County officials answer wrongful death lawsuit (The News-Messenger) In court documents filed Wednesday, the Sandusky County commissioners and the engineer's office answered a lawsuit that names them as defendants in a wrongful death accident. [News Source]

Peterson faces deposition in wrongful death (Modesto Bee) Scott Peterson's next public appearance — on videotape to be shown in September at a wrongful death trial in Modesto — might be extremely short. [News Source]

Medical malpractice issue cooled off in ’06; is the crisis over? (The Daily Record) It was not so long ago that malpractice reform consumed the minds of Maryland legislators and their constituents. Yet the issue seemed to fade away du… [News Source]

Testimony centers on brother in third day of wrongful death suit (Neosho Daily News) Testimony Wednesday in the Jacob Wright wrongful death case focused on the mental state of Jacob's older brother, Jeremiah, who witnessed his brother's death beneath the wheels of a Neosho R-5 school bus. [News Source]

Legislature OKs medical malpractice bill (KVOA Tucson) The House on Wednesday reversed itself and approved Senate-passed legislation to make it harder to win medical malpractice lawsuits over emergency health care. [News Source]

Experts Deliver One-Two Punch to Critics of Medical Malpractice Insurers (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Newly released expert research reveals that consumer groups' criticisms of the medical malpractice insurance industry contain systematic flaws and the intentional misuse of industry data. [News Source]

Legislature OKs medical malpractice bill (KVOA Tucson) The House on Wednesday reversed itself and approved Senate-passed legislation to make it harder to win medical malpractice lawsuits over emergency health care. [News Source]

Irwin Mitchell merger enhances firm’s personal injury reputation (Yorkshire Post Today) Kathryn Moore THE largest law firm in Yorkshire is to merge with one of Britain's top personal injury and clinical negligence practices. (27/04/2006 09:29:35) [News Source]

The World Bank Accused Of Deception And Medical Malpractice In Malaria Treatment (Medical News Today) In a Viewpoint published online by The Lancet on Africa Malaria Day, a group of public health experts claim that The World Bank has published false financial and statistical accounts and wasted money on ineffective medicines in malaria treatment. Also published online today is a response from The World Bank, which argues that the authors' claims are unfounded... click link for more info. [News Source]

Supreme Court Hears Medical Malpractice Case (KELOLAND) Giving birth by Caesarian section is becoming more routine. But a KELOLAND woman wants a new trial to sue her doctor's business for malpractice. Her c-section became so infected she can no longer have children. [News Source]