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Posted on August 25, 2020 by Marty Aisenberg

If you’re a Star Trek fan (is there anyone who isn’t a Star Trek fan?), you’ve probably already seen this.  But just in case you haven’t:

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Marty Aisenberg

If that headline made you blink, don’t worry – you read it correctly, and it accurately states what happened.  The case is Markel v. Douglas Technologies Group, https://ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/20/08/192637P.pdf (8th Cir.

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Peter George

Every conceivable segment of our lives has been impacted by COVID-19 and by our responses to it.  In an effort to reduce the possibility of being exposed to the virus by touching an unsanitized surface and then touching your face (which you’re not supposed to do anyway), we’ve adopted hand sanitizers as a staple of our daily lives.  But are they in fact effective in reducing the risk of contracting COVID-19?

Posted on July 7, 2020 by Jeffrey N. Catalano

Jeff Catalano, a longtime client of ours, is one of Massachusetts’s leading medical malpractice / products liability / personal injury attorneys.  He recently wrote this article for his firm’s occasional email newsletter, and he has graciously consented to our request to reprint it here. 

One Important Immunity Achieved: Healthcare Providers from Lawsuits

By Jeffrey N. Catalano

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Dr. Stephen Thornton

“What exactly is a medical toxicologist?”  I have been asked this question by physicians and attorneys alike.  The technical answer is that medical toxicology is a subspecialty officially recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties.  The American College of Medical Toxicology defines it as the field of medicine dedicated to the evaluation and treatment of poisoned and envenomated patients.  This includes the adverse health effects of medications, occupational and environmental toxins, and biological agents. 

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Dr. Stephen Thornton

(Dr. Stephen Thornton is board certified in emergency medicine and medical toxicology and is one of Vident Partners’ leading experts in those fields.  For more information about him, see https://www.videntpartners.com/blog/2020/emergency-medicine-medical-toxicology-expert-witness.) 

Posted on June 9, 2020 by Peter George

In this installment of my ongoing chronicle of sports-related litigation, https://www.videntpartners.com/blog/sports-law, I’m pleased to report on a recent decision that will be of particular interest to the baseball fans among our readers.

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Marty Aisenberg

In evaluating a complex medical malpractice case, where review by one or more specialists could be costly, the plaintiff’s attorney may want a preliminary flat-fee merit review (sometimes called a screening review) to help determine whether the case is worth pursuing.  We are pleased to announce that Vident Partners now provides this service.  Our reviewer is board certified in internal medicine and has 38 years of experience in primary care, hospital medicine, quality control, utilization review and legal consulting.  The fee is $850 for up to 4 hours of work, $350/hr thereafter.  If you’v

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Peter George

This recently-filed sexual assault case resonates, for three reasons: the event occurred on an airplane, which, while not unheard-of and certainly underreported, is relatively rare (see https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article238558198.html); it involves a reversal of the usual gender roles; and it’s an early glimpse of the approaching wave of coronavirus-related litigation:

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