Recent Cases

Banking

• Breach of fiduciary duty arising out of bank officer's alteration of account information

Dentistry

• Mistaken removal of permanent tooth
• Extraction of wrong tooth

Home Health Care

• Improper supervision of client

Medicine

• Failure to perform cesarean section
• Untimely diagnosis of brain abscess
• Failure to timely diagnose aortic dissection
• Improper treatment of sinus infection
• Negligent placement of surgical clips
• Improper performance of carotid endarterectomy
• Negligent performance of endoscopic transnasal biopsy
• Failure to properly examine patient
• Improper performance of spinal injection
• Failure to confirm HIV before treatment
• Failure to timely report postoperative pain symptoms
• Defense attorney may conduct informal, ex parte interviews with plaintiffs' treating physicians
• Negligent performance of laparoscopic surgery

Nursing Home

• Failure to prevent, treat bed sores
• Improper care of resident

Optometry

• Failure to perform proper eye exam

Pharmacy

• Retail pharmacy may be liable under limited implied warranty theory

Physical Therapy

• Improper supervision of patient undergoing treatment with electrical stimulation machine

Rehabilitation

• Wrongful death law applies to claim brought by estate of patient who died after postsurgical treatment

Securities

• Vendors to company that released misleading financial statements are not liable to investors under § 10(b)

In this Issue

• News: Federal court continues receivership of prison health system
• News: Program for practicing drug-addicted doctors set to end in California but not in other states
• Articles
• Court Documents