Jury finds in favor of H&O client in Coumadin case
On March 4, 2010, a jury rendered a verdict in favor of an H&O client in a lawsuit alleging that a heathcare provider’s failure to administer Coumadin caused a stroke and, ultimatley, the death of a patient. The case was tried by Larry Logback. The defense uniquely focused on issues of causation and damages.
Posted on April 30th, 2010
Holbrook to speak at American College of Physicians annual meeting
Reid Holbrook has been invited to speak at the American College of Physicians (ACP) Annual Meeting in Toronto April 22-24, 2010. His topic is “Being an Expert Witness.”
The ACP is the largest medical specialty organization and the second largest physician group in the United States. ACP members include 129,000 internal medicine physicians (internists) and related sub-specialists. Internists specialize in the prevention, detention and treatment of illnesses in adults.
Posted on April 5th, 2010
H&O client awarded summary judgment in civil rights case
On November 20, 2009, the United States District Court for the District of Kansas granted summary judgment in favor of a defendant represented by Jeff Bullins. The civil rights case revolved, in part, around issues of Eighth Amendment liability, qualified immunity and alleged deliberate indifference in failing to provide medical treatment when the risks of serious complications from such treatment were as high as fifty percent.
Posted on November 5th, 2009
Kansas Supreme Court finds no liability for acts of non-custodial patient
On September 4, 2009, the Kansas Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a psychiatrist owes no duty to third parties to control the actions of an involuntarily confined psychiatric patient placed on outpatient status by a district court. In this case of first impression, the Court agreed with Defendants that the scope of a physician’s duty under Kansas law would not extend so far as to require a psychiatrist to control the actions of a non-custodial patient. Therefore, no liability was found on the part of the treating psychiatrist. Trevin Wray represented the defendants at oral argument.
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Posted on September 5th, 2009