Overlawyered » emergency medicine http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:22:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 “Treat within 4 hours” rule http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/treat-within-4-hours-rule/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/treat-within-4-hours-rule/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:09:34 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=26212 It actually turned out to lengthen patient stay times in UK emergency rooms, which did not surprise White Coat.

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  • Correct result, yet potential for mischief in latest SCOTUS climate ruling [Ilya Shapiro/Cato, my earlier take]
  • Wouldn’t even want to guess: how the Howard Stern show handles sexual harassment training [Hyman]
  • Philadelphia: $21 million award against emergency room handling noncompliant patient [Kennerly]
  • Antitrust assault on Google seems geared to protect competitors more than consumers [Josh Wright]
  • “They knew there was a risk!” Curb your indignation please [Coyote]
  • Theme issue of Reason magazine on failures of criminal justice system is now online;
  • “Why Your New Car Doesn’t Have a Spare Tire” [Sam Kazman, WSJ]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/july-7-roundup/feed/ 3     April 4 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/april-4-roundup-4/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/april-4-roundup-4/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 13:40:04 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=22347
  • Verbal fireworks from Judge Kozinski in Ninth Circuit “stolen valor” case [Above the Law]
  • Measure of artificially contrived scarcity: “NYC Taxi Medallions Approach $1 Million.” Would officials in Washington, D.C. really consider introducing such a destructive system? [Perry, more]
  • Workers’ comp OK’d in case where simulated chicken head blamed for subsequent emotional disability [Lowering the Bar]
  • “NBA referee sues sports writer over tweet” [Siouxsie Law] “Lessons from Dan Snyder’s Libel Suit” [Paul Alan Levy/CL&P, earlier]
  • Litigation rates similar for poor and good nursing homes, researchers find [US News] Effects of medical liability reform in Texas [White Coat, scroll] New York’s Cuomo caves on medical liability plan [Heritage] Sued if you do, sued if you don’t in the emergency room [same]
  • “Federal Government Wants to Bully School Bullies, and Demands School Help” [Doherty, Bader, Popehat, Bernstein] New York law firm launches school-bullying practice [Constitutional Daily]
  • Mass tort settlements: “The market for specious claims” [S. Todd Brown, Buffalo, SSRN]
  • Could Gene McCarthy’s candidacy have survived Arizona elections law? [Trevor Burrus, HuffPo]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/april-4-roundup-4/feed/ 3     2 year old takes methadone, doctors told to pay $2 million http://overlawyered.com/2011/03/2-year-old-takes-methadone-doctors-told-to-pay-2-million/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/03/2-year-old-takes-methadone-doctors-told-to-pay-2-million/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 05:06:01 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=21749 Alabama: “A Jefferson County jury has awarded $2.4 million from an emergency physicians group to the mother of a 2-year-old who died after ingesting methadone.” Lawyers said the emergency department failed to take proper steps to rule out drug overdose as a reason for the child’s condition. [AP/WHNT via White Coat]

    Plus: A more explanatory news account (h/t commenter John Rohan).

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  • Couldn’t sue the bees for stinging, but could get a $1.6 million judgment against the emergency room doc [NJLRA]
  • Eurodoom: “EU to ban selling eggs by dozen” [Telegraph]
  • “Oklahoma’s Unnecessary Law to Ban Citation of Sharia and International Law” [Ku/Opinio Juris, earlier]
  • Shortage of generic anesthetics, and what’s behind it [Throckmorton, Great Zs, earlier]
  • Hardball litigation tactics contribute to bad odor of consumer debt buyers [Felix Salmon]
  • Interview with blogger Carlos Miller (Photography is Not a Crime) [Simon Owens, Bloggasm]
  • Conyers “oil spill” bill would slyly expand litigation chances elsewhere [Drug and Device Law]
  • Prosecutors deploy hate crimes law against… mortgage fraud? [NYT via PoL] 241 inmates serving life sentences claimed the federal homebuyer tax credit [CNBC]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/06/june-28-roundup/feed/ 2     May 22 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2010/05/may-22-roundup-3/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/05/may-22-roundup-3/#comments Sat, 22 May 2010 05:08:49 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=17445
  • No answer at 911? “Florida Verdict May Threaten EMS Availability” [White Coat]
  • New Orleans politico Steve Theriot drops suit seeking identities of online critics [Times-Picayune and more, NYT "Media Decoder", Slabbed, earlier]
  • On a vial of anesthetic: “One patient use only.” Nevada jury finds that warning inadequate to prevent multiple patient use and awards $500 million in punitives [Carter at Point of Law, Abnormal Use] More: Ted at PoL.
  • Floodgates to litigation? “Parent Can Sue Ex for Turning Children Against Him” [NJLJ]
  • Lawyer who isn’t honest is a threat to the social order: noted Allentown, Pa. attorney gets 6 1/2 years for fraud [Legal Intelligencer, earlier]
  • “Another European Prosecution for Insulting Religion” [Volokh; pop star Dorota Rabczewska, Poland]
  • A lawyer’s advice: try to get those Rand Paul types off your jury [Turkewitz]
  • If SEIU craves respectability, maybe it shouldn’t send mobs to besiege bank execs at their homes [Nina Easton, Fortune, cross-posted from Cato at Liberty; related from PoL last year; more from Big Journalism including role of D.C. police, but note denials on last point]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/05/may-22-roundup-3/feed/ 3     Making defibrillators available http://overlawyered.com/2010/05/making-defibrillators-available/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/05/making-defibrillators-available/#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 05:04:33 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=17257 A bill in the California legislature held out hope for encouraging wider adoption of the lifesaving devices, but couldn’t make it past the Litigation Lobby. [John Frith, California Civil Justice Blog]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/05/making-defibrillators-available/feed/ 3     “How much unnecessary testing goes on in the ER?” http://overlawyered.com/2009/11/how-much-unnecessary-testing-goes-on-in-the-er/ http://overlawyered.com/2009/11/how-much-unnecessary-testing-goes-on-in-the-er/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:06:46 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=14595 “Plenty, if you ask the people most familiar with the situation, the emergency physicians themselves.” [KevinMD, Emergency Physicians Monthly, White Coat, WSJ Law Blog] Relatedly: “Just to be sure: an ER slippery slope” [MedRants, WhiteCoat] And yesterday, from the AP.

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2009/11/how-much-unnecessary-testing-goes-on-in-the-er/feed/ 8     Blogging his own malpractice trial http://overlawyered.com/2009/06/blogging-his-own-malpractice-trial/ http://overlawyered.com/2009/06/blogging-his-own-malpractice-trial/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:24:35 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=11501 stethoscopeWhite Coat’s trial is in fact concluded, so he’s not liveblogging it, but recounting it after the fact; posting while the trial was in progress was what got Boston pediatrician “Flea” into so much trouble a couple of years ago after the posts came to the attention of opposing lawyers. [first, second posts] Some reactions: Eric Turkewitz, MedicineThink.

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