Recent Cases

Banking

• Bank that sold its interest in account was not 'claimant' under California's identity theft law

Clergy

• Alleged sexual abuse of altar boy
• Congregant who had sexual relationship with synagogue leader has no fiduciary duty claim

Emergency Medical Services

• Improper handling of patient's respiratory distress

Foster Care

• Failure to adequately investigate foster home

Law

• Matrimonial client was judicially estopped from suing former attorney following divorce settlement
• Legal negligence damages award should not be reduced by amount of anticipated contingency

Medicine

• Failure to perform CT scan
• Negligent cesarean section
• Failure to treat uveitis
• Negligent liposuction
• Cosmetic laser hair removal treatment was not 'health care' under Indiana medical negligence law
• Failure to timely diagnose breast cancer
• Improper administration of contrast agent
• Negligent treatment of brain abscess
• Failure to remove laparotomy sponge
• EMTALA applies to known patients en route to hospital by ambulance
• Failure to timely diagnose bacterial endocarditis

Nursing Home

• Failure to properly handle anxiety, aggression of Alzheimer's resident
• Improper administration of morphine
• Negligent care of resident

In this Issue

• News: California bar adopts rule mandating disclosure of lack of professional liability insurance
• News: Direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies come under fire for misleading consumers
• News: Hundreds charged in mortgage fraud crackdown, hedge fund executives also indicted
• Articles
• Court Documents