Fitch Affirms Albany College of Pharmacy (New York) at 'BBB-'; Outlook Stable.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-13 October 2008-Fitch Affirms Albany College of Pharmacy (New York) at 'BBB-'; Outlook Stable(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Fitch Ratings affirms the 'BBB-' rating on Albany College of Pharmacy's (the college) $13,710,000 of outstanding City of Albany Industrial Development Agency civic facility revenue bonds,...

Fecal impaction: lapses in care lead to settlement.
The eighty-three year-old resident had been in the long-term care facility fifteen years, thirteen in assisted living and her last two on a nursing floor. After she died in the hospital the coroner's exam revealed signs of long-standing constipation and fecal impaction. Even though her...

Alzheimer's: elopement leads to large verdict for wrongful death.
Before entrusting their eighty-seven year-old family member to the facility's care the family met with the nursing facility's administrator to stress the importance of security and to obtain his assurances that secure care was available and would be provided. However, soon after the resident was admitted staff...

Necessary protection: an examination of the State Farm V. Campbell standards test and why economically efficient rules do not work at the intersection between due process and punitive damages.
I. INTRODUCTION In 1994, a District Court of New Mexico awarded a woman $160,000 in compensatory damages and $2.7 million in punitive damages because of the burns caused after the woman spilled a cup of McDonald's coffee on herself. (1) In 1996, the Alabama Supreme Court awarded...

Reconceptualizing split-recovery statutes: Philip Morris USA v. Williams.
Many believe that punitive damage awards have spiraled out of control. In 2002, a California jury awarded $28 billion in punitive damages to a 64-year-old woman with lung cancer. (1) In 2000, a Florida jury awarded $145 billion in punitive damages to a class of Florida smokers. (2) These...

Patient vs. patient assault: staff knew of violent history.
The jury awarded more than $100 million punitive damages against the nursing home's parent corporation, but the Court of Appeals of Texas reduced the figure to $750,000 because of the state's statutory cap on damages for medical malpractice. The nursing home's parent corporation was on a campaign...

APV Enterprises sues Sodexo Vending.
APV Enterprises Inc., based in Parsippany, N.J., sued Sodexo Vending Services LLC, a vending management company, for breach of contract. In response, Sodexo denied the claims and charged that APV Enterprises failed to adhere to the contract. APV claims it paid Sodexo $19,000 in 2005 to provide...

ExxonMobil spills, scores.
The U.S. Supreme Court invoked the ire of 33,000 Alaskans who were hoping to score $75,000 each in belated compensation for the losses incurred by the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound. In a 5-3 decision, the highest court in the land ruled that the company...

Jury instructions on products liability, 4th ed.
0820575925 Jury instructions on products liability, 4th ed. Eades, Ronald W. Matthew Bender & Company 2007 $116.00 Loose-leaf pages unbound KF8984 The fourth edition of this resource has been completely updated and is...

Employee lawsuit coverage.
Most physicians have a feeling that they carry too much insurance and that most of their policies are too expensive. The policies you should have and how much they should cost will be covered in next month's column, but no matter what is in your insurance portfolio...