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High Court Weighs Deeper Scrutiny of New-Trial Decisions |
| How much deference should an appellate court give a trial court's new-trial order? The Texas Supreme Court faces that question in a mandamus case Justice Debra Lehrmann described during Jan. 8 oral argument as having "long-reaching ramifications." With In Re Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. Inc. and Viscount Properties II, LP, d/b/a Hoy Fox Toyota/Lexis, the high court weighs the issue of reviewing reasons for granting new trials. In 2009, the Supreme Court ruled in In Re Columbia Medical Center of Las Colinas that a trial court must state specific reasons when it grants a new trial. Angela Morris, Texas Lawyer 01/15/2013 | Read Article: Texas Lawyer |
F.D.A. Sends Warning Letter to a Maker of Defibrillators |
| The medical device maker St. Jude Medical said Monday it had received a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration about problems with manufacturing and quality control at a California plant where it makes implantable heart defibrillators. The warning was expected after St. Jude announced in October that the plant had been visited by federal inspectors. Inconsistencies were found in the way the company manufactured and documented defibrillators, which are devices implanted in the chest to correct dangerous heart rhythms. Associated Press, The New York Times 01/15/2013 | Read Article: The New York Times |
$100K Bar: Plaintiff, Defense Groups Join Forces to Oppose Mandatory Rule for Expedited Actions |
| Last year, controversial pro se divorce forms prompted Texas family law groups to criticize the Texas Supreme Court. A new fight is taking shape for 2013, pitting plaintiff and defense-side trial lawyers against the high court. The dispute concerns the Supreme Court's proposed rule for expedited actions in cases seeking less than $100,000. The 2011 tort reform law, House Bill 274, required the court to create the expedited-action rule. A diverse coalition of legal groups thought expedited actions should be voluntary. But on Nov. 13 the court proposed a mandatory expedited-action rule and opened a public-comment period that lasts through Feb. 1. The court could amend the rule based on public comment before it becomes effective March 1. Angela Morris, Texas Lawyer 01/15/2013 | Read Article: Texas Lawyer |
When Hospitals Make Mistakes With Meds, They Rarely Tell the Patient |
| Patients and their families are rarely told when hospitals make mistakes with their medicines, according to a new study. Most medication mistakes did not harm patients, the researchers found, but those that did were more likely to happen in intensive care units. And ICU patients and families were less likely to be told about errors than patients in other hospital units. Reuters, The Washington Post 01/15/2013 | Read Article: The Washington Post |
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