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Impact Trauma As Legal Cause Of Cancer, Donald J. Ladanyi Jan 1971

Impact Trauma As Legal Cause Of Cancer, Donald J. Ladanyi

Cleveland State Law Review

Consider the following hypothetical situation: A voluptuous blonde is window shopping along New York's fashionable Fifth Avenue. Her trek brings her to a corner street intersection which she begins to cross. A recklessly driven automobile careens around the corner and strikes the defenseless blonde pedestrian amidships, causing her to be hurled against a utility pole. Her breast strikes the pole and absorbs the full effect of the impact. A local hospital determines that her injuries consist of only a black and blue bruise spot on her breast. The swelling, due to the injury, subsides and the discoloration disappears within a …


Chiropractors As Expert Medical Witnesses, Ronald J. Zele Jan 1971

Chiropractors As Expert Medical Witnesses, Ronald J. Zele

Cleveland State Law Review

This paper examines the rules of evidence concerning the admissibility of testimony of chiropractors as expert medical witnesses.


Malpractice Actions Without Expert Medical Testimony, William P. Gibbons Jan 1971

Malpractice Actions Without Expert Medical Testimony, William P. Gibbons

Cleveland State Law Review

Fear of malpractice actions against them is causing physicians to "run scared." Some physicians now say that they feel that the threat of legal action has materially altered the practice of medicine. Defensively, some medical doctors say that they are ordering additional X-rays and lab tests, just to have them on record. Others say they are just plain afraid to try new techniques and diagnostic treatments because of the specter of a malpractice action. Innovative techniques carry additional risks, and some doctors admit that in some risky situations they merely do what will keep them out of trouble rather than …