Month: May 2009

The best way to reduce medical malpractice lawsuits

 The North Carolina Medical Board has made positive steps in the past few years to better regulate and discipline doctors in the state.  However, a new bill in the North Carolina Senate is making it harder for the Medical Board to regulate licensed medical doctors.  Among other things, it requires a panel, rather than a […]

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I ran out of gas. I had a flat tire. I didn’t have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn’t come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. An earthquake. A terrible flood. Locusts. IT WASN’T MY FAULT!

The North Carolina Legislature is set to debate a new bill to end contributory negligence and adopt the Uniform Apportionment of Tort Responsibility Act   This is a pretty big deal in North Carolina and will impact a lot of people in years and decades to come and its flying under the radar of most […]

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Smile

Image by Wolfiewolf via Flickr The Raleigh News and Observer has reported a “man bites dog” story.  A dental patient is complaining that her dentist told her she needed an expensive dental treatment that a later dentist said was unnecessary.  However, it is not the patient suing the dentist, but rather the dentist suing the […]

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