Shaq, Entrepreneurship, and Social Determinants of Health
Government policy should promote entrepreneurship to address health inequities. Shaq’s work with social determinants of health shows why.
Tort Law
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Read more: How the Unpredictable Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Infection Pose a Challenge That Tort Law Cannot Meet How the Unpredictable Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Infection Pose a Challenge That Tort Law Cannot Meet
Statutes of limitation present a significant hurdle for plaintiffs experiencing harms from COVID-19 infection.
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Read more: The PREP Act and Nursing Homes’ Fight to Move COVID Claims to Federal Court The PREP Act and Nursing Homes’ Fight to Move COVID Claims to Federal Court
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling avoids extending a federal statute limiting pandemic liability into unprecedented areas.
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Read more: COVID-19 Clinical Negligence and Patient Safety Update COVID-19 Clinical Negligence and Patient Safety Update
People in the U.K. are now considering taking legal action against the National Health Service (NHS) for improper, negligent COVID-19 treatment.
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Read more: Tort Law: Public and Private Tort Law: Public and Private
By Alex Stein Readers interested in medical malpractice might be interested in seeing—and commenting on—my new article, The Domain of Torts, forthcoming in 117 Colum. L. Rev. (2017). This Article advances a novel positive theory of the law of torts that grows out of a careful and extensive reading of the case law. The Article’s core…
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Read more: Medical Malpractice and the Middle-Ground Fallacy: Should Victims’ Families Recover Compensation for Emotional Harm? Medical Malpractice and the Middle-Ground Fallacy: Should Victims’ Families Recover Compensation for Emotional Harm?
By Alex Stein Medical malpractice victims are generally entitled to recover compensation for emotional harm they endure: see, e.g., Alexander v. Scheid, 726 N.E.2d 272, 283–84 (Ind. 2000). But what about a victim’s close family member? Take a person who suffers emotional distress from witnessing a medical mistreatment and the consequent injury or demise of her…
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Read more: Exploring the Brain in Pain: An Applied Neuroscience & Law Initiative Exploring the Brain in Pain: An Applied Neuroscience & Law Initiative
By Amanda C. PustilnikI am excited to join the Petrie-Flom Center as the first Senior Fellow in Law & Applied Neuroscience. This fellowship is the product of an innovative partnership between the Petrie-Flom Center and the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior (CLBB) at Massachusetts General Hospital. This partnership aims to translate developments in neuroscience…