The Supreme Court will consider whether the government can draw blood from unconscious motorists to check for alcohol or drugs without their consent or a warrant. The justices have previously weighed ...

What happens when a police officer and nurse have a difference of opinion over whether blood can be drawn from an unconscious patient? Mr G, a truck driver, was brought to the burn unit of a ...

The Alabama House Health Committee Wednesday approved a bill clarifying health care providers can refuse to draw blood in alleged drunk driving situations. HB 391, sponsored by Rep. Phillip Rigsby, ...

Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded. The commonwealth appealed from the trial court's order granting appellee Timothy Trahey's motion to suppress the results of his warrantless blood draw ...

The Supreme Court ruled today that exigent circumstances allow police to draw blood from an unconscious driver without his permission and without a warrant if the police suspect that the driver is ...

On Dec. 16, the high court issued its opinion in State of New Mexico v. Adams, one of six cases with similar fact patterns. The New Mexico Supreme Court recently held that an emergency room technician ...

This month we look at a very common issue, what happens if a physician orders blood work and a patient fails to have it done and then suffers adverse consequences? It would make sense that going for ...

One experimental test can detect 50 different cancers. Every year, thousands of Americans undergo routine screening to catch cancer in its early stages, while it’s still treatable. But these routine ...