When Does The Statute Of Limitations Begin To Run On A Claim Against A Professional. Metzger, Kari A. January 1996 The test for determining when a cause of action for attorney malpractice arises is "when the existence of redressable harm has been established."

La Washington  Delve into this email community forum to ask questions, obtain resources, and gain facts about its tort and personal injury central topics. 

Law Guru Internet Law Library  Directory maintains a compendium of reports, commentary and case law regarding such issues as privacy torts, products liability and negligence. 

Megalaw.com  Injury victims or law researchers may find this directory of datasheets, orgs, guides and tutorials helpful in answering tort law questions. 

Torts Outlines  Students and attorneys can receive guides and refreshers about tort law from this outline clearinghouse. Includes file size and downloading data.

WashLaw  Washington Univ. School of Law maintains a data storehouse focusing on tort and compensation issues. Find guides, directories and mailing lists.

PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE CASE ARTICLES

Florida Professional Malpractice Law: Liability of Design Professionals  Introduction. Architectural Malpractice Claims. Architectural Malpractice Claims in Florida. Conclusion. Further Questions. Florida Professional Malpractice Law: Liability of Design Professionals. November 2000.  A design professional, such as an architect or engineer, becomes obligated to render professional services  by his or her promise.

What is Malpractice?. October 1999 Any professional misconduct, unreasonable lack of skill or fidelity in professional duties. Black's Law Dictionary When you use the services of a professional - a doctor, a lawyer, an accountant, an architect - you assume that the services you receive will be provided in accordance with professional standards.

Warning to Expert Witnesses!. October 2000 In a surprising change of the common law tradition of witness immunity, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has recently held that the doctrine of witness immunity does not protect expert witnesses who are negligent in forming their opinions.

Who Is A Professional In Florida. Duff, Susan Droppleman, January 1996 In considering the class of persons to whom a two year statute of limitations for professional malpractice applies, the Supreme Court of Florida defined a profession as "a vocation requiring, as a minimum standard, a college degree in a specific field."

Superior Court Issues Ruling. February 2000 ON PENNSYLVANIA'S MINORITY TOLLING STATUTE In a medical malpractice action recently reviewed by Pennsylvania's Superior Court, the appellate tribunal has reversed a trial court's Order (authored by the Honorable Mark I. Bernstein) which granted the plaintiffs' motion to discontinue, without prejudice, a claim on behalf of a minor daughter.

Legal Malpractice. Medical Malpractice. Professional Malpractice Overview. May 2000. Florida clients cannot be comparatively negligent in relying upon the attorney's erroneous advice.

Help for Online Service Providers, Professional Malpractice Suits, and Y2K Tax Liabilities. February 2000 Posted with permission from California Lawyer. This file cannot be downloaded from this page. Late last year the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), codified at 17 USC § 512, was enacted. This legislation significantly expands copyright law.

Think Before You "Inc". June 1999. Whether you are just starting out on your own, purchasing a new property for development or an existing business, or simply reviewing your business plan, you should consider whether the form of your business is optimal for your circumstances. The choice of a type of business entity -- a corporation, "S" corporation, professional corporation, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership or limited liability company -- affects your liability exposure, taxes and even your personal estate plan.

Managed Health Care and you. O'Conner, Brian P., October 1999. Many individuals receive their major medical insurance through an employee benefit plan. Often, these employee plans are subscribers to a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO).

Turning the Table on the PLC in Spinal Implant Litigation: A California Jury Says 'No' to Liability. Hewitt, Stephen L., June 2000.  The precedents which have emerged in mass tort litigation over the past several years have conditioned the plaintiffs bar to hungrily scan every new medical device for chinks in the proverbial armor, sometimes regardless of the therapeutic indications, safety or efficacy of the product.

Comparative Negligence in Arizona. September 1999. Arizona follows the doctrine of pure comparative negligence. The comparative negligence statutes are found in A.R.S. §12-2501 et seq. These statutes abolished joint and several liability in most instances and enacted a several liability law. See A.R.S. § § 12-2506 - 2509.

Design-Build Joint Venture Agreements. Peden, David D. Jr., February 1997. The printed form Design/Build Agreement shifts some risks and responsibilities, but still is an incomplete document. For example, the AIA's A-491, although created as the agreement between the Design/Builder and the Contractor, blurs many of the traditional rights and obligations of the parties, and fails to address others.

Indoor Air Quality; Legal and Liability Issues. Vrountas, Christopher T., June 1999. People spend an estimated ninety percent of their time indoors. According to the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") studies of human exposure to air pollutants found that indoor air may have between two and one hundred times the amount of pollutants found in outdoor air.

High-Low Agreements: A Viable Settlement Alternative. August 1999 In today's society litigation is nearly unavoidable. It affects all facets of our lives. If you are a professional, malpractice is always a concern. If you are an employer, you must be concerned with worker's compensation and complaints of sexual harassment.

Underwriter Due Diligence In Securities Offerings. May 1999 Underwriters have long played a crucial role in securities offerings. As the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit noted in Chris-Craft Industries, Inc., v. Piper Aircraft Corporation, "[p]rospective investors look to the underwriter -- a fact well known to all concerned and especially to the underwriter -- to pass on the soundness of the security and the correctness of the registration statement and the prospectus."¹

Liability of Agents and Brokers in New York. April 1999 The question of whether an insurance agent or broker is a "professional", as that term is legally interpreted, remains unsettled by New York case law.

The Law of Nursing Malpractice. Abramson, Mark A., February 1996.  Introduction: Nearly twelve years ago, Erline A. Reilly wrote that "most New Hampshire attorneys know nothing about nursing law.⁽¹⁾. As a lawyer and a registered nurse, Attorney Reilly had a unique insight into this issue.

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PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE AND MEDICAL WEB LINKS

Achoo

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

American Association for the Surgery of Trauma

Am. Bar Association Tort and Insurance Practice Section Idea and info network for professionals and attorneys includes news, journal excerpts, issue updates, publications, event info and links.

American College of Surgeons

American Medical Association

American Society of Health -System Pharmacists

Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine

Articles Archive
WARNINGS IN PHYSICIANS DESK REFERENCE REQUIRE EXPERT TESTIMONY TO SERVE AS EVIDENCE OF MEDICAL ...

Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors

Attorney - Legal Malpractice - Negligence in Drafting Estate Planning DocumentWhen may an attorney be sued for legal malpractice in drafting estate planning documents?

Bazelon Center of Mental Health Law
"Legal advocacy for the civil rights and human dignity of people with mental disability," including mental illness, retardation, and mental/emotional disabilities, with respect to housing, health care, family support, and issues of institutionalization

Board of Physician Quality Assurance - MD

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

Center for Patient Advocacy

Center for Reproductive Law and Policy

Continuing Education CLE

Potential Injury From Circusision Clamps

 Class Action Lawsuits

Criminal Justice Defense

DES

Diabetes

Dietary Supplements

• The Risks of Dietary Supplements
• Dietary Supplements May Test Consumers' Health

Disability Rights Advocates Network

DocBoard
Find a doctor, read how to file a medical complaint, contact information available for state medical boards, along with hyperlinks, when available, and a link to the Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors

Doc Finder
AIM Participating State Licensing Authorities, Doc Finder - Over 450,000 Physician Listings

Doctor Find American
Medical Association AMA Physician Locator

Dr. Greene's House Calls

E.B. Williams Law Library  Georgetown University's compilation of tort-related resources includes agencies, organizations, publication snippets, and text of statutes.

Emanuel Capsule Summary Learn such tenets of tort law as "res ipsa loquitur" and "proximate cause" via this concise study aid. Links to additional info and to shopping.

emedicine
Emedicine Inc. offers Emergency Medicine, an electronic interactive textbook of more than 650 topics pertaining to the diagnosis and management of disorders in emergency settings. In addition to text, the resource offers downloadable color x-rays, illustrations and pictures

Enbrel

• Important Drug Warning - Enbrel

Ephedra

Expert Witnesses

Federal Health Agencies

Fen-Phen

• The New England Journal of Medicine
• Fen-Phen, obesity, and fitness issues
• Fen-Phen Chat room

Fight Bad Faith Insurance Companies Advocacy group performs informative and whistleblowing duties against shady insurance tactics. Read a FAQ, find a lawyer and check unfair claims.

Find Law Directory Explore the resources of this tort law guide to find articles, mailing lists, databases, publications, agencies, products, and firms.

FIRST, KILL ALL THE EXPERTS, Proposed Solution to Serious Problems re Medical Experts
From MediScene: Medical CLE Courses & many more Medical Resources for Legal Pros

Food and Drug Administration

Fractures - WebMD

Forensic Psychiatry & Medicine

Fractionate

• Recalls and Market Withdrawals of Fractionate
• Recalls and Market Withdrawals of Fractionate

FreeCaseReview.com
Offers information on personal injury cases involving automobile accidents, medical malpractice, and/or negligence.
See also: FindLaw: Legal Subjects: Tort Law: Web Sites

General Information about Medical Malpractice
... Quick Reference: General Information 
http://www.consumerlaw.com/medical.html

Genetic Technologies
Genetic information from some of the field's experts

 Government Liability in Canada Canadian information resource expounds on issues of tortious liability with respect to municipal infringement on individual property. 

Hhmi Lab Safety: Emergency Response Guide: Personal Injury - HHMI Lab Safety: Emergency Response Guidelines
http://www.hhmi.org/science/labsafe/erg/persinj.html  

Health A to Z

HealthCare Lawyers

Health Law

Health Law Resource
Site intended as a resource for health care practitioners, professionals or anyone interested in learning more about the dynamic field of health care law, and more specifically, the regulatory and transactional aspects of health care law practice

Health Lawyers Resource Center

HealthMart.Com
Comparative hospital pricing and outcome data for over 400 diagnoses for consumers, hospital administrators, physicians, and managed care managers to determine the best values in health care

Hieros Gamos Guide to Tort Law Scan the news of this legal community, and then link to international organizations, regulations, laws, citations, and related resources.

Historian - Shifting Blame: Theory of Accidents  Nan Goodman takes an intriguing angle in his study of the changes in American tort law, attitudes toward responsibility and ideals like heroism.

House Law Library  Directory of case law and articles on torts, from the US House of Representatives Internet Law Library.

Institute for Civil Justice  Read a report and meet the staff of this org, devoted to compiling info, collating research and analyzing trends within the civil justice realm.

Internet Grateful Med

Internet journal of emergency care

JAMA - The Journal of the American Medical Association

Joint Commision on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations

Knee Pain - WebMD

Latex Allergy Site

Law-Lib: Re: Medical malpractice stats needed

Law Associations

Lawguru.COM - Personal Injury Claim Books and Guides - Personal Injury and Auto Accident Claim Books and Guides from the LawGuru.com book store.

Legalethics.COM: Professional Legal Organizations on the Internet: ... - Legalethics.com offers the legal profession links and references to ethics rules, regulations, and articles relating to the integration of the Internet into ...

Legal MalPractice - Legal malpractice: An area of current and future interest. References, essays, discussions, bibliographies, and other starting points for legislative...

LegalMedWare
Litigation support program for attorneys dealing with personal injury cases, medical malpractice or other medically based claims.  Also used by nurse paralegals, nurse consultants, claims adjustors or other legal professionals who deals regularly with medical issues.

MCW Bioethics Homepage Medical College of Wisconsin provides abstracts of bioethics journal articles, legislative actions and court decisions.

MD Consult
(Fee based) deliver authoritative medical information to physicians

Mayo Health Oasis

Medical and Health Web Sites

Med. Economics - NPs, PAs and Malpractice Risk "Proper communication and follow-up with nurse practitioners and physician assistants is the key to reducing liability", states this article.

Med. Economics - I Wish I'd Fought My Malpractice Suit After settling a malpractice suit, a doctor's medical license and reputation are marred by an error in the National Practitioner Data Bank.

Med. Economics - What Attorneys Consider Before Suing Medical malpractice lawyers describe how they choose the cases they take and offer advice on how to avoid being sued.

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE REFERENCE MANUAL
First Edition 1998 Editor and Author SHERI

Medicine and Law - Malpractice Topic Area

Medical Record Privacy Articles on current privacy issues, law and policy, the Bennett Bill and a useful section on consumer advice. Medical Malpractice

Medical Malpractice

MedicineNet

Medscape

Mental Health

National Organization of Bar Counsel...Review the NOBC's semi-annual compilation of summaries of court decisions on attorney disciplinary matters ("Current Developments") for the last five years. An online search engine is available. ....
http://www.nobc.org

Newsbytes News Network: Bill Would Place Medical Malpractice ...
http://www.findarticles.com/m0NEW/2000_Sept_7/65103050/p1/article.jhtml  

Nursing - Liability, UAPs, and You
Outlines the potential areas of malpractice liability that a facility must monitor when employing unlicensed assistive personnel.

Nursing - Negligence Lawsuits Learn what litigation entails and what a plaintiff must do to prove nursing negligence in this February, 2000 article.

Personal Injury Law - Nolo.COM Legal Encyclopedia - {MetaDescription}

Personal Injury News - This web page uses frames. For best results, please use  a frame-capable browser from: Microsoft (Internet Explorer)...

Personal Injury - Parsons Legal Information Network - Consumer legal information about personal injury claims including car accidents, injuries on your property, damages to your property, medical malpractice and product liability.

Public Health Information - Microwave Thermotherapy

Modern Health Care

Modern Healthcare Business News

National Council On Disability

National Health Law Program, Inc.

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

National Library of Medicine

New England Journal of Medicine On-line

Patients Guide to Low Back Pain

Pediatric electronic pages

Pediatric pain

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

Pharmapages
By the publisher of Scrip World Pharmaceutical News. Covering internet and technology issues in the pharmaceutical industry, articles on regulatory affairs, research and development and technology developments listings of new pharmaceutical websites, virus news, conference listings, and a glossary of terms

Prozac

• Prozac murder-suicide coming before a federal court judge
• Kids, Drugs, Guns and Psychopolitics

Raxar

• Raxar - FDA

Researching Medical Literature on the Web
Article providing medical research links and an explanation of what each site offers

Rezulin

• Clinical Manifestations of Liver Disease
• Diagnostic Tests for Liver and Gallbladder Disorders
• FDA press release - withdrawing Rezulin
• Fatty Liver, Cirrhosis, and Related Disorders
• Lifeclinic Diabetes Center
• Rezulin - CNN March 2000
• Rezulin - FAQs
• Rezulin - Troglitazone
• Signs and Symptoms of Liver Cancer
• Symptoms of Hepatitis
• The Latest News on Diabetic Medications
• Update Regarding Rezulin (Troglitazone): American Diabetes Association Statement
• Waxman: Rezulin

RxList-The Internet Drug Index

Saga, case management software for personal injury attorneys, ...
Package specifically designed for personal injury, medical malpractice and general negligence attorneys.
http://www.sagasys.com/Default.htm  [More Results From: www.sagasys.com]

Simulect  important Drug Warning - Simulect

Traumatic Brain Injury Resource

United States Medical Malpractice Summaries
http://www.psychlaw.net/states-med-mal-primer..htm

Virtual Medical Library

Victims' Justice Center

Welcome to PubMed

WorldWideWeb Acronym and Abbreviation Server

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Canadian Institute of Actuaries

ABA Tort and Insurance Practice Section

American Insurance Association

Federation of Insurance & Corporate Counsel

Insurance Information Institute

National Association of Independent Insurers

National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)

Aeronautic Nation - online information about history, the pilots that flew the planes, mysteries and disasters of flight, and more.

CBS NEWS  Air Disaster Coverage

Airline Crash Database

Aviation Safety Data

Air Safety Online - special reports and ongoing coverage, statistics, forums, and photos of aviation accidents and disasters.

Emergency Volunteer Air Corps - organizing aviation disaster relief volunteers.

Final Report of Gore Commission White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security Final Report to President Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Chairman February 12, 1997 Introduction Change. 
www.avweb.com 

Major Airline Disasters - database of major commercial airline disasters from 1920 on. Includes dates, locations, and plane types.

National Air Disaster Alliance/Foundation - advocacy organization raising the standard of safety, security, survivability, and support.

National Transportation Safety Board  Government Aviation  - Accident Site

NOVA: Escape! - engineers have learned from past disasters to make accidents increasingly survivable. Includes fire, car, plane, and sea safety features and tips, the human response to accidents, and survivor stories.

NTSB - Family Assistance Plan FEDERAL FAMILY ASSISTANCE PLAN FOR AVIATION DISASTERS PREPARED BY THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD July 6, 1999 SUBJECT: Federal Family Assistance Plan for Aviation Disasters 

Peter Jennings' Report on Concorde Crash (Requires Real Video)

Public Affairs Info for U.S. Department of Transportation

www.securitymanagement.com  White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security Final Report to President Clinton Vice President Al Gore, Chairman February 12, 1997 Introduction Change. 

TOUR OPERATORS AND AIR CARRIERS : MODERN THEORIES OF LIABILITY TOUR OPERATORS AND AIR CARRIERS : MODERN THEORIES OF LIABILITY [ Published In The Aviation Quarterly, October 1996 ] By Judge Thomas A. Dickerson 1 Litigating on behalf of travelers who have been seriously injured in exotic and distant locales can
www.courts.state.ny.us 

Yahoo! News - Aviation Accidents

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