Hofstra Law School & the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Pisa, Italy; May 22 - June 5, 2010
Course in Comparative Health Care Liability
Professor Vern R. Walker
Hofstra University School of Law
Hempstead, New York 11549 USA
Professor Giovanni Comandé
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Pisa, Italy
These are some of the assigned decisions we will study in the course on Comparative Health Care Liability, part of the study abroad program in Pisa, Italy in 2010 co-sponsored by Hofstra Law School and the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna. In addition to the electronic copies of the readings available here, printed copies will be available in Pisa.
C.M. v. United States, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 82127 (E.D.Mo. 2006) (asphyxia at birth)
Gerace v. United States, 2006 WL 2376696 (N.D.N.Y. 2006) (anticoagulant therapy)
Bankert by Bankert v. United States, 937 F.Supp. 1169 (D.Md. 1996) (unconsented birthing procedure)
Johns v. United States, 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4161 (E.D.La. 1998) (misdiagnosis of precancerous mass)
Wright v. United States, 280 F.Supp.2d 472 (M.D.N.C. 2003) (nerve damage after surgery)
