In pursuit of health; with more patients suing HMOs for denial of treatment, lawyers are exploring new ground in going up against the managed-care giants
Article Abstract:
Suits against health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and other managed care insurers for delay and denial of treatment have proliferated as the administration of the health care industry has undergone fundamental change. Critics of managed care contend its motive is profit rather than the touted cost consciousness. Doctors resent the usurpation of their independence by nonmedical people. Plaintiffs have used the theories of vicarious liability and corporate negligence to break down the corporate-practice-of-medicine defense. Doctors have even sued HMOs for being dismissed as overutilizers.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1996
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Model tribunal plagued by cash woes; body hearing claims against Iraq ambitious but underfunded
Article Abstract:
The United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) was established to handle claims relating to the Persian Gulf War after Saddam Hussein's agreement upon surrender to pay all war damages. The claims are to be funded by 30% of Iraq's postwar oil sales. Whether the process will work is in doubt since Hussein has been prevented from selling any Iraqi oil due to his failure to comply with sanctions. If the UNCC works, it could provide a model for the resolution of international claims in the future.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1995
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Courts playing against type; new rules set word counts rather than page limits for appellate briefs
Article Abstract:
The US Courts of Appeals for the 7th and 9th Circuits have new rules allowing attorneys to file briefs conforming to maximum word and character counts rather than the more traditional page count. The rules also give format and type sizes to be used and went into effect Jan 1, 1996. The US Judicial Conference is weighing a similar rule for all appeals courts.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1996
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: Helping jury see the facts with pictures; graphics can be a winning way for lawyers to illuminate evidence and present a cohesive visual story to the factfinder
- Abstracts: Going for the gold; with Olympics set to begin, Atlanta lawyers racing into final deals. New questions in Atlanta murders; did prosecutors withhold evidence of Klan involvement in children's deaths?
- Abstracts: Fake evidence becomes real problem: from fingerprints to photos to computer data, lawyers are learning to be vigilant
- Abstracts: RTC payments delayed; some lawyers wait more than a year for fees from thrift agency. The legal world according to AARP: lawyers joining retiree discount program must undergo screening, pay fee
- Abstracts: Some health reform is needed. Economic policies and what they could mean to savings behavior. A new paradigm or an investment bubble?