Consumer Law

In the News

By Andy Hoffman

Just in time for the release of CJ&D?s new study on defective heart devices, medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific Corp. is warning doctors of a defect that can cause their implanted defibrillators to deliver improper shocks to the heart, and/or fail when shocks are needed.

The Canadian Medical Association Journal exposes all the many myths that have driven medical malpractice ?tort reform? in this country.

Defensive medicine? How about Las Vegas Sun story of two doctors who charged Medicare yet never even examined the patients.

Salmonella anyone?  First it was peanuts, now it?s pistachios.

In North Carolina, nobody?s using a malpractice arbitration law that requires both sides' consent and caps damages at $1 million.

In California, lawmakers are considering a bill that would wipe out class-action lawsuits against ?AIG and its Wall Street friends to account for misconduct that has destroyed the jobs, homes and retirement savings of millions of Americans.?

Speaking of AIG, right-wing ?tort reform? lawyer Larry Klayman has filed a shareholder lawsuit against AIG to return those bonuses, dividends ?and other perks."

Oh, and one big, awesome PS! The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case of Philip Morris v. Williams  today!  Robert Peck of the Center for Constitutional Litigation in D.C., who argued Mayola Williams? case, said she was ?thrilled, overjoyed,? at the news.  He also added, ?We urged it in our brief, but when it took this long, we did not think it would happen. It?s the right result.?

Full post as published by ThePopTort on March 31, 2009 (boomark / email).