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Jury awards $38.5 million in negligence case against doctors
A Broward jury has awarded more than $28.5 million to a Lauderdale Lakes man who was left in a vegetative state after undergoing a "manipulation under anesthesia" in 2008, and another $10 million to the man's two daughters. Dale Whyte, 37, never woke...
Tags: Lawyers, Defendants, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Lauderdale Lakes
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Man goes from client to defendant in lengthy courtroom drama
Milwaukee Journal SentinelWhat started as a routine legal matter has turned into a nightmarish and costly courthouse roller coaster for Mark Halbman, a Menomonee Falls man who is still in court 13 years after injuring his neck in a traffic accident. Halbman, 53, has gone from...Tags: Lawyers, Motorvehicle Accidents, Defendants, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials
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Casino bill would give city unparalleled control
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pushing lawmakers to pass a gambling bill that would allow the city to weigh its choice of a casino operator in secret and forbid state regulators from taking away its license. The legislation also would grant the mayor authority...
Tags: Louis I Lang, National Government, Pat Quinn, Local Government, Politics
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L.A. County officials to stop sending children to foster agency
Responding to new allegations of financial malfeasance and abuse, Los Angeles County officials have decided to stop sending children to a private foster care agency that has been responsible for more than 1,100 youths in recent years. The action was...
Tags: Credit and Debt, Accounting and Auditing, Local Government, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Gloria Molina
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Don't Lower Standard For Malpractice Suits
In 2005, to reduce the number of frivolous or marginal lawsuits involving medical malpractice, the General Assembly passed a law requiring that before such a suit can be brought to trial, a so-called "certificate of merit" must be obtained. This is a...
Tags: Lawyers, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, General Practitioners, Justice System
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Coalition working on ballot measure to limit prescription drug abuse
Fearing lawmakers may fail to pass a package of medical reform bills, a coalition of consumer groups and trial lawyers is mounting a campaign to put before voters an even more ambitious slate of initiatives aimed at curbing prescription drug abuse and...Tags: Consumers, Finance, National Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials
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Legislature should pull plug on inept Medical Board of California
The time has come to put the Medical Board of California out of its misery. The board oversees the licensing of doctors and their discipline for misdeeds or incompetence. It also has jurisdiction over doctor-owned surgical clinics. Long ago the board...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Richard S. Gordon, Layoffs and Downsizing, Los Angeles Times Columnists, Career and Workplace
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Kermit Gosnell and the 'liberal media'
The murder trial of Kermit Gosnell, a Philadelphia abortion provider, entered its fifth week today riding a peculiar media firestorm. The focus of much attention in recent days was not on Dr. Gosnell, who is charged in the death of seven babies and an...Tags: Family Planning, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, FBI, Social Issues
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Boxer urges investigations into banks' mortgage pact adherence
Saying too many homes have been lost “to bank malfeasance or error,” Sen. Barbara Boxer called for federal investigations into whether banks are breaking the consumer-protection pledges they made in last year’s $26-billion settlement...Tags: JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp., Financial and Business Services, Mortgages, Shaun Donovan
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