Tag: Legal Brief

Doctors Sued for Helping Woman

Legal Brief /
Several doctors in California were sued because two adult women saw their mother being rushed to emergency surgery. The women sued for "emotional distress." They apparently thought doctors should have diverted some of the time they were spending saving their ...
READ MORE

Doctors, Not Lawyers, Should Treat Mental Illness

Legal Brief /
The nation's top psychiatrists are struggling with a daunting dilemma these days. At issue: allegations that new drugs proving effective for schizophrenia might contribute to the risk of diabetes and the desire of some lawyers to sue "deep-pockets" drug manufacturers ...
READ MORE

Stop Me Before I Shoot Up Again

Legal Brief /
Amanda C. Hagan, 29, is suing seven defendants because she took illegal drugs. Hagan injected herself with heroin and cocaine while involuntarily committed at the Norristown State Hospital. After nurse gave Hagan an anti-depressant, she suffered a drug overdose, was ...
READ MORE

First Amendment Protects Barking But Not Commercial Speech?; Bingo with a Twist; Doctors Flee Pennsylvania

Legal Brief /
Legal Reform: First Amendment Protects Barking, But Not Commercial Speech?An Ohio state appeals court has dismissed a case against a man who barked at a police dog that barked at him first. The city had charged the man with dog ...
READ MORE

Lawyers in Your Medicine Cabinet May Keep Needed Drugs Out; It’s Miller Time; Put Your Money Where Your Case Is; That’s More than Plumbers Get; What Good Is Health Insurance Without Doctors?

Legal Brief /
Legal Reform: Lawyers in Your Medicine Cabinet May Keep Needed Drugs Out The growing litigation crisis is harming our health. Case in point: Class action lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies over prescription drug side effects. At first glance, this may seem ...
READ MORE

Philip Morris and the Price Case, Lawsuits Against Pharmacuetical Companies, More

Legal Brief /
The growing litigation crisis is harming our health. Case in point: Class action lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies over prescription drug side effects. At first glance, this may seem to be an issue of little concern. Most drug makers have deep ...
READ MORE

Legal Reform: Another Way to Boost the Economy; You Can Lead a Plaintiff to Water, But You Can’t Make Him Drink; Take It To Castro; Costs of the Tort System

Legal Brief /
Legal Reform: Another Way to Boost the Economy President Bush need not pin all his economic hopes on a $726 billion tax cut. There's another option: legal reform. Market analysts say solving the legal liability crisis could make the President's ...
READ MORE

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Atlanta Brave Sued for Tossing a Baseball to a Fan; On the Lighter Side: Children Who Grow Up to Be Lawyers; Didn’t Catch the Fairies, But Caught a Pile of Loot

Legal Brief /
Contents:* Suing: Our New National Pasttime * On the Lighter Side: Children Who Grow Up to be Lawyers * Tort D'Jour: Didn't Catch the Fairies, But Caught a Pile of LootSuing: Our New National PasttimeIn the greed-focused world of American ...
READ MORE

HMO Lawsuit Bill Would Benefit Trial Lawyers; On the Lighter Side: A Lawyer and an Engineer Were on a Boat…; Dead Man Has Trouble Voting; Blames Long Lines at Polls

Legal Brief /
HMO Lawsuit Bill Would Benefit Trial LawyersThe increasingly likely combination of Senators Ted Kennedy (D-MA) and John McCain (R-AZ) have teamed up to reintroduce the "Trial Lawyers Full Employment Act" - whoops, sorry, the "Bipartisan Patient Protection Act" of 2001 ...
READ MORE

A Lawsuit… Or A House of Cards?

Legal Brief /
Issue Sixteen February 12, 1999 The National Center for Public Policy Research Amy Moritz Ridenour, President 20 F Street NW, Suite 700 , Washington, D.C. 20001 Phone (202) 507-6398 Fax (301) 498-1301 [email protected] https://nationalcenter.orgContents:* A Lawsuit... Or A House of ...
READ MORE

The National Center for Public Policy Research is a communications and research foundation supportive of a strong national defense and dedicated to providing free market solutions to today’s public policy problems. We believe that the principles of a free market, individual liberty and personal responsibility provide the greatest hope for meeting the challenges facing America in the 21st century.