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Pulliam V. Coastal Emergency Services Of Richmond, Inc.: Reconsidering The Standard Of Review And Constitutionality Of Virginia's Medical Malpractice, Elizabeth Keith
Pulliam V. Coastal Emergency Services Of Richmond, Inc.: Reconsidering The Standard Of Review And Constitutionality Of Virginia's Medical Malpractice, Elizabeth Keith
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
Consider the following scenario. A plaintiff is injured in a devastating automobile accident and a jury finds the other driver negligent. As a result of that driver's negligence, the plaintiff is now a quadriplegic. The jury, after careful deliberation and calculation, awards $4.5 million to the plaintiff consisting of both economic damages for past and future medical expenses, as well as non-economic damages for pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment of life. Now consider a similar scenario. The plaintiff is a patient who is injured during a low-risk surgical procedure and a jury finds the surgeon negligent. As a …
Adverse Drug Reactions: Harnessing Experiential Data To Promote Patient Welfare, Barbara A. Noah
Adverse Drug Reactions: Harnessing Experiential Data To Promote Patient Welfare, Barbara A. Noah
Faculty Scholarship
Part I of this Article evaluates the pre-approval and post-approval regulatory framework governing prescription drugs, and the FDA's spontaneous reporting system for adverse events, as it contrasts that system with the regulatory mechanisms used to monitor risks associated with other products. Part II summarizes the recent series of prescription drug marketing withdrawals prompted by reports of unexpected adverse reactions. Finally, Part III offers some possible solutions designed to improve the efficiency of postapproval surveillance so that fewer patients will suffer the consequences of unexpected adverse drug reactions and interactions. This Article concludes that the existing regulatory system requires fundamental reprioritization …
The Power Of Myth: A Comment On Des Rosiers' Therapeutic Jurisprudence And Appellate Adjudication, Edward A. Dauer
The Power Of Myth: A Comment On Des Rosiers' Therapeutic Jurisprudence And Appellate Adjudication, Edward A. Dauer
Seattle University Law Review
In the American legal system, the myths surrounding judicial decision-making may pose significant impediments to achieving therapeutic jurisprudence. Courts, we are taught, are confined to the preexisting law, applying it to the conflict as the law itself requires that the conflict be framed. This is, in many ways that matter, a belief system that is not conducive to the therapeutic jurisprudence way.