Heart Disease is Costly – Cardiac Care Is A Money-Making Machine That Too Often Favors Profit Over Science As baby boomers hit their 60s and heart disease remains the No. 1 killer of all U.S. adults, it’s no surprise that ads exploiting people’s concerns about their heart are cropping up everywhere.
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Leeseberg & Valentine would like to express our gratitude at being able to assist Neal Aquino’s family in obtaining a settlement that has helped them establish a fund in his honor and memory. When Alumni Weekend takes place May 13-15, 2011, an alum from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine will be noticeably absent, [...]
Editor’s Note: Recently, Ellen Hobbs Hirshman [EHH] hosted a “roundtable” conference call with three plaintiffs’ lawyers, one defense lawyer, and a judge, to discuss obstructionist tactics during depositions, and how to handle them. The plaintiffs’ attorneys were Gerry Leeseberg [GL] of Leeseberg & Valentine in Columbus, Ohio; Steve Collier [SC] of Connelly, Jackson & Collier, [...]
I have been asked why I want to take part in the discussions when the state legislature considers changes to our civil justice system in Tennessee. I am certainly aware of the ideological boxes that advocates like to put folks in when it comes to “tort reform.” Republicans and conservatives are supposed to be for [...]
Susan Saladoff’s documentary is entertaining and informative, vividly illuminating the wrongs of systems like tort reform. PARK CITY – Hot Coffee is strong brew, a scalding documentary on tort reform that should stir up your blood pressure faster than a triple espresso. The Sundance audience rendered a favorable verdict on this impressive film debut of [...]
Several years ago the legislature capped financial awards for medical malpractice lawsuits and now the state’s largest physician group wants lawmakers to expand legal protections for doctors into additional areas. The Ohio State Medical Association wants the General Assembly to pass a proposal that would significantly raise the legal standard for civil suits against doctors [...]
Although judicial elections tend to attract far less notice than top-of-the-ticket races, the scandalous “justice for sale” financing of Republican candidates to Ohio’s top court cries out for attention. The Democratic party is fielding two excellent candidates, Chief Justice Eric Brown and Appellate Judge Mary Jane Trapp, but GOP opponents Justice Maureen O’Connor and Justice [...]
New findings indicate that putting limits on malpractice awards and enacting similar tort reforms are unlikely to do much to curb the nation’s surging health care costs. In fact a new study, published last week in Health Affairs suggests that costs associated with medical malpractice are far less than the $650 billion figure (26% of all money [...]
It’s killing season in election year 2004. Special-interest groups have been lambasting trial lawyers, blaming these so-called “predators” for higher health insurance premiums and fewer specialty physicians. This year, the outcry is louder than ever because Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards was a plaintiff’s attorney. But having lived through the consequences of a medical [...]
