Kirk Hartley
Who Knew: There is a Clinical Robotics Law Journal
The times they are a changing. The other day, I stumbled across the Clinical Robotics Law Journal, after being intrigued by a February...
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Kirk Hartley
- Dec 7, 2018
- 1 min
Marchant and Lindor: “Genomic Malpractice: An Emerging Tide or Gentle Ripple?”
Yes, there is medical malpractice as to genomic information. The first real study on the topic is from ASU’s Gary Marchant (PhD in...
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Kirk Hartley
- Aug 24, 2018
- 3 min
$40 Million Medical Malpractice Settlement – A Child’s Life Remains Destroyed
Caps on medical malpractice verdicts raise real issues of due process, right to trial and fundamental fairness. Therefore, it seems...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jul 25, 2018
- 3 min
“Jury awards $12M for failure to diagnose lung cancer”
Caps on medical malpractice verdicts raise real issues of due process, right to trial and fundamental fairness. Therefore, it seems...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jul 13, 2018
- 1 min
The Indiana Chapter of Medical Malpractice Claims
A July 6, 2018 paper in SSRN, from experienced investigators, provides an apparently notable body of evidence about medical malpractice...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jul 12, 2018
- 1 min
The Pennsylvania Chapter of Medical Malpractice “Tort Reform,” State Reserve Funds, and
Yesterday, it was Wisconsin. Today, it’s yet another chapter in the saga of medical malpractice statutes lies in ongoing issues in...
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Kirk Hartley
- Nov 7, 2016
- 1 min
Broad Study Finds No Impact for Medical Malpractice Damages Caps as Tools to Adjust the Supply of Ph
A new study highlights an irony as to the value (or not) of damages caps in medical malpractice cases as a tool for adjusting the supply...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jul 8, 2015
- 4 min
Childbirth Left Her a Quadriplegic After Medical Malpractice; How Would Damages Caps Be Fair to this
Advocates of damages caps in medical malpractice cases seldom, if ever, confront the gross unfairness of leaving on one person the...
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Kirk Hartley
- Apr 22, 2015
- 1 min
Advice from a Doctor on How to Encourage MORE Medical Malpractice Claims
Priceless tongue-in-cheek advice from a physician on how to attract medical malpractice claims. The advice is provided at...
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Kirk Hartley
- Dec 1, 2014
- 3 min
A Potential Blockbuster – California Supreme Court to Review Constitutionality of Caps on Medi
A potential new blockbuster case is now in the works because the California Supreme Court agreed to review the constitutionality of...
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Kirk Hartley
- Nov 7, 2014
- 1 min
Chicagoans Contribute Facts to the Arguments About Caps on Medical Malpractice Recoveries
Some Chicagoans at Northwestern have contributed a factual study to the arguments back and forth about caps on medical malpractice...
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Kirk Hartley
- Oct 22, 2014
- 1 min
RAND Speaks Again – Factual Evidence Knocks Out Medical Malpractice Myths
Forbes and others are reporting on the latest set of facts and research on effects – or lack of effects – from so-called “medical...
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Kirk Hartley
- Nov 7, 2013
- 2 min
New Data on Med Mal Cases in the US
Courtesy of a post and link from the Torts Prof Blog, readers can go here to Beckers to see excerpts of new data from Aon (an insurance...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jul 3, 2013
- 3 min
Data for the Medical Malpractice Debate – 2012 Results for ISMIE
A June 24, 2013 story in Crain’s Chicago Business by Andrew Wang brings factual news relevant to the ceaseless arguments on whether there...
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Kirk Hartley
- May 17, 2013
- 3 min
“Learning from Litigation” – Study by UCLA Law Professor Suggests Medical Malpract
A New York Times oped article today urges that medical malpractice litigation is serving a positive role in efforts to reduce the...
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Kirk Hartley
- Mar 5, 2013
- 2 min
More Data Estimates on the Breadth of Medical Malpractice, and Its Apparent Preventability
A new JAMA Internal Medicine commentary article highlighted by PopTort via HuffPost makes for interesting but depressing reading in...
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Kirk Hartley
- Oct 30, 2012
- 2 min
More Evidence to Destroy the Myth of a Medical Malpractice Crisis
Who needs a real crisis – just create one by repeatedly claiming there is a crisis. Sooner or later, the repetition takes over and the...
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Kirk Hartley
- Aug 2, 2012
- 2 min
The Battles Continue on Medical Malpractice Legislation
Caps on damages for medical malpractice are back in the news. The renewed arguing arises because the Missouri Suprem Court just struck...
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Kirk Hartley
- Dec 13, 2011
- 2 min
When Medical Malpractice Happens, the Best Answer Remains Admitting Fault, Apologizing and Paying th
Business Insurance has a new article by Louise Kertesz on the best strategy for dealing with medical malpractice – admitting fault,...
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Kirk Hartley
- Dec 11, 2011
- 3 min
Medical Malpractice – How Would Liability Caps Be Fair to this Victim ?
"Tort reformers" (usually insurance companies) often argue that damages caps of $1 million or $ 500,000 are "fair." Consider such...
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