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Medical Malpractice
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Zalma on Insurance
A Self-Insurance Plan Constitutes “Insurance”
By Barry Zalma
Self Insurance is Excess Over Primary Insurance Post 4572 Employment Plan is Insurance Because it Transferred Risk and Contained Claim, Exclusion, and Priority Provisions. In Ajay Kolli, & c. et…
Microjuris Blog
Supremo limita aplicación automática de inmunidad de Ley PREP en casos de impericia médica
En una decisión de 5 a 4, el Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico resolvió que la inmunidad de la Ley PREP no puede aplicarse automáticamente para desestimar reclamaciones por impericia…
Bill Madden's Blog
Medical: Contributory negligence & NEL damages (NSW).
By Bill Madden
Peterkin v Tadros (No 2) [2026] NSWSC 1325 (Link to Caselaw). This decision followed an earlier judgment (Peterkin v Tadros [2026] NSWSC 1185) in relation to liability, following which the…
Bill Madden's Blog
Medical: Limitation extension (WA).
By Bill Madden
Hyde v South Metropolitan Health Service [2026] WADC 102 (Link to JADE). This matter concerned the court’s discretion to extend time under s 39(3) and s 39(4) Limitation Act 2005…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Split SCC: Anesthesiologist must pay $12M for brain damage after C-section
The high court clarified the test for establishing responsibility for injuries caused by negligence
P.I.S.S.D.
How Medical Negligence Claims Work: A Step-by-Step Guide
By Bob Kraft
When a healthcare provider’s actions fall short of accepted medical standards and cause harm to a patient, the result can be devastating physically, emotionally, and financially. Understanding how medical negligence…
A Lawyer Writes
A fresh vision
The entire civil and administrative justice system needs to be integrated and reformed, according to a paper published by the Nuffield Foundation this morning. All eight frontline regulators and their…
Australian Emergency Law
Doctor suspended for assaulting a patient in the Emergency Room
By M. Eburn
A doctor in Victoria has been reprimanded and suspended for six months after he struck a patient in the face, twice, and abused him. The longer story is that the patient…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
When Nursing Homes Fail: What Families Need to Know and What the Law Can Do
By Joseph Ciaccio, Partner overseeing the Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury Litigation Departments Van Duyn Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Syracuse, New York, has been under an admissions freeze since January after repeated…
AGP & Co Insights
Αν η υπόθεση Μαζωνάκη είχε συμβεί στην Κύπρο
Αν τα περιστατικά που διερευνώνται στην υπόθεση του θανάτου του Γιώργου Μαζωνάκη είχαν συμβεί σε ιατρείο στην Κύπρο, ποια θα ήταν τα κρίσιμα νομικά ερωτήματα; Θα εξεταζόταν πρόκληση θανάτου από…