Doctors Push for Change in Medical Malpractice Law (WPVI-TV Philadelphia) A bill raising the legal hurdle for medical malpractice plaintiffs was clinically dead after a House committee vote today, but was quickly revived with some arm-twisting by the House majority leader. [News Source]

Doctors Push for Change in Medical Malpractice Law (WPVI-TV Philadelphia) A bill raising the legal hurdle for medical malpractice plaintiffs was clinically dead after a House committee vote today, but was quickly revived with some arm-twisting by the House majority leader. [News Source]

$28 million award given in Seminole County malpractice suit (Orlando Sentinel) An Altamonte Springs woman today won a $28 million jury verdict in one of the biggest medical malpractice awards in Seminole County history. [News Source]

Vioxx: Verdict would hurt science (Bradenton Herald) Merck & Co. Inc., trying to head off a costly punitive verdict over Vioxx, conceded Monday that its conduct may not have been perfect but pleaded with a New Jersey jury not to punish it for merely "falling short" with good intentions. [News Source]

GOP’s Swann for Med Malpractice Caps…Gov. Rendell Lukewarm (KYW News Radio 1060) Medical malpractice, whether in crisis or not, provided clear political fault lines at a forum Wednesday. "At what point in time did someone, or some special interest, have enough pull to get that as part of the constitution?" [News Source]

Testimony begins today in wrongful death case (Altus Times) ALTUS - Testimony in the wrongful death petition against Steven Kirk Carson, who the plaintiffs in the case say killed his wife, Marsha Carol Carson, 54, in April 2001, was to begin today at the Jackson County Courthouse. [News Source]

Local Attorney Inducted into Trial Lawyers Group (Metropolitan News-Enterprise) An El Segundo attorney has been inducted into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Jacques Soiret, 63, of Kirtland & Packard was among a handful of lawyers whose admission to the select group was recognized last week at its annual meeting in Washington D.C. [News Source]

State’s legal system remains near bottom (Antelope Valley Press) This story appeared in the Antelope Valley Press on Wednesday, April 12, 2006. The $3 million suit won by dozens of tenants against a Lancaster slumlord earlier this spring represents what the civil courts are supposed to be used for. [News Source]

Student Sues School After Breaking Arm During Handspring (Local6.com Central Florida) EAST LAKE, Fla. -- A former student is suing East Lake High School after she broke her arm while trying out for the cheerleading squad. [News Source]

At-Will Doctrine Is Not Applied to Associate’s Suit Against Firm (Law.com via Yahoo! Finance) A New York judge has ruled that the employee-at-will doctrine doesn't apply to law firm associates who are terminated for refusing to go along with unethical conduct. A former associate at a high-profile Manhattan personal injury firm sued the firm and its name partners, claiming he was fired for his "refusal to allow himself to be drawn into" wrongful acts. [News Source]