Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) is almost ubiquitous, featuring innumerable facets of daily life. For all its advantages, however, it carries risks harm. In this article, we discuss how the law tort should deal with these risks. We take account need for any proposed scheme liability to protect existing values without acting as a barrier innovation. To end, propose strict regime in respect...

In the framework of European law telemedicine is, simultaneously, a health service and an information service, therefore, both regulations apply. In what concerns healthcare and the practice of medicine there are no uniform regulations at the European level. Concerning health services the most relevant achievement to regulate this domain is Directive 2011/24/EU. In what regards information and ...

Professional liability insurance crises in medicine have been intermittent, reaching magnitudes sucient to generate widespread concern only in the mid-1970s, the mid-1980s, and 2002-2003. It is easy for health policymakers and the public to view each crisis as an upswing of the same pendulum. Malpractice premiums rise, doctors accuse lawyers, lawyers point back at doctors, and legislatures deb...

the owner of the aircraft or the enterprise which benefits from its use or operation may have civil liability for injuries to persons or property on the land or water or in the sky. regarding this liability many questions can be raised: who is the responsible person and what are the harmful acts and damages which can be resulted from using aircraft and how can harmonize the property rights of p...

As a rule, mentally ill patients are held to be responsible for their acts just like everyone else. Notwithstanding, the law in Israel contains special rules which distinguish individuals with mental illness from other people. The instructions laid out in article 34h of the Israeli Penal Law empower the court to release a defendant from criminal responsibility. To do this the following criteria...

State apology laws offer a separate avenue from traditional damages-centric tort reforms to address medical malpractice liability. These laws facilitate apologies from physicians by excluding statements of apology from malpractice trials. Prior research suggests that apologies may assuage the anger of patients, decrease the number of claims filed, and lower settlement amounts. Using a unique da...

Multiple stakeholders in the U.S. health care system are also paying closer attention than ever to the safety and efficacy of treatments and monitoring how pharmaceutical companies report the results of their clinical trials. A consequence of this scrutiny is the number of mass tort and product liability cases in which pharmaceutical companies’ analyses, interpretations and reporting of biologi...

Federal regulations governing human subjects research do not address key questions raised by incidental neuroimaging findings, including the scope of a researcher's disclosure with respect to the possibility of incidental findings and the question whether a researcher has an affirmative legal cuty to seek, detect, and report incidental findings. The scope of researcher duties may, however, be m...