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Liability insurers may have duty to defend against federal prosecutions, California Court of Appeal holds

  • Barger & Wolen LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 6 2013

The Second Appellate District of California held on May 1 in Mt. Hawley Ins. Co. v. Lopez that California Insurance Code section 533.5(b) does not

Doctor’s sympathetic statement to patient cannot be used as evidence of liability

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 7 2013

On April 23, 2013, the Ohio Supreme Court issued its opinion in Estate of Johnson v. Randall Smith, Inc., Slip Opinion No. 2013-Ohio-1507. In Johnson

Malpractice actions by multiple clients for separate services do not constitute related claims

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 1 2013

The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, First Department, has held that four lawsuits alleging legal malpractice arising out of a mass

Novel “bad faith admission” EMTALA theory survives motion to dismiss

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 2 2013

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California recently denied Contra Costa Regional Medical Center's (CCRMC) motion to dismiss

The Seventh Circuit bars malpractice coverage for an insured law firm despite the firm’s subjective belief that it represented its client correctly

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 23 2013

In Koransky, Bouwer & Poracky, P.C. v. The Bar Plan Mutual Ins. Co., No. 12-1579 (7th Cir. Apr. 2, 2013), the Seventh Circuit affirmed summary

Fourth Circuit upholds lengthy “stent” for interventional cardiologist

  • Williams Mullen
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 25 2013

Can a cardiologist be sent to prison for performing medically unnecessary stent procedures, even though he stented a considerably lower percentage of

Negligent credentialing claim recognizable under Massachusetts law

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 8 2013

A recent Massachusetts Superior Court decision recognizes a claim against a hospital for "negligent credentialing." The court in Rabelo v. Nasif, et

Plaintiffs in hepatitis C action awarded $500 million in punitive damages from two UnitedHealth Group subsidiaries

  • American Health Lawyers Association
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 15 2013

A Nevada jury April 9 found two UnitedHealth Group Inc. subsidiaries must pay $500 million in punitive damages for failing to adequately oversee Dr

Supreme Court of Ohio protects physician’s statement of comfort under Apology Statute

  • Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 30 2013

On April 23, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio reversed the decision of the Eleventh District Court of Appeals and applied Ohio Revised Code 2317.43

Public policy precludes enforcement of voluntary payments clause in lawyers professional liability policy

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 26 2012

The Appellate Court of Illinois has held that a legal malpractice insurer owed a duty to defend an attorney who admitted to making a mistake in a client's will because a provision of the policy precluding the attorney from admitting liability without consent of his insurer violated public policy