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Legislature should pull plug on inept Medical Board of California
The time has come to put the Medical Board of California out of its misery. The board oversees the licensing of doctors and their discipline for misdeeds or incompetence. It also has jurisdiction over doctor-owned surgical clinics. Long ago the board...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Hospitals and Clinics, Career and Workplace, Los Angeles Times Columnists, Unemployment
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Kermit Gosnell and the 'liberal media'
The murder trial of Kermit Gosnell, a Philadelphia abortion provider, entered its fifth week today riding a peculiar media firestorm. The focus of much attention in recent days was not on Dr. Gosnell, who is charged in the death of seven babies and an...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Hospitals and Clinics, Social Issues, Trials
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Boxer urges investigations into banks' mortgage pact adherence
Saying too many homes have been lost “to bank malfeasance or error,” Sen. Barbara Boxer called for federal investigations into whether banks are breaking the consumer-protection pledges they made in last year’s $26-billion settlement...Tags: Financial and Business Services, Bank of America Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Mortgages, Citigroup Incorporated
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Detroit's decline
Since the Motown sound went silent -- except on oldies stations -- and General Motors and Chrysler (but not Ford) required life support from Washington, there has been little to recommend Detroit, Mich., to visitors, much less its residents. The...
Tags: The New York Times, Crime, Law and Justice, Economy, Business and Finance, General Motors Corp., Corporate Crime
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Malpractice claim in teen's wisdom teeth death settled out of court
A medical malpractice case filed by the parents of a Woodstock teen who died days after being deprived of oxygen during a routine wisdom teeth surgery in Howard County two years ago has been settled out of court, according to court records and an attorney...
Tags: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Crime, Law and Justice, Health and Medical Professionals, Justice System, Howard County
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William H. Ginsburg dies at 70; Monica Lewinsky's attorney
William H. Ginsburg, a seasoned medical malpractice attorney who bolted to national prominence in the brutal arena of Washington politics as Monica Lewinsky's lawyer, died Monday at his home in Sherman Oaks. He was 70. The cause was cancer, said his...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Military Justice, Justice System, Hospitals and Clinics, Laws
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There are way too many frivolous lawsuits going on
Guest Columnist“Woe unto you, lawyers,” Jesus Christ himself once said. Fast forward 20 centuries and Christ could have had the personal-injury, ambulance-chasing kind of lawyer in mind. You’ve seen these law-benders’ brand of advertising:...Tags: Nursing, Crime, Law and Justice, Long Term Care, Medical Specialization, Justice System
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Two patients file lawsuits against gynecologist Levy, Johns Hopkins
Two former patients of Johns Hopkins gynecologist Dr. Nikita Levy filed lawsuits against him and his former employer Friday over concerns that he might have secretly photographed them, as a victims advocacy group joined lawyers in pressing for more...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Medical Specialization, Justice System, Trials, Obstetrics
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King of Arundel, deposed
Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold treated the county government as his personal fiefdom, and he acted as if those paid by the public were his servants. He ordered them to engage in activity to further his political career, to facilitate his...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Political Corruption, Elections, Trials, Career and Workplace
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Letters: America's gun obssession
Re "Gun mania," Editorial, Jan. 10 President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, members of Congress and all the talking heads in the media are chiming in with their opinions about gun violence and what we should do about it. And it's all for nothing....Tags: National Rifle Association of America, U.S. Congress, Joe Biden, Barack Obama
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Bell: Request for mistrial denied but attorney chastized
L.A. NOWThe attorney for former Bell Mayor Oscar Hernandez requested a mistrial Wednesday after news surfaced that one of the potential jurors in the municipal corruption case had lunch with an attorney involved in the case. The request was denied, though...... -
Doctors leaving foreign objects in patients
U.S surgeons leave a foreign object in a patient at least 39 times a week. They perform the wrong procedure on a patient at least 20 times a week. And they operate on the wrong body part at least 20 times a week. That is what Johns Hopkins...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests
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