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MS Litigation Review & Commentary
Senator Buck Clarke Sacrifices Vulnerable Adults for Profits of Bad Nursing Homes
As discussed in this March 1 post, State Senate Insurance Committee Chairman Buck Clarke killed a bill that would have required Mississippi nursing homes to carry $500,000 in liability insurance…
Health Care and Life Sciences
Senator Buck Clarke Sacrifices Vulnerable Adults for Profits of Bad Nursing Homes
As discussed in this March 1 post, State Senate Insurance Committee Chairman Buck Clarke killed a bill that would have required Mississippi nursing homes to carry $500,000 in liability insurance…
EvidenceProf Blog
High Risk Insurance: Court Of Appeals Of Iowa Finds Evidence Of Liability Insurance Admissible To Impeach Plaintiff
By Colin Miller
Like its federal counterpart, Iowa Rule of Evidence 5-411 provides that Evidence that a person was or was not insured against liability is not admissible upon the issue whether he acted negligently or otherwise wrongfully.…
Health Care and Life Sciences
Mississippi Nursing Home Owners Fighting Requirement For Liability Insurance
Sid Salter with the Clarion-Ledger penned this story yesterday about the efforts of Mississippi nursing home owners to defeat a bill pending in the legislature that would require nursing homes…
MS Litigation Review & Commentary
Mississippi Nursing Home Owners Fighting Requirement For Liability Insurance
Sid Salter with the Clarion-Ledger penned this story yesterday about the efforts of Mississippi nursing home owners to defeat a bill pending in the legislature that would require nursing homes…
Business and Commercial
Miss. Court of Appeals Rules that a Party who Lost Motion in Limine Waives Objection by Mentioning the Evidence at Trial
In a 5–4 [correction: 4-5-1] decision in Wright v. Royal Carpet Services, the Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that a party who loses a motion in limine waives…
The Right Coast
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PropertyProf Blog
Local Government Liability Under Federal Law at University of Florida
By propertyprof
The University of Florida's law school is hosting a symposium on "Local Government Liability Under Federal Law: Regulating the Sacred and the Profane” on Friday, February 12. It will be the…
InsureReinsure
Oklahoma Federal Court Holds Claim For Misrepresentations in Home Sale Not Covered By Homeowners’ Liability Policy
The United States District Court for Oklahoma recently ruled that homeowners’ liability policies (primary and excess) did not cover a homebuyer’s lawsuit against the insured sellers for misrepresenting the condition…
Med Law Blog
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds Liability Against Medical Records Retrieval Company In Lawsuit Over Copying Fees
Contributed by Paul Welk, Esquire 412.594.5536, pwelk@tuckerlaw.com In Liss & Marion PC v. Recordex Acquisition Corp., the Pennsylvania Supreme Court examined whether a class of law firms who requested medical…