IL: expert medical opinion ruled inadmissible: 'expert' had his license suspended at time.
CASE FACTS: Jeremy Somers sought medical treatment for a broken leg from Dr. Michael Quinn. Somers filed suit against Dr. Quinn on June 11, 2001, alleging that Dr. Quinn was negligent in his treatment of his broken leg and that his negligence resulted in injury to him. On July...

Plaintiff's medical witness' testimony not admissible.
CASE ON POINT: Knox v. Univ. Health Sys. of E. Carolina, Inc., 2007 NCCA-258 (2007) S.E.2d--NC ISSUE: A plaintiff in a medical malpractice case must have an expert medical witness who has the same or more credentials as those of the physician or physicians who are allegedly...

SC vacates stay on LNG pool pricing.
NEW DELHI: Gas-based power companies got a major reprieve on Wednesday from the Supreme Court, which lifted the stay on the Centre's March 2007 policy decision to enforce uniformed pooled price for regasified liquefied natural gas (R-LNG). One of the major beneficiaries is Ratnagiri Gas and Power...

'Judges can't create law & seek enforcement'.
Byline: Dhananjay Mahapatra NEW DELHI: As SC cautioned against judicial activism, the bench derived strength from the recent speeches of two former CJIs - Justices J S Verma and A S Anand - expressing anguish over the manner in which the judiciary has breached the thin line...

He deserves no sympathy: Court.
Byline: Shibu Thomas MUMBAI: The public outcry in the wake of the lenient punishment awarded to Alistair Pereira by the trial court in April sparked an unprecedented police crackdown on drinking and driving, with several offenders being sentenced to brief periods of imprisonment. The HC...

Would you appeal a $3.2 million verdict in your favor?
CASE ON POINT: Kunz v. Little Co. of Mary Hosp., 869 N.E. 328--IL (2007) ISSUE: One might ask why a party would appeal a $3.2 million dollar verdict in their favor.. They might if a trial judge erred and failed to admit evidence of their past and...

Must medical expert witness have 'same' credentials?
HOW CLOSELY MUST AN EXPERT MEDICAL WITNESS HAVE THE SAME (OR SIMILAR) EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND EXPERIENCE AS THE PHYSICIAN OR PHYSICIANS AGAINST WHOM HE OR SHE IS TO TESTIFY? That was the issue in this Georgia case in which the parents of a minor child engaged an expert medical...

HC sends Alistair to 3 yrs in jail.
Byline: Shibu Thomas MUMBAI: In an order that comes down heavily on drunken driving, the Bombay high court on Thursday sentenced Alistair Pereira to three years' rigorous imprisonment in last year's Bandra hit-and-run case. Seven persons, including a pregnant woman and two children who were...

Courts and choice: testing the constitutionality of charters and vouchers.
Teacher unions and allied opponents of school choice persist in searching for support in state constitutions, with mixed results. In Florida they won a victory early in 2006 when that state's supreme court struck down a voucher program on the grounds that the constitutional command of a "uniform ......

RN gave 5 nitros after Pt. complained of chest pains.
CASE ON POINT: Michael v. Med. Staffing Network, Inc., No.3DO5-2878(FIa.App.1/10/2007)So.2d-FL ISSUE: Should a nurse have called for a physician after a patient complained of chest pains? Should she have given nitroglycerin without a physician's order? Would the patient have lived if he had been examined and treated...