Recent Cases

Banking

• Swiss bank had no duty to warn current and prospective customers that Swiss, not U.S., law governed parties' account relationship

Clergy

• Alleged molestation victim's cause of action accrued when his damages were objectively ascertainable

Dentistry

• Negligent placement of veneers
• Failure to timely diagnose osteomyelitis

Law

• Arbitrator and organization are immune from suit by party allegedly assaulted by opponent's attorney
• Pennsylvania's consumer protection law does not apply to attorney misconduct
• Public defender does not have official immunity from former client's negligence

Medicine

• Late diagnosis of malignant melanoma
• Failure to perform timely cesarean section (first case)
• Failure to perform timely cesarean section (second case)
• Improper laparoscopic surgery
• Negligent treatment of preeclampsia
• Claim alleging failure to implement proper hurricane evacuation plan is not subject to negligence act
• Negligent surgery on artificial hip
• Failure to timely diagnose thoracic tumor
• Improper handling of postsurgical complication
• EMTALA's screening requirements ends once patient is admitted to hospital for inpatient care
• Improper surgical clearance
• Failure to arrange ambulance for cardiac patient
• Failure to ensure adequate oxygen flow

Psychotherapy

• Therapist who warned police about violent patient had common law duty to act with reasonable care

In this Issue

• News: Legal hotline disclaimer does not preclude attorney-client relationship, ethics panel says
• News: IOM calls for national program to evaluate services and set standards for clinical guidelines
• Articles
• Court Documents