v. Papastavros, 323 Conn. 275 (Sept. 27, 2016), the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that expert testimony is required to establish the element of causation in a legal malpractice case. Thus, even where an attorney’s performance was deficient, if the plaintiff cannot present expert testimony that the outcome of her case would have been different but for the attorney’s negligence, the attorney wi...

In these times of physician strikes and daily newspaper articles concerning the "malpractice crisis", it is appropriate to review one of the most important aspects of any malpractice suit-the standard of care against which the conduct of the defendant-medical practitioner will be judged. A malpractice suit against any professional, including a CRNA, is basically the same as any type of personal...

Intellectual property portfolios that include unique inventions and discoveries are potentially inimitable resources that provide strategic leverage to Information Technology (IT) firms. The increasing patent related litigations in the IT industry, and the high costs associated with litigations make this an economically significant activity. Taking a market oriented view to this issue we invest...

Divorce is the breakdown of marital relationship between husband and wife. A divorce must have a compelling reason that wife cannot get along again as In Article 65 Law on Religious Courts it asserted can only be carried out before Court hearing after concerned has tried unsuccessfully reconciled two parties. One cases in Cianjur Number 1808/Pdt.G/2018/PA.Cjr where Plaintiff filed marriage annu...

Plaintiff instituted an action under the Federal Employers' Liability Act,' alleging that defendant was negligent in that it "should have known of the [defective mechanism and] . . . failed to make proper repairs." 2 The plaintiff at no time explicitly mentioned the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur; the defendant limited its defense to the question of damages. The district court instructed the jur...

Objective: Expert witness testimony is crucial for juror decision making. The goals of this study were to examine the trends in malpractice litigation in plastic surgery and to examine the characteristics of expert witnesses in litigation. Methods: The Westlaw legal database was queried for jury verdict and settlement reports related to plastic surgery cases from 2009 to 2015. Cases were examin...

GC has served as an expert witness for plaintiff lawyers preparing hormone therapy litigation. GC has received research support from GlaxoSmithKline, from the American Cancer Society, and from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. No group or organization funded this manuscript.

Abstract Each Defendant (Japanese corporations) in this case re claim of victims forced labor shall pay KRW 100,000,000 to each Plaintiff (victims Korea).

Introduction The Physicians advocacy institute (Pai) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(6) advocacy organization established in 2006 with funds from settlement agreements in the multidistrict litigation (mDl) class action against major national for-profit health insurers. Pai’s board of Directors is comprised of Ceos of medical societies involved in the mDl and a physician who was a named plaintiff in ...