meltdown nationwide, the attorney general of Ohio has stepped into the breach and filed a federal lawsuit against the three largest credit rating agencies, Reuters reports. They created a ...
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• Ohio AG: Major Credit Agencies ‘Sold Out’ in Toxic Mortgage Mess

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 603
  As federal elected officials and administrators mull potential regulatory reform to rein in lenders accused of causing a mortgage meltdown nationwide, the attorney general of Ohio has stepped into the breach and filed a federal lawsuit against the three largest credit rating agencies, Reuters reports. They created a ...
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• Jury Says Philip Morris Must Pay $300M to Longtime Smoker

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 603
  A jury in South Florida says Philip Morris USA must pay $300 million, including $244 million in punitive damages, to a 25-year Benson & Hedges smoker who argued that the cigarette company committed fraud by concealing the dangers of smoking from her. Lawyers for Lucinda "Cindy" Naugle, who is a sister of a former ...
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