United States:
Emergency Room Liability: Raising the Hurdle of Requisite Proof While Lowering the Damage Caps
01 September 2016
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
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Irv Hirsch (Partner-New York) and Roya Vasseghi Beaumont
(Associate-Virginia) co-authored "Emergency Room Liability:
Raising the Hurdle of Requisite Proof While Lowering the Damage
Caps," which appeared in the August 2016 issue of
DRI's For the Defense. In their comprehensive article,
Irving and Roya address that as states continue to attempt to push
through bills to impose higher evidence burdens on plaintiffs in
medical negligence cases involving emergency health care
provider liability, few have been enacted into law.
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