Personal Injury Law News and Insights

Apology statutes So-called "apology statutes," by now enacted in a majority of states, address the admissibility of medical providers' statements, affirmations, gestures, or conduct expressing apology, fault, regret, sympathy, commiseration, or a general sense of benevolence. Typically, such statutes apply to any civil action or arbitration alleging medical malpractice against...

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In a landmark decision, a Pennsylvania jury ruled in favor of the defendant National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the first sports concussion case tried to verdict. In a 10−2 decision, the jury in Onyshko v. NCAA, No. C-63-CV-201403620 (Wash. Cty. Ct. Comm. Pleas, PA) (filed 6/27/14, originally filed in federal court...

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There are more than 15,600 nursing homes in the United States, according to the most recent statistics. And more than 1.3 million residents live in these facilities.  Most nursing homes provide excellent care to elderly or disabled individuals.  Sadly, however, there sometimes is inadequate care that leads to injury, elder...

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