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Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and Increased Risk of Bile Duct Injury

January 2, 2008

There are anatomical variations of bile ducts and blood vessels which may excuse the occurrence of a bile duct injury in a given case, but in general, an injury to the bile duct occurring during the course of a laparoscopic...

Medical Malpractice Insurance Premiums Soar

March 13, 2007

Originally Published Sunday, January 21, 2001 Excerpt from an article By Christopher Snowbeck, Post-Gazette Staff Writer The insurance companies blame the higher premiums on what they call overly sympathetic juries hearing medical malpractice cases in Philadelphia. Misplaced Blame? But Jerry...

Vaccine Against Cervical Cancer Approved

June 30, 2006

Merck & Co., Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline are developing the vaccine now approved by the Food and Drug Administration so that the vaccine can be widely distributed as a prophylaxis for protection against Human Papilloma Virus. At least two types of...

Lawyers: Verdict’s Just Right

March 8, 2006

Attorneys say Tyrone Hospital trying 'to threaten and terrify a community.' HOLLIDAYSBURG - Lawyers for a 10-year-old boy suffering from cerebral palsy say a civil court verdict of more than $4 million in Blair County three weeks ago is not...

Evaluation of a Birth Injury Case (Part 2)

September 1, 1999

(Read Part 1 Here) Any attorney contemplating a birth-injury case must anticipate the defenses, both legitimate and illegitimate, that can be raised in such claims. Indeed, an intelligent decision to undertake a birth-injury claim cannot be made without an examination...

Evaluation of a Birth Injury Case (Part 1)

September 1, 1999

It is safest to establish early on that the nature and timing of the injury in the given case is consistent with the injury having occurred at or about the time of birth. If, for example, an infant is born...

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