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Venue back on the menu? Proposed rule change could shift the landscape of medical malpractice in the Commonwealth

Health Law Gurus

Change may be coming soon to Pennsylvania’s medical malpractice venue rule (Rule 1006(a.1))—a 1))—a change that could send medical malpractice filings in Philadelphia skyrocketing. Notably, the report did not draw any conclusions as to what impacts eliminating the medical malpractice venue rule may have.

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Is the Violation Right of Access or Information Blocking? Part 1 of 2

AIHC

Enforcement date: The HIPAA Privacy Rule was first enforced in the United States on April 14, 2003. We also encourage consulting with your malpractice Risk Attorney. If consulting with your malpractice company isn’t an option, it is highly advised to seek legal advice from a HIPAA privacy expert.

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Removal, Severance & Rule 21

Drug & Device Law

That started us thinking about other uses of severance of non-indispensable parties to preserve diversity – particularly, as in the Rejuvenate case, medical malpractice defendants in product liability litigation – to preserve federal diversity jurisdiction. We most recently returned to this issue here , where we discussed Sullivan v.

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Guest Post – More on Expert Gatekeeping in West Virginia

Drug & Device Law

2003) (citation and quotation marks omitted); see also State v. In exercising its role as evidentiary “gatekeeper” confronting scientific testimony, court must make a preliminary determination of “whether the reasoning or methodology underlying the testimony is scientifically valid” before the jury may receive it. State ex rel. See, Otto v.

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Live Free, or at Least Have a Present Injury

Drug & Device Law

135, 156-57 (2003); Metro-North Commuter Railroad Co. Right now, the schedule for the meeting has debate on the “Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Medical Malpractice & Miscellaneous Provisions” – which includes the medical monitoring proposal – set for Monday, May 22 at 10:30 a.m. Ayers , 538 U.S. Buckley , 521 U.S.