All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 9 2015 // An annual report on patient safety shows more errors but fewer deaths in Minnesota hospitals in the past year.The Department of Health found 277 so-called “adverse events” in categories that have long been...
Mar 6 2015 // The Missouri House has given initial approval to a bill to reinstate limits on how much juries can award in noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases against health care providers.Supporters said the limits,...
Mar 5 2015 // Workers’ compensation insurers should expect more cost shifting from group health plans as a key provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) takes hold, according to new research from the Workers Compensation Research...
Feb 26 2015 // An annual report on patient safety shows more errors but fewer deaths in Minnesota hospitals in the past year.The Department of Health found 277 so-called “adverse events” in categories long been tracked, such...
Feb 25 2015 // In a new sigma report, the first for 2015 Swiss Re concludes that “demand and expectations for better healthcare services are rising in the emerging markets,” and that as a result it expects “premiums for...
Feb 12 2015 // Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance, has named Valoree Celona to its recently-created position of senior vice president of Medical Professional Liability Insurance.Based in...
Feb 9 2015 // Texas Rep. Chris Turner, House District 101- Grand Prairie, has filed a measure that would clarify the definition of “claimant” in respect to a healthcare liability claim.HB 956 was crafted in response to a...
Feb 4 2015 // Jennifer Eastman already was in anguish when she went to the hospital on Jan. 4, 2013, to have the dead fetus she was carrying removed from her uterus.The procedure and the loss of a child were bad enough. But it got...
Jan 28 2015 // Texas state Rep. Chris Turner, House District 101- Grand Prairie, has filed a measure that would clarify the definition of “claimant” in respect to a health care liability claim.HB 956 stems from the Texas...
Jan 28 2015 // A federal appeals court has refused to reconsider a decision that opens the door for cruise ship passengers to sue for medical malpractice.The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a bid by Royal Caribbean Cruise...
Jan 26 2015 // The Catholic Diocese of Spokane has settled a malpractice case it filed against the law firm that handled its bankruptcy over priest sex abuse claims.The church and the Paine Hamblen law firm settled Friday, but the terms...
Jan 22 2015 // A can of worms has been opened, the horse is out of the barn and the industry is gazing into Pandora’s Box.There is no shortage of idioms for workers’ compensation experts who are concerned over a decision last...
Jan 20 2015 // Nearly a decade after Missouri last limited some civil lawsuit awards, Republican lawmakers are organizing to reinstate caps overturned by the state’s highest court.Businesses can now face lawsuits with unlimited...
Jan 20 2015 // Glatfelter Healthcare Practice (GHP), an insurance program serving senior living facilities, home health care and other private homecare agencies, has expanded its program coverage with a new carrier, AIG.The package...
Jan 19 2015 // Workers’ compensation costs and claims frequency in the healthcare sector are going down, according to a report that studied 1,1150 facilities in 11 states.Aon Risk Solutions’ Health Care Workers’...
Jan 8 2015 // Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance Group announced that Farmers Insurance Exchange, one of the insurers comprising Farmers Insurance Group, and affiliates have filed a lawsuit in the state Supreme Court of New York...
Jan 4 2015 // A malpractice case for a Minnesota woman who died after receiving a transplant of a cancerous pancreas may be headed for a trial.The Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled the case against Dr. Ty Dunn should head to court in...
Dec 28 2014 // New Hampshire hospitals are making progress in reducing both errors and unnecessary readmissions, according to new federal data.The federal Department of Health and Human Services released a report this month estimating...
Dec 24 2014 // Pasquale Vaglio, a retired New York City policeman and Korean War veteran, was on the cruise of a lifetime with 18 family members in the summer of 2001 aboard Royal Caribbean’s “Explorer of the Seas.”...
Dec 3 2014 // A federal review of hospital medical records and other data has found a 17 percent decline in infections, drug mistakes, bed sores and other preventable errors from 2010 to 2013, according to a report.Using methods...