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Articles 31 - 55 of 55
Full-Text Articles in Medical Jurisprudence
Teaching Harbeson, David K. Dewolf
Erisa Preemption Of Medical Malpractice Claims: Can Managed Care Organizations Avoid Vicarious Liability?, J. Bradley Buckhalter
Erisa Preemption Of Medical Malpractice Claims: Can Managed Care Organizations Avoid Vicarious Liability?, J. Bradley Buckhalter
Seattle University Law Review
This Comment begins by briefly discussing the theory of respondeat superior and the vicarious liability of MCOs for the negligence of affiliated physicians.' Next, the section presents an overview of ERISA, focusing on ERISA's preemption of laws that impact employee benefit plans, particularly medical malpractice claims brought against MCOs seeking to hold them vicariously liable for an affiliated physician's negligence. Section III applies current ERISA preemption doctrine to a situation such as Peterson's, in which a plaintiff attempts to hold an MCO vicariously liable for an affiliated physician's negligence. Section IV concludes that, given the current state of ERISA preemption …
Telemedicine And Integrated Health Care Delivery: Compounding Malpractice Liability, Patricia C. Kuszler
Telemedicine And Integrated Health Care Delivery: Compounding Malpractice Liability, Patricia C. Kuszler
Articles
This Article considers how theories of medical negligence might be applied in the context of telemedicine and integrated delivery health plans. Part Two summarizes the history of telemedicine, its increasing breadth of application and opportunity and promise for the future. Part Three reviews traditional negligence principles and precedents and demonstrates how they might be applied when a telemedicine interaction results in negligence and harm to the patient. Part Four discusses evolving theories of shared liability applicable to health plans and managed care entities. Finally, Part Five demonstrates how shared liability theories will be applied to situations involving telemedicine technologies.
Negligent Hiv Testing And False-Positive Plaintiffs: Pardoning The Traditional Prerequisites For Emotional Distress Recovery, Nicholas M. Coquillard
Negligent Hiv Testing And False-Positive Plaintiffs: Pardoning The Traditional Prerequisites For Emotional Distress Recovery, Nicholas M. Coquillard
Cleveland State Law Review
This Note focuses upon the unique circumstances surrounding false-positive plaintiffs' claims. Part II examines the recent surge of litigation resulting from false-positive test results. The discussion begins by analyzing HIV antibody testing and procedure and concludes by noting that negligent testing is the prevailing factor in faulty diagnosis. Part III explores negligent infliction of emotional distress as a cause of action for false-positive plaintiffs. This section begins by tracing the historical development of the law on negligent infliction of emotional distress. The discussion focuses on both the development and abandonment of the traditional limitations placed upon emotional distress recovery. Part …
The Nursing Profession In The 1990'S: Negligence And Malpractice Liability, Frank J. Cavico, Nancy M. Cavico
The Nursing Profession In The 1990'S: Negligence And Malpractice Liability, Frank J. Cavico, Nancy M. Cavico
Cleveland State Law Review
Since expanded responsibility portends increased liability, a thorough understanding of the law must be achieved for nurses' rights to be adequately protected and for nurses to be held properly accountable for their legal obligations. This work examines the legal rights, responsibilities, and particularly the potential legal liability of the nurse, in the contexts of modem nursing practice and current statutes and case law. The work focuses on one major aspect of the nurse's legal liability -the tort, or civil wrong, of negligence.
One Hundred Years Of Harmful Error: The Historical Jurisprudence Of Medical Malpractice, Theodore Silver
One Hundred Years Of Harmful Error: The Historical Jurisprudence Of Medical Malpractice, Theodore Silver
Scholarly Works
In this Article, Professor Silver examines the origins of present-day malpractice law. He begins by noting that negligence and medical malpractice as the common law now knows them made their debut in the nineteenth century although their roots lie deep in the turf of trespass and assumpsit. He argues, however, that toward the turn of the century several episodes of linguistic laziness purported to produce a separation between negligence and medical malpractice so that the two fields are conventionally thought to rest on separate doctrinal foundations. According to Professor Silver, historically based scrutiny of medical malpractice and its ties to …
Wrongful Birth And Wrongful Life Actions Arising From Negligent Genetic Counseing: The Need For Legislation Supporting Reproductive Choice, Kathryn J. Jankowski
Wrongful Birth And Wrongful Life Actions Arising From Negligent Genetic Counseing: The Need For Legislation Supporting Reproductive Choice, Kathryn J. Jankowski
Fordham Urban Law Journal
The Note discusses wrongful birth and wrongful life actions arising from negligent genetic counseling and explains why they should be recognized statutorily. It details the technological advances in the field of genetics and their implications for the legal duty imposed upon the medical profession. The author traces the judicial developments that led to the gradual recognition of wrongful birth actions and the refusal to recognize wrongful life actions, as well as the recent legislation that has barred both wrongful birth and wrongful life actions. The author proposes a model statute based on the following policy considerations: (1) procreative choice is …
Informed Consent In Pennsylvania - The Need For A Negligence Standard, Lynne Heckert
Informed Consent In Pennsylvania - The Need For A Negligence Standard, Lynne Heckert
Villanova Law Review (1956 - )
No abstract provided.
Expanding The Negligence Concept: Retreat From The Rule Of Law, James A. Henderson Jr.
Expanding The Negligence Concept: Retreat From The Rule Of Law, James A. Henderson Jr.
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Legal Issues Relating To Electroconvulsive Therapy, H. Richard Beresford
Legal Issues Relating To Electroconvulsive Therapy, H. Richard Beresford
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
A survey of 54 psychiatric units disclosed that 49 (91%) were using electroconvulsive (ECT), principally for major depressive illnesses. During the five-year period 1964 to 1968, fractures and other complications of ECT were uncommon. Sudden death was reported in seven cases. During this period, none of the respondents or their affiliated physicians had been involved in lawsuits relating to the use of ECT. In general, suits for injuries occasioned by the use of ECT seem to be declining. Possible remaining problem areas are the performance of ECT without the prior consent of the patient; the failure to have facilities and …
Failure To Inform As Medical Malpractice, Stephen L. Edwards
Failure To Inform As Medical Malpractice, Stephen L. Edwards
Vanderbilt Law Review
It has long been recognized in American law that a proper patient-physician relationship is founded upon the technical competency of the physician. Before the advent of cases dealing with informed consent, a patient who had given his consent to proposed treatment could recover for injuries only when the physician had acted incompetently in the administration of the treatment. Within the past fifteen years, however, the courts have recognized that the maintenance of a proper patient-physician relationship depends not only upon the technical competency of the physician, but also upon the presence of effective communication between the two parties. Therefore, recent …
Pennsylvania's Good Samaritan Statute - An Answer To The Medical Profession's Dilemma, Joseph F. Busacca
Pennsylvania's Good Samaritan Statute - An Answer To The Medical Profession's Dilemma, Joseph F. Busacca
Villanova Law Review (1956 - )
No abstract provided.
Standards Of Care In Dentistry, Jerome A. Streem
Standards Of Care In Dentistry, Jerome A. Streem
Cleveland State Law Review
This article will discuss briefly each of the three sources of liability for which a dentist might commonly be subject to a malpractice suit: negligence, assault and battery, and breach of contract.
Modern Techniques In The Preparation And Trial Of A Medical Malpractice Suit, Fitz-Gerald Ames Sr
Modern Techniques In The Preparation And Trial Of A Medical Malpractice Suit, Fitz-Gerald Ames Sr
Vanderbilt Law Review
Though it is true that in malpractice suits more than in any other type of litigation, the plaintiff must have a strong case on the merits, it is equally important and almost a necessity in most malpractice cases that patient's counsel carefully and thoroughly condition the jurors' minds from the very outset to a psychological acceptance of this type of litigation. Far too many veniremen, before they have been selected as trial jurors in a malpractice suit, have the attitude that (1) a "malpractice" suit connotes conduct either criminal, quasi-criminal or unethical on the part of the doctor or hospital; …
Liability For Negligence Of Pharmacists, George S. King
Liability For Negligence Of Pharmacists, George S. King
Vanderbilt Law Review
The purpose of this article is to discuss the liability of pharmacists for professional negligence.' Thus it will be limited to that conduct which arises out of their professional activity and is to be distinguished from liability which may arise out of their activity as a storekeeper or a druggist, using the latter term in the general sense to include all those who operate a drug store or in any fashion engage in the business of supplying drugs, whether licensed pharmacists or not. For example, the pharmaceutical manufacturer may well be classed as a druggist, but his legal responsibilities would …
Torts - Mental Distress - Recovery Against Original Wrongdoer For Fear Of Cancer Caused By Subsequent Medical Advice, Paul Gerding
Torts - Mental Distress - Recovery Against Original Wrongdoer For Fear Of Cancer Caused By Subsequent Medical Advice, Paul Gerding
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff, suffering from bursitis in the right shoulder, received X-ray treatments from defendant physicians. Subsequent thereto, plaintiff's shoulder began to itch, scab, and blister for several years, a condition diagnosed as chronic radiodermatitis caused by the X-ray therapy. Approximately two years after the treatments, plaintiff was examined by a dermatologist who advised her to have her shoulder checked every six months because the area might become cancerous. Plaintiff then developed a severe "cancerphobia," an apprehension that she would ultimately develop cancer from the radiation burn. Plaintiff brought a malpractice suit against defendant physicians, seeking recovery for the physical injury and …
Malpractice And The Statute Of Limitations
Practice And Procedure-Third-Party Practice-Subrogation And Contribution- Right Of Defendant To Join Physician Who Aggravated Lnjuries, Richard B. Gushée S.Ed.
Practice And Procedure-Third-Party Practice-Subrogation And Contribution- Right Of Defendant To Join Physician Who Aggravated Lnjuries, Richard B. Gushée S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
A brought an action against B for injuries suffered in an automobile accident and aggravation of those injuries by the negligent treatment of a physician, D. B filed a third-party complaint against D for malpractice contending that D was liable over to him for all or a part of the judgment recovered by A. D's motion to dismiss the third-party complaint for want of a sufficient cause of action was denied. On appeal, held, affirmed. A tort-feasor who has been held liable for injuries is subrogated to any right of action which the injured party may …
Torts-Liability Of Charitable Hospital For Injuries To Patient Caused By Negligence Of Nurse And Intern. [New York]
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Witnesses - Privilege Of Communications Between Physician And Patient Applicable To Nonjudicial Proceedings, Alfred I. Rothman
Witnesses - Privilege Of Communications Between Physician And Patient Applicable To Nonjudicial Proceedings, Alfred I. Rothman
Michigan Law Review
Pursuant to section 43 of the city charter, the City Council of New York appointed a special committee to investigate charges of negligence and maladministration in the treatment of patients at Lincoln Hospital. Subpoenas duces tecum were served upon the commissioner of hospitals and upon the medical superintendent of Lincoln Hospital requiring the production of hospital records, including case records relating to certain named patients. The commissioner refused to produce any of the case cards or records, justifying his position on the ground that the physician-patient privilege was applicable to legislative investigations. The New York Civil Practice Act, section 354, …
Torts-Right Of Child To Recover From Doctor For Injuries Received Before Birth As Result Of Negligent Treatment Of The Mother [Stemmer V. Kline, N. J. 1940]
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Damages - Personal Injury - Negligent Aggravation By Injured Person, Michigan Law Review
Damages - Personal Injury - Negligent Aggravation By Injured Person, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
As a direct result of the defendant's negligence, "plaintiff fell and sustained injuries including a fracture of the pubic bone. Ten months later, knowing that she could not walk unassisted because the bone had not knit, plaintiff attempted to do so, fell and refractured the bone. Held, that plaintiff's negligence, found as a matter of law, was an "efficient intervening cause" making the defendant's negligence remote as to the aggravation of the injury. S.S. Kresge Co. v. Kenney, (App. D. C. 1936) 86 F. (2d) 651.
Torts - Death Act-Pecuniary Injury - Effect Of Incurable Disease
Torts - Death Act-Pecuniary Injury - Effect Of Incurable Disease
Michigan Law Review
Administratrix sued defendant hospital under the "death act" for having negligently caused the death of her husband. The negligence was admitted. Decedent was afflicted with myelitis, an incurable disease, which affected his spine and rendered him a helpless paralytic. Decedent had no ability to earn or support and would have been an object of constant care and expense. Held, the court should have directed verdict for defendant. Smith v. Presentation Academy of Aberdeen, (S. D. 1933) 248 N. W. 762.
Negligence-Physician And Surgeon-Expert Testimony
Negligence-Physician And Surgeon-Expert Testimony
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Liability Of Hospitals For The Negligence Of Their Physicians And Nurses, Harry B. Hutchins
Liability Of Hospitals For The Negligence Of Their Physicians And Nurses, Harry B. Hutchins
Articles
Liability of Hospitals for the Negligence of their Physicians and Nurses.-This question was recently examined by the Supreme Court of Utah in the case of Gitzhoffen v. Sisters of Holy Cross Hospital Association, 88 Pac. Rep. 691 (Jan. 26, 1907), and the opinion filed may well serve as a basis for comment. The hospital association was sued for damages for injuries that plaintiff claimed to have sustained through the negligence of defendant's nurses.