Arizona readers of the New York Times might have noticed an article about an attempt in the U.S. House to do the bidding of physicians and their insurance companies. The House passed a bill with a provision tucked quietly into it that would protect doctors from being held to a standard of care used in… read more

Fifty-four words in three paragraphs to describe the deaths of two people in one accident. The meager numbers are of course not indicative of the inherent human worth of the victims, but rather the commonplace nature of tragedies in our society. In this particular case, two people died in a motorcycle crash with an automobile… read more

A few days ago, an Arizona Department of Public Safety officer on a motorcycle was hit by an SUV at a Phoenix intersection. A fire captain told a TV station reporter that the accident was in early evening, around 7:50 p.m. at Camelback Road and 27th Avenue. The officer was reportedly in stable condition, though… read more

Medical malpractice isn’t about innocent mistakes. It’s about negligence. When you go to a Phoenix surgeon for a follow-up visit after knee surgery and the doctor asks to see your left knee rather than the right knee that was operated on, that’s a mistake. Momentarily forgetting which knee had the surgery is the kind of… read more

A river of green beer will wash down the gullets of shamrock-festooned revelers this weekend in Phoenix. But beware: the luck of the Irish will do you little good if police officers believe you are drinking and driving this weekend or on St. Patrick’s Day. Phoenix police have already sent out the warning that they… read more

Today, when a Phoenix driver is pulled over and suspected by the police officer of drunken driving, he or she can expect to be asked to perform a variety of field sobriety tests. The tests can help the officer decide if the driver should be charged or not with DUI. Drivers can also be asked… read more

Michael Jordan, Karl Malone, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. Sir Charles Barkley (a former Phoenix Suns player), Patrick Ewing and John Stockton. The list of basketball greats who played on 1992’s Dream Team was breathtaking. Now some observers are wondering if the Suns are putting together a Super Extreme Team. That’s because the team has… read more