Contract vs. Tort

  • Read more: Doctors Conducting Peer Review Can Recover Compensatory and Punitive Damages for Confidentiality Violations
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    Doctors Conducting Peer Review Can Recover Compensatory and Punitive Damages for Confidentiality Violations

    By Alex Stein The Supreme Court of New Mexico has recently delivered an important decision protecting peer reviewers’ statutory entitlement to confidentiality. Yedidag v. Roswell Clinic Corp., — P.3d —- (N.M. 2015), 2015 WL 691333. The Court ruled that peer reviewers can sue violators of their confidentiality right and recover compensatory and even punitive damages. This…

  • Read more: Medical Malpractice in Reproductive-Choice Procedures
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    Medical Malpractice in Reproductive-Choice Procedures

    By Alex Stein Malpractice suits filed in connection with reproductive-choice procedures often present unique problems. The suit filed by Jami Conner against her former gynecologist, Dr. Bryan Hodges, is a case in point. The plaintiff, a mother of two children, decided that she did not want to have more children. To avoid future pregnancy, she asked…