Posts tagged malpractice

• Rick Santorum - Just another Hypocrite

  Jon Lewis | June 12, 2011 12:16 PM | 3 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  It is just amazing. When will people wake up? At the YMCA in Mountain Brook this morning, I was working out on one of my favorite elliptical machines, and Meet the Press came on the TV. David...

• Question Your Lawyer

  Pete Burns | February 21, 2011 11:11 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  We entrust some of our most important matters to attorneys. If the attorney you hire fails to properly represent you will you be able to recover your damages from your attorney? Most attorneys have...

• Medical malpractice reform again

  Danny Feldman | January 18, 2011 12:13 PM | 6 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  I do not hande medical malpractice cases for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is that they are almost impossible to win, at least in Alabama, and that they are ridiculously expensive to...

• John Stossel - The Wrestler

  Jon Lewis | July 13, 2010 10:17 AM | 24 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Dear John, Is there anything worse than a parasitic trial lawyer? How about a hypocritical, fake journalist who won't respond to facts? Your program the other night criticized trial lawyers. You...

• Should states require attorneys practicing in their state to have insurance?

  Troy Schwant | March 21, 2010 11:27 AM | 2 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Our office has handled a significant number of legal malpractice cases over the years, and lately it is becoming apparent that attorneys that play fast and loose with the rules of law, are also...

• The Dirty Secret About Health Care Reform No One Will Tell You!

  Greg Cusimano | February 28, 2010 9:44 PM | 2 CommentsGadsden, AL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The Secret No One Will Tell About Health Care Reform “If you really want to reform health care and lower costs, do something about medical malpractice suits,” doctors are telling...

• Why Can't I Recover Everything I Lost?

  Pete Mackey | November 03, 2009 7:09 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I settled a case recently right before jury selection. It was a legal malpractice case. My client had lost a good bit of money because the lawyer representing him in a real estate transaction did...

• AHA Advocates substituting good ole boys for juries

  Pete Burns | October 21, 2009 9:14 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The American Hospital Association is advancing a bizarre version of malpractice “reform”. It advocates substituting a local panel of experts appointed by state authorities for juries....

• Study Does Not Support Changing Med-Mal Tort System

  Billy Cunningham | September 18, 2009 1:34 PM | 1 CommentMobile, AL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In December, 2008, the Congressional Budget Office (“CBO”) prepared a study paper entitled Key Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposals. One of the issues addressed...

• Replace "Deny & Defend" with "Honesty & Apology"

  Pete Burns | September 13, 2009 12:41 PM | 1 CommentMobile, AL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Tying “Tort Reform” to health insurance reform could benefit both the doctors and the patients. The typical victim of a medical error wants fair compensation not a lawsuit. Most doctors...