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OIG revises Self-Disclosure Protocol (SDP)

  • Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 23 2013

On April 17, 2013, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published the revised

United States Supreme Court issues decision regarding enforcement of pre-dispute nursing home arbitration agreements

  • Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 7 2012

The Supreme Court of the United States recently reversed a decision of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, which had “held that ’as a matter of public policy under West Virginia law, an arbitration clause in a nursing home admission agreement adopted prior to an occurrence of negligence that results in a personal injury or wrongful death, shall not be enforced to compel arbitration of a dispute concerning the negligence.’”

Georgia court grants motion to arbitrate

  • Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 23 2012

A Georgia trial court recently entered an order staying litigation involving claims of medical malpractice and ordered those claims to be pursued in arbitration pursuant to a pre-dispute arbitration agreement

EMTALA case update

  • Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
  • -
  • Puerto Rico, USA
  • -
  • January 10 2012

Provided below is an overview of three recent federal court decisions regarding the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA

Georgia Supreme Court upholds exemption of med-mal actions from statute of limitations tolling statute

  • Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 3 2010

On July 23, 2010, in a 5-2 decision, the Supreme Court of Georgia rejected a constitutional challenge to a Georgia statute that exempts medical malpractice cases from the rule that statutes of limitation are tolled for those who are incapacitated due to mental disability

Georgia Supreme Court strikes down non-economic damage caps: tort reform limits held to infringe right to jury trial

  • Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 24 2010

In the final installment of three recent decisions by the Georgia Supreme Court regarding the constitutionality of tort reform measures passed by the General Assembly in 2005, the state’s high court struck down a cap on non-economic damages (e.g., pain and suffering) in medical malpractice cases, declaring the cap to be a violation of the right to jury trial provided for by the Georgia Constitution