Posts tagged defective products

• Expert Witness Fees or Windfalls?

  Steve Klearman | March 23, 2007 6:52 AM | 2 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Nevada medical malpractice cases were put on the road to extinction several years ago by a voter-approved initiative that restricted lawsuits to such an extent that many attorneys stopped practicing in this area altogether.I still do and will continue to. But I've noticed that as medical malpractice lawsuits have become more limited, doctor's expert fees have continued to spiral. Several days...

• Get Records from Nevada Doctors

  Steve Klearman | May 09, 2007 8:57 AM | 1 CommentReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  As I've pointed out many times now, there is a one-year statute of limitations in many Nevada medical malpractice cases.This means that if you request your medical records from your doctor, you should not let your doctor's office delay provision of records for more than a week or two.Undue delay in obtaining records could compromise your ability to bring your case. If you have problems getting...

• How Private is Your Health Information?

  Steve Klearman | December 14, 2006 2:20 PM | 1 CommentReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  This will be an ongoing topic starting today. As a technology-obsessed attorney, our privacy as healthcare consumers interests (distresses) me.A recent example: I had a small, simple auto accident case in which my client was the passenger in a vehcle that was hit. Clear liability any way you look at it. My client broke bones. Her only medical claim related to those broken bones. ...

• Evidentiary Privileges in Nevada

  Steve Klearman | November 30, 2006 8:59 AM | 1 CommentReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The evidentiary concept of "privilege" protects certain types of disclosures in certain situations.NRS 49.015 provides, generally:49.015. Privileges recognized only as provided1. Except as otherwise required by the Constitution of theUnited States or of the State of Nevada, and except as provided inthis Title or Title 14 of NRS, no person has a privilege to:(a) Refuse to be a witness;(b) Refuse...

• South Dakota Jail for Judges Initiative

  Steve Klearman | October 18, 2006 9:45 AM | 1 CommentReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Ever wonder what sort of recourse you have against a judge?There's a fascinating and disturbing constitutional amendment on South Dakota's November ballot.Here's an editorial dated October 17, 2006 from the Press & Dakotan, which can be found at http://www.yankton.net/stories/101706/opEd_796101706.shtml:South Dakota's proposed Constitutional Amendment E -- the so-called J.A.I.L. amendment -- on...

• Politics and Drugs

  Steve Klearman | April 03, 2006 11:45 AM | 1 CommentReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  This set of observations come from the Greedy Trial Lawyer blog at http://www.greedytriallawyer.com. I reproduce this here in an attempt to occasionally touch upon the unsavory relationship between our pharmaceutical companies and our politicians:In the closing days of the 2005 legislative year, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and the White House fail to obtain the needed support for a...

• Nevada Slow to Inspect Endoscopy And Other Surgery Centers

  Steve Klearman | March 13, 2008 3:33 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Reno Gazette reports that the State Health Division has fallen behind in inspecting surgical centers for more than 10 years and has failed to inspect half of all centers over the past six years as is called for by Federal guidelines.More specifically, State inspectors failed to inspect 22 of Nevada's 50 surgical centers over the last six years and at least one center has gone without...

• Reno Surgery Center Situation Different So Far From Las Vegas Hepatitis Scare

  Steve Klearman | March 10, 2008 2:56 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  I've been travelling for depositions the last few days while the story of deficiencies among ambulatory surgery centers has been brewing.What's clear from the recent publicity regarding surgery centers other than the infamous Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada is that not so much is clear. Apparently when the State determined that as many as 40,000 people who visited the Southern Nevada house...

• Nevada Hepatitis Links

  Steve Klearman | March 07, 2008 2:13 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Here's a great link to the Las Vegas Review Journal's Clearinghouse page of links. Highly recommended! Review Journal Links on Hepatitis Scarel

• Nevadans Question Vaccinations

  Steve Klearman | March 07, 2008 2:09 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  According to an article from PBS: Newshour Extra dated March 7, 2008, a number of parents are blaming vaccinations for the emergence of autism in their children.Parents are filing their cases in a "federal vaccine court," which was set up to protect vaccine makers from bankruptcy. If the vaccination companies are found at fault, the award plaintiffs will come from a government fund and not from...