Protecting Private Intellectual Property From Government Intrusion: Revisiting Smithkline And The Case For Just Compensation,
2012
Pepperdine University
Protecting Private Intellectual Property From Government Intrusion: Revisiting Smithkline And The Case For Just Compensation, John C. O'Quinn
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Toward A Theory Of Medical Malpractice,
2012
Brooklyn Law School
Toward A Theory Of Medical Malpractice, Alex Stein
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Federal Efforts To Achieve Mental Health Parity: A Step In The Right Direction, But Discrimination Remains,
2012
American University Washington College of Law
Federal Efforts To Achieve Mental Health Parity: A Step In The Right Direction, But Discrimination Remains, Lucas Quass
Legislation and Policy Brief
Prior to the 1970s, many healthcare plans in the U.S. offered benefits without discriminating between mental health and general healthcare coverage. In the 1970s and 1980s, the cost of healthcare increased dramatically and employers eliminated or limited mental health benefits in an attempt to reduce insurance costs. To manage insurance costs, employers began using more cost sharing mechanisms and benefit caps on mental health benefits. However, these limitations were not applied equally to mental health and general health benefits and a coverage disparity was created. Today, insurers often do not provide coverage for mental health on the same terms as …
Mold Is Gold: But, Will It Be The Next Asbestos?,
2012
Pepperdine University
Mold Is Gold: But, Will It Be The Next Asbestos?, Thelma Jarman-Felstiner
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Fetal Pain Legislation: Is It Viable?,
2012
Pepperdine University
Fetal Pain Legislation: Is It Viable?, Teresa Stanton Collett
Pepperdine Law Review
Whether a human fetus experiences pain during an abortion has been the subject of heated debate within medical, legal, and political circles for over two decades. In the 1980's President Reagan's statement that "when the lives of the unborn are snuffed out [by abortion], they often feel pain, pain that is long and agonizing," and the release of a controversial film entitled "The Silent Scream" were merely two of the events that kept this issue in public view. Federal and state legislative efforts to enact "partial birth abortion bans" have reignited public debate over fetal pain." Three years ago, the …
Stem Cell Research And Conditional Federal Funding: Do State Laws Allowing More Extensive Research Pose A Problem For Federalism?,
2012
Pepperdine University
Stem Cell Research And Conditional Federal Funding: Do State Laws Allowing More Extensive Research Pose A Problem For Federalism?, Charity Schiller
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
On The Theory Class's Theories Of Asbestos Litigation: The Disconnect Between Scholarship And Reality?,
2012
Pepperdine University
On The Theory Class's Theories Of Asbestos Litigation: The Disconnect Between Scholarship And Reality?, Lester Brickman
Pepperdine Law Review
More than 100,000 new asbestos claims were filed in 2003, the most ever in one year. Asbestos litigation thus continues to thrive even though 80-90% of claimants have no illness recognized by medical science, let alone suffer any lung impairment. To explain how this disconnect between medical science and tort litigation has come about, I cover the following subjects: 1) medical consequences of exposure to asbestos-containing materials; 2) the phenomenon of the unimpaired claimant; 3) medical evidence with regard to the incidence of asbestosis; 4) the effect on asbestos litigation of the failure of the Manville Trust audit to be …
Keeping Junk Science Out Of Asbestos Litigation,
2012
Pepperdine University
Keeping Junk Science Out Of Asbestos Litigation, David E. Bernstein
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Medical Malpractice Arbitration In The New Millennium: Much Ado About Nothing ?,
2012
Pepperdine University
Medical Malpractice Arbitration In The New Millennium: Much Ado About Nothing ?, Ann H. Nevers
Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal
This paper reviews the constitutional issues surrounding medical malpractice arbitration clauses and the implementation of arbitration contracts, and the existing medical malpractice process. Federal preemption issues under the Federal Arbitration Act, enterprise liability and ERISA preemption, and cybermalpractice will be discussed. Finally, dispute resolution industry standards implemented by the American Arbitration Association and American Health Lawyers Association will be reviewed as well as current medical malpractice mediation practices in industry. While the past has shown that arbitration has not been used a great deal future trends may increase use. Emerging medical malpractice arbitration issues arising in the new millennium include …
The Future Of Adr,
2012
Pepperdine University
The Future Of Adr, Edward A. Dauer
Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal
This article addresses the use of alternative dispute resolution in health care.The article provides a historical analysis of medical malpractice and traces the development of ADR in healthcare. The article discusses the benefits that ADR can and will bring to health care in the future.
The Right To Die: Definitional Inquiry And The Search For Truth,
2012
Pepperdine University
The Right To Die: Definitional Inquiry And The Search For Truth, Bryan A. Kelley
Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal
This article explores the significant advantages of ADR techniques when dealing with elusive definitions in medical ethics. Part I briefly explores the meaning of definitional inquiry and justifies its important role in debate and achieving truth. Part II illustrates how confusion associated with certain terms leads to faulty reasoning, even in a recent Supreme Court decision. In Part III, some governmental sources of this confusion are revealed. Part IV illustrates the common use of rhetoric in the right-to-die debate as an appeal to emotion, rather than true meaning. Part V attempts to illustrate why this problem greatly affects the medical …
Lebron V. Gottlieb And Noneconomic Damages For Medical Malpractice Liability: Closing The Door On Caps, But Opening It To New Possibilities,
2012
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Lebron V. Gottlieb And Noneconomic Damages For Medical Malpractice Liability: Closing The Door On Caps, But Opening It To New Possibilities, Jacquelyn M. Hill
Chicago-Kent Law Review
In Lebron v. Gottlieb, decided in February of 2010, the Illinois Supreme Court struck down Public Act 94-677, finding that its cap on noneconomic damages violated the Illinois Constitution's separation of powers clause. The Court primarily relied upon the remittitur doctrine to come to its conclusion. This case comment addresses the Lebron decision and its rationale, particularly its focus on the remittitur doctrine. Additionally, this comment addresses the following concepts: 1) the background and history of attempts to limit common law liability in tort law in Illinois; 2) other jurisdictions' responses to statutory caps; 3) the Lebron majority's distinctions regarding …
Adultery By Doctor: Artificial Insemination, 1890–1945,
2012
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Adultery By Doctor: Artificial Insemination, 1890–1945, Kara W. Swanson
Chicago-Kent Law Review
In 1945, American judges decided the first court cases involving assisted conception. The challenges posed by assisted reproductive technologies to law and society made national news then, and have continued to do so into the twenty-first century. This article considers the first technique of assisted conception, artificial insemination, from the late nineteenth century to 1945, the period in which doctors and their patients worked to transform it from a curiosity into an accepted medical technique, a transformation that also changed a largely clandestine medical practice into one of the most pressing medicolegal problems of the mid-twentieth century. Doctors and lawyers …
Medical Apology Programs & The Unauthorized Practice Of Law,
2012
Suffolk University Law School
Medical Apology Programs & The Unauthorized Practice Of Law, Gabriel H. Teninbaum
Suffolk University Law School Faculty Works
This Essay was created to accompany a presentation at the New England Law Review/American Health Lawyers Association symposium “On the Table: An Examination of Medical Malpractice, Litigation, and Methods of Reform.” In the last decade, many American medical facilities have instituted medical apology programs. These programs call on doctors who have committed an error to meet with their injured patient, explain what happened and, typically, apologize. Some programs have also adopted policies to accompany these communications with offers of compensation. As part of this process, doctors are typically accompanied to meetings by risk managers who represent the interests of the …
Un-Convicting The Innocent: The Case For Shaken Baby Syndrome Review Panels,
2012
University of Michigan Law School
Un-Convicting The Innocent: The Case For Shaken Baby Syndrome Review Panels, Rachel Burg
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
This Note proposes that states should develop error-correction bodies to identify past errors that have resulted in wrongful convictions of people accused of shaking a child. These institutions, which I call SBS Review Panels, would be similar to the error-correction bodies and commissions that have recently been established throughout the world to deal with various sorts of wrongful convictions. An SBS-specific commission should be developed because of the high level of scientific expertise that is required to fully understand this diagnosis and the problems associated with using the triad of medical findings as evidence of the defendant's conduct. Part I …
Medicines That Kill,
2012
Sarah Lawrence College
Medicines That Kill, Lina Ahmed Abushouk
Annual Undergraduate Conference on Health and Society
The prevalence of counterfeit drugs on the African continent has been increasing at an alarming rate. “Medicines that Kill” is a research paper that attempts to analyze the factors that make African countries particularly susceptible to this global threat. Nigeria, a country that has had some of the highest rates of counterfeit drugs in the world, is the main case study for this paper. Its efforts to combat the issue are compared and contrasted with those of Tanzania and Kenya in an attempt to understand what aspects of the issue are unique to Africa and the methods that have been …
Going After The 'Hired Guns': Is Improper Expert Witness Testimony Unprofessional Conduct Or The Negligent Practice Of Medicine?,
2012
Pepperdine University
Going After The 'Hired Guns': Is Improper Expert Witness Testimony Unprofessional Conduct Or The Negligent Practice Of Medicine?, Jennifer A. Turner
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Forgive And Forget: Recognition Of Error And Use Of Apology As Preemptive Steps To Adr Or Litigation In Medical Malpractice Cases ,
2012
Pepperdine University
Forgive And Forget: Recognition Of Error And Use Of Apology As Preemptive Steps To Adr Or Litigation In Medical Malpractice Cases , Ashley A. Davenport
Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal
Medical malpractice cases are a special breed within the field of tort jurisprudence as mistakes in the medical field are regrettably inevitable. Medical universities use some of the greatest hospitals in this country as interactive classrooms to teach future physicians. A vast number of people are treated in hospitals throughout the United States every day, and of those treated, a number are neglected under the confines of the law. The American public expects infallible care from our health care system and any deviation from perfection may result in legal action. Those wronged seek litigation primarily as a means to punish …
In The Aftermath Of The Terri Schiavo Case: Resolving End-Of-Life Disputes Through Alternative Dispute Resolution,
2012
Pepperdine University
In The Aftermath Of The Terri Schiavo Case: Resolving End-Of-Life Disputes Through Alternative Dispute Resolution, Alisa L. Geller
Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal
Imagine yourself the proud parent of an adult daughter. You have spent many years nurturing your precious child so that she may excel in the world. Just as all of your dreams for her are coming true, the news no parent wants to hear was delivered. Your daughter lost control of her car, the vehicle overturned and she was found lying face down in a ditch. You gasped. You expected the worst. A tragic end to a life yet lived. Then, the good news was delivered. You breathed a sigh of relief. You learned she survived. She was in a …
Mediation In The Health Care System: Creative Problem Solving ,
2012
Pepperdine University
Mediation In The Health Care System: Creative Problem Solving , Sheea Sybblis
Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal
Part I of this paper provides a comparison of the use of litigation and mediation in the health care context. Part II explores how mediation can be used to improve many of the often criticized aspects of adjudication systems and alleviate tension between parties in health care disputes. Part III provides an evaluation of current mediation programs and studies in health care, as well as the expanding role of mediators. Part IV incorporates assessments of the potential success of mediation to resolve health care disputes in the future and provides suggestions to strengthen the process.
