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| Brain Study Examined 111 Former NFL players - Only One Didn't Have CTE. |
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Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine and the VA Boston Healthcare System examined 202 brains that belonged to men who played football at all levels and were later donated for research. They found CTE in 177 of them— 87%. While they found evidence of the disease across all levels of play, the highest percentage was found among those who competed at the highest level; all but one of the 111 brains belonging to ex-NFL players were diagnosed post-mortem with CTE.
Rick Maese, The Washington Post 07/25/2017    |
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| We Won't See You in Court: The Era of Tort Lawsuits Is Waning |
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Fewer than two in 1,000 people—the alleged victims of inattentive motorists, medical malpractice, faulty products and other civil wrongs—filed tort lawsuits in 2015, an analysis of the latest available data collected by the National Center for State Courts shows. That is down sharply from 1993, when about 10 in 1,000 Americans filed such suits. A host of factors are fueling the decline, including state restrictions on litigation, the increasing cost of bringing suits, improved auto safety and a long campaign by businesses to turn public opinion against plaintiffs and their lawyers.
JOE PALAZZOLO, Wall Street Journal 07/25/2017 |
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| Jury Orders Olympus to Pay $6.6M But Rejects Claims its Medical Scopes are Unsafe |
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A jury ordered giant medical scope maker Olympus Corp. to pay a Seattle hospital $6.6 million in damages tied to a deadly superbug outbreak, and told the hospital to pay $1 million to a deceased patient's family. But jurors on Monday also rejected claims that the Tokyo-based manufacturer's flagship medical scope was unsafe as designed. The decision follows an eight-week trial, the first in the U.S. related to gastrointestinal scopes causing outbreaks of drug-resistant infections.
Chad Terhune & JoNel Aleccia, LA Times 07/25/2017 |
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| Lyft Facing Lawsuit Over Death of 13-Year-Old Florida Girl |
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A lawsuit filed against ride-sharing company Lyft alleges that one of the company's drivers took a 13-year-old girl to the home of a 17-year-old boy prior to a fatal accident. The lawsuit, filed by the girl's family, states that the young girl got into a truck with the teenage boy after being dropped off by the Lyft driver, and then was killed in a car crash. The lawsuit filed Monday in Palm Beach Circuit Court names as defendants the boy, his mother, Lyft and two of its drivers.
Eliot Kleinberg, Palm Beach Post 07/19/2017 |
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| Workers' Comp Laws Bar Ex-NFLers' Claims, Judge Rules |
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A California federal judge freed a trio of National Football League teams from two former players' remaining claims in a suit alleging players were encouraged to abuse painkillers, ruling Friday that the allegations are barred by state workers' compensation law. In his nine-page order, U.S. District Judge William Alsup granted a bid by the Los Angeles Chargers, Denver Broncos and Green Bay Packers for summary judgment on claims that team doctors knowingly misrepresented they were looking out for player health and safety when overprescribing painkillers
Adam Rhodes, Law360 ($) 07/25/2017 |
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| Family of Patient Who Refused Blood Transfusion Cannot File Suit |
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A Pennsylvania appeals court has ruled that the family of a woman who died after refusing blood transfusions cannot filed suit against the hospital that treated her. Superior Court Judge Jacqueline O. Shogan ruled that the patient's family will not be able to file suit against Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia. The patient, a Jehovah's Witness missionary, died after giving birth at the hospital and refusing blood transfusions. The woman chose Hahnemann because of its "bloodless medicine" program for patients who won't agree to having blood transfusions, however, complications during her delivery made it necessary for her to have a blood transfusion to save her life.
Matt Miller, PennLive.com 07/21/2017 |
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