The AAJ is hosting a training in Phoenix, Arizona this weekend on medical negligence. The seminar will cover a variety of medical malpractice cases, including birth injury lawsuits.
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A medical malpractice seminar will be held in Phoenix, Arizona by the American Association for Justice (AAJ). The seminar will cover birth injury lawsuits and will be held from January 30-31, 2009.
To sign up, click here. http://www.justice.org/cps/rde/xchg/justice/hs.xsl/484.htm
Thornton v. Garcini, No. 107028 presented the question as to whether record contained sufficient evidence to support jury's verdict in favor of plaintiff in action alleging negligent infliction of emotional distress arising out of death to plaintiff's son during child birth. While defendant argued that expert witness testimony was necessary to prove instant claim, Appellate Court found that, unlike medical malpractice claims, expert testimony was not necessary to establish severity of plaintiff's emotional distress. This third district decision will have a great impact on birth injury decisions.
A Court has reinstated a medical malpractice birth injury lawsuit filed by a Las Vegas mother whose child suffered brain damage during birth. The suit was originally dismissed because it was brought after the four-year statute of limitations. However, the Court clarified that the applicable statute of limitations is ten years where the child suffers brain damage or a birth defect.
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