Laura Eschleman was re-appointed to serve her second term as Vice Chair of the DRI Medical Liability and Health Care Law Committee, a Committee made up of around 1,500  medical liability and health care attorneys and claims professionals across the country. While COVID-19 changed DRI’s [...]

 Laura Eschleman and Bob Goldstucker continued to lecture to physicians on risk management issues in 2020, despite the inability to lecture in person due to COVID-19. They lectured to multiple physicians on risk reduction strategies at a national medical malpractice insurer’s educational [...]

On August 6, Mike Hostetter co-presented a Webinar with Joe Fowler of Fowler Hirtzel McNulty & Spaulding in Philadelphia entitled: ‘How to Avoid Liability for Hiring Independent Contractors for Transportation Services.’ The program focused on defending negligence claims against temporary [...]

On May 5, 2020, Laura Eschleman joined a panel of attorneys who recorded a podcast on working full time from home while children simultaneously participated in distance learning from home due to COVID-19.  The panel shared tips and advice and included some favorite products and resources to [...]

Matthew B. Jager and Robert L. Goldstucker moved successfully for summary judgment in favor of a physician sued for medical malpractice.  During the discovery depositions of plaintiff’s standard of care and causation experts, both acknowledged under cross examination that this defendant [...]

COVID-19 Legislation RE: Immunity from Civil Liability and Relaxed Licensing Requirements for Health Care Providers & Health Care Facilities  ALABAMA  Emergency management workers, individuals, partnerships or corporations reasonably attempting to comply with measures promulgated pursuant [...]

DRI leaders met in Chicago, Illinois in January 2020 to connect and brainstorm on leadership skills, effective communication, team building, creative thinking, networking events, and diversity and inclusion.  Attendees included the DRI Board of Directors, State Representatives, State Membership [...]

Quinn Bennett recently obtained a rare summary judgment in federal court based on lack of causation. The plaintiff claimed that an accident caused serious ongoing neck, back, and leg issues. Quinn was able to show that the plaintiff had a long history of neck, back, and leg pain and treatment [...]

Laura Eschleman & Bob Goldstucker gave a risk management lecture on 30(b)(6) depositions and their corporate implications in litigation at CHG Healthcare Services, Inc. in Midvale, Utah on November 6, 2019. Their lecture focused on the importance of specialized preparation for 30(b)(6) [...]

On September 25, 2019, Nall & Miller partner Matt Boyer and associate Tina Cheng achieved a defense verdict in a trial of Eighth Amendment claims alleging violations of a state prisoner’s civil rights, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Serving in his role as Special Assistant Attorney [...]