This book is a thinly-veiled attempt to defend the status quo of litigation-on-demand — “better the devil you know than the one you don’t.” Essentially, it advises physicians to accept the system and conform to the rigors of legal imposition when caught in the net of a medical lawsuit. It defends contingency fees, the system […]
Doctors and the Law by Hon. Hiller B. Zobel and Stephen N. Rous, MD Read More »
In a 1993 two-part article at a height of the liability crisis, particularly with medical “malpractice” lawsuits,(1) I wrote that rampant litigation had become a malevolent trend threatening to unravel the fabric of society and individuals. The trend has recently cranked up to high gear as attorney-litigators have found yet new venues for enacting disruptive
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If anyone is interested in reading about a physician (neurologist) who has learned the ropes of the court system and who entertains the reader with forensic medical tales, this is the book to read and savor. Although Dr. Klawans is a frequent medical expert witness for both sides of the versus, he does not hesitate
Trials of an Expert Witness by Harold L. Klawans, MD Read More »
Last August, the rugged Aussie survivalist, whose real life exploits inspired the “Crocodile Dundee” movies, died in what then appeared to be a mysterious shootout with Australian police. A police sergeant was also killed in the incident. It was reported that Rodney William Ansell, the 44-year-old, blond haired Aussie, uncannily resembled actor Paul Hogan, who
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In this most momentous book, John R. Lott, Jr., studied the FBI’s massive yearly crime statistics for all 3,054 U.S. counties over 18 years (1977-1994), the largest national survey on gun ownership and state police documentation in illegal gun use, and comes to some startling conclusions: 1. While neither state waiting periods nor the federal
Reps. Charles Rangel and Marcy Kaptur, both Democrats from New York, reportedly traveled to Cuba looking for “future business and agriculture trade possibilities.” Now former President Jimmy Carter has announced that he will travel to communist Cuba in May 2002. As a concerned American and fellow Georgian, I hope his visit to fascist Cuba and
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