Medical Malpractice In The News

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ABERDEEN — Parents of children with developmental disabilities heard some expert advice on legal issues related to the education of their children at a Nov. 10 meeting. Hillary Freeman, of Hinkle, Fingles and Prior, Lawrenceville, was the guest speaker at a Nov. 10 workshop at the Cambridge Park Elementary School that provided an overview of special-education law.

A pretrial hearing in the case against Kansas late-term abortion provider George Tiller adjourned "abruptly" last week, with testimony scheduled to resume in January, the AP/Wichita Eagle reports (Hegeman, AP/Wichita Eagle, 11/21).

THE Australian newspaper last night claimed three prestigious Walkley Awards for excellence in journalism.

TennCare officials have asked that courts grant them a suspension of a 20-year-old lawsuit that prevents the state from annually re-evaluating about 180,000 beneficiaries who may no longer be eligible for coverage, the AP/Tennessean reports. TennCare is the state's expanded Medicaid program.Gov.

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NHS Hospital Trusts that are successful in reducing Clostridium difficile risks in line with government targets still have a 50% chance of paying a financial penalty every year, and around a 95% chance of being fined over three years, warn researchers on bmj.com today.

Motivated by the mystery of a nightmare clinical scenario, scientists studying how anesthesia affects the brain are now opening a window to the source of human consciousness.

Two journalists from the Nine Network's axed Sunday program have won the gold Walkley, the most prized award in Australian journalism.

The former president of a large Californian union has been ordered to repay more than US$1 million.