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Juror falls asleep during trial, what can I do about it?What is a trial attorney to do when one of the jurors falls asleep during the course of testimony? Can the attorney go over to the juror and wake them up? Can
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Excellent Protocol for Heart Valve IssuesBloomberg states, “People with damaged mitral valves, which allow blood to flow backward in the heart, live longer and healthier lives if they get immediate surgery to repair
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Saving Premature BabiesAccording to BBC, “Every year more than 20 million babies are born prematurely or with low birth wait- and an estimated 450 of them die each hour.” New studies show that
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Woman Kills 3 Kids Then Demands Share of Wrongful Death Settlement ProceedsA woman killed her three little kids by drowning in 2008. She then tried to commit suicide by drinking toxic chemical such as bleach, Oxiclean and other lovely cleaning solutions.
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Can a Lawyer Accept a "Friend" Request from a Juror on Facebook During a Trial?During a trial in a medical malpractice case, an accident case or even a wrongful death case, the only time an attorney can talk to jurors is in court and only through testimony
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Doctors Prescribing Unnecessary Expensive Tests; Study Says...Doctors are relying more and more on expensive urine tests to ensure that their patients are not taking prescription drugs according to The Times. The article states that
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FDNY 911 Operator "My Life is Hell"In today's New York Post, a 911 operator gives a brutally honest an in-depth look as to what it's like working as a 911 dispatch operator in one of the busiest emergency call centers in the country.
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Man Dies at Coney Island Hospital after Blood Transfusion ErrorA man died at Coney Island Hospital last week after receiving the wrong type of blood during a blood transfusion. He was only forty years old.
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When It Comes To CT Scans of Lungs, Doctors Should Take A Deep BreathCT scans are known to be effective at finding pulmonary embolisms - sudden blockages in the arteries of the lungs. But according to The New York Times
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Tort Reform Sounds Reasonable, But It Could Cost Victims Dearly; NY Post Article Cries Out for Changes in Accident LawNew York’s law on “joint and several” liability was taken to task by The New York Post in an opinion piece this weekend, which called for tort reform.