Academic

New Massachusetts Opinion on Duty and Foreseeability
A hospital did not breach a duty of care as a matter of law to a police office who was injured responding to a traffic accident allegedly caused by a just-released colonoscopy patient, Massachusetts' highest court has ruled, affirming the trial court below...

Firing the Patient
The New York Times has a piece today by Dr. Rahul K. Parikh who writes about dealing with a difficult relative of a patient and deciding to end his relationship with the patient because of it...

Patient control over patient data in electronic health records: A work in progress
Over the past six months, there has been a growing (and certainly more visible) patient-centered movement fomented in large part by some of the health care digerati / blogerati / twitterati I know -- revolving around patient control over electronic...

Hafemeister & Spinos on a Fiduciary Duty of Physicians to Disclose Emergent Medical Risks
Thomas L. Hafemeister and Selina Spinos (University of Virginia School of Law) have posted Lean on Me: A Physician?s Fiduciary Duty to Disclose an Emergent Medical Risk to the Patient (Washington University Law Review, Vol...

Carole Joffe on George Tiller's Legacy
Beacon Broadside: The Legacy of George Tiller, by Carole Joffe (Sociology, UC Davis): "It comes down to who is the patient. Is the woman the patient, or is the fetus the patient? One or other is the patient...

Lawsuit: Rehab Center Abandoned Patient
An Iowa nursing home abandoned a brain damaged patient at a local hospital and refused to resume care once the patient was treated, a lawsuit filed by the hospital claims. The lawsuit states that Broadlawns Medical Center informed the patient?s family a week after he arrived that he was ready to return to the Granger [...

Torts
Introduction to Torts

Breast Cancer Patient Awarded $8.1 Million in Discrimination Case
Breast Cancer Patient Awarded $8.1 Million in Discrimination Case

Patient Awarded $10 Million
In Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

Boat Crash
Police officer awarded $100,000 settlement after crashing into bridge piling while on duty.

New York City
$1.5 million settlement after a family of four was killed by an off duty drunken police officer.

Motorcycle Cop Accident
Erie police officer awarded $150,000 workers compensation settlement after sustaining serious injuries while on duty.

Doctor Paralyzes Patient
Hospital agrees to $3.7 million settlement in malpractice lawsuit.