According to a recent AAJ article the legal rights of servicemembers injured by medical negligence would be restored under legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate. The article states that a 1950 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Feres v. United States prevents servicemembers on active duty from holding the government accountable for non-combat related injuries. This decision strips military families of their right to seek redress through our civil justice system. The Carmelo Rodriguez Military Medical Accountability Act (S. 1347 / H.R. 1478), sponsored by Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), would offer servicemembers injured by medical negligence the same protections currently provided to veterans.
Traumatic Brain Injury Trial Witnesses Are Vital
January 22, 2013
In most brain injury cases the survivor looks and acts normal, or at least is perceived this way by the jury in the courtroom. Since this can often be an “invisible injury” there is a need for “before and after” witnesses. These witnesses who have known the survivor