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BBC News Patient at Broadmoor loses appealBBC NewsA Broadmoor Hospital patient has lost his legal battle to be freed in a mental health tribunal ruling that has made legal history. Albert Haines, who has been diagnosed with a personality disorder, is the first Broadmoor psychiatric patient to have his …Broadmoor patient loses appeal bidThe Press [...]

Four defendants in a medical malpractice trial emerged victorious when a jury found that the man whose death was at the center of the case was halfway responsible for his demise. Under Georgia law, plaintiffs can recover damages only if the defendants are found to be more than 50 percent liable. View full post on [...]

In a swift and unanimous decision, the Georgia Supreme Court on Monday green-lighted medical malpractice claims against a psychiatrist over his reduction of medication to a mentally ill patient in the months prior to the patient killing his mother. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

Motorists Reminded to be Patient, Obey School Bus Stopping LawPatch.comMotorists convicted of violating Pennsylvania's school bus stopping law face a $250 fine, five points on their driving record and a 60-day license suspension. Under state law, motorists approaching a school bus with its red lights flashing and stop arm …and more » View full post on [...]

CINCINNATI – A federal judge in Ohio on July 7 overruled objections from a plaintiff in an employment discrimination lawsuit to a magistrate judge’s ruling denying her motion to compel the records of nonparty patients after finding that the information was privileged (Vicki Kapp v. Jewish Hospital Inc., et al., No. 09-CV-949, S.D. Ohio; 2011 [...]

THE Weed Blog (blog) Patient, physicians testify to halt Montana medical marijuana reform lawThe MissoulianThey, some physicians and others testified during the first day of a hearing in a lawsuit filed by the Montanan Cannabis Industry Association and others asking District Judge James Reynolds to issue an injunction to prevent the new law from taking [...]

A personal injury lawyer has been suspended for three months after getting ensnared in a sting of a clinic that prosecutors said was operating as a “fraud factory” by allegedly staging sham accidents and submitting bogus insurance claims. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

Walgreen accused of selling patient dataReutersNEW YORK, March 11 (Reuters Legal) – A lawsuit filed in California this week accuses national drug-store chain Walgreen Co of unlawfully selling medical information gleaned from patient prescriptions, another front in the battle over …and more » View full post on legal – Google News

Muskegon Chronicle – MLive.com Judge Upholds Walmart's Firing Of Medical Marijuana PatientThe 420 Times“The fundamental problem with (Casias') case is that the (medical marijuana law) does not regulate private employment,” US District Judge Robert Jonker …Judge Okays Walmart's Firing of Medical Marijuana UserWall Street Journal (blog)Judge upholds Walmart's firing of Michigan medical marijuana userMuskegon Chronicle [...]

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com01072011 West Palm Beach, FL, US Sandra Quinlan Sandra Quinlan Oneida, NYA Canastota couple filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against an Oneida doctor, seeking punitive damages for severe emotional distress, mental anguish and pain and suffering, according to a Jan. 6, 2011 Oneida Daily Dispatch report. The civil suit, filed on … View [...]