The United States can be held liable for a Colorado Springs nurse's misdiagnosis of a plaintiff's cancerous lump as “nothing to worry about,” the Denver-based federal appeals court ruled last week in reinstating a medical malpractice claim.
Private corporations will cheer the U.S. Treasury department's move on lump-sum pension payments, but policy makers must weigh its impact on retirees and taxpayers.…Read More
Lump sum payments of a portion of Social Security benefits are a powerful incentive to convince people to delay retirement, new Wharton research finds. …Read More