I really don't have time to explain all this," Dennis Moore's physician said as he hurried away, and for the second time in a week Moore saw red, his anger rising. The first red Moore had seen was his own blood, after going to the bathroom. Now he needed
Activists associated with Ralph Nader and Harvey Rosenfield would like voters to impose new restrictions on campaign contributions and other financial benefits to government officials.
Indiana joins national trend to prohibit contracts with court reporters
The Indiana Lawyer
The establishment of long-term, exclusive agreements for services between court reporting firms and corporate litigants will become illegal in Indiana Jan. 1, 2000. After that, depositions taken by court reporters working under a contract will be consider
Kaiser Permanente, the nation's largest not-for-profit HMO, and a coalition of AFL-CIO unions on Tuesday announced an agreement that will "protect the jobs and incomes" of unionized Kaiser workers from coast to coast. Born from a partnership formed t
Imagine being asked to adopt a child, then, after seeing that infant through its first difficult years, being forced to give it up for adoption because you've been deemed to be an unfit parent.
Despite Wall Street's support of his "gloves-off" approach to the class-action lawsuit against Aetna, company CEO Richard Huber is "making matters worse for Aetna and the beleaguered (HMO) industry," according to legal experts and consumer advocates.
Do Exclusive Contracts Give the Defense an Unfair Advantage
Lawyers Weekly USA
Most lawyers walk into a deposition assuming that the court reporter will be an impartial keeper of the record. But thanks to "exclusive contracts" between court-reporting agencies and insurance companies, this may no longer be the case.
A wide-ranging new package of health care laws that grants Californians the right to sue HMOs for damages has raised hopes among consumer advocates and Democratic officials that the federal government will follow suit.
Motorists and others injured in auto accidents have received steadily lower payments from insurance companies since a 1988 state Supreme Court decision, according to a study released today.
Richard Huber made that mistake in a story published Jan. 22 in The Hartford Courant, two days after jurors in San Bernardino hit Aetna U.S. Healthcare of California with a $120.5 million judgment for refusing to cover an experimental treatment for
You Can Sue Your Boss. You Can Even Sue the President. But Most Americans Can't Sue Their Health Insurer. Reform is Afoot to Change That.
Time Magazine
Attorney David Goodrich held an almost religious belief in playing by the rules. Certainly his deference to protocol and respect for others were plainly evident on the day in June 1992 when, in the middle of the courtroom, he toppled flat onto his back. C
In 1998, FTCR co-sponsored a ballot measure to fight the ratepayer bailout required by the 1996 deregulation law. Utilities spent over $40 million in a succesful campaign to defeat it. Read about what Prop. 9 would have accomplished.
