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...Brand said. “He’s been struggling all year, and today was one of those days where it looks like he’s coming out of it and fencing as well as he can.” —Staff writer Madeleine I. Shapiro can be reached at mshapiro@fas.harvard.edu...
...especially coming off these wins, we’ve got a pretty good mental attitude; we’re ready to go. “I think we have a pretty good shot at taking it all this year.” —Staff writer Madeleine I. Shapiro can be reached at mshapiro@fas.harvard.edu...
Some legal experts, however, argue that the proposed reform is a bad idea. University of Southern California law school professor Michael Shapiro feels that expanding the current statute to immunize not just medical personnel but also the general public would be a mistake. "I would not favor a law that says, 'Hey, if someone wants to rescue people, let them do it, just don't stop them deliberately, and if they botch it up and if they're careless and stupid, fine,' " says Shapiro. "I don't think that's a good state of affairs. I think...
...Shapiro says the message of the Torti-Van Horn case is not "Don't rescue, because if anything happens to the person, you're liable." Those who choose to rescue people have always been protected under common law, he points out, provided they act with due care. "If you wanted to rescue somebody, you can go rescue somebody even if you are not a doctor, but if you are negligent and the person is hurt, you're going to be liable," says Shapiro. "Negligent means unacceptably careless. It's not that big of an obligation to put on people...
Beth Israel received two grants totaling $12 million in recent years to renovate the Shapiro Clinical Center and to fund the teaching hospital’s education programs. The multi-year commitments were to be paid over several years, according to Beth Israel’s chief executive, Paul F. Levy. Levy said in an e-mail that he was “not sure” how much had been paid to date...