All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 12 2013 // A consumer group says Oregon needs to change its new medical malpractice law to prevent it from protecting bad doctors.Public Citizen says cases that are settled in mediation should be reported to a national database, just...
Sep 3 2013 // Ten years after the Texas Legislature capped damages in the state’s medical malpractice lawsuits, the number of suits and the amounts paid out have fallen sharply.The Austin American Statesman reported that...
Aug 30 2013 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance says that so far, 207 Boston Marathon bombing-related property/casualty claims have been reported by the top 25 insurers and the residual market insurer Massachusetts FAIR Plan.These...
Aug 28 2013 // A southwestern Indiana jury has sided with an Evansville couple who accused a local hospital and a doctor of causing their 9-year-old daughter’s severe brain injury and cerebral palsy. The Vanderburgh Circuit Court...
Aug 25 2013 // A jury in one of New York’s most conservative counties recently returned a $130 million verdict in a medical-malpractice case, the second-largest in the state’s history. Lawyers for the losing hospital decried...
Aug 14 2013 // The expanding number of doctors offering appointments through videoconferencing, called telemedicine, is expected to see a sharp increase in Kentucky.Telemedicine is seen as a way to help deal with doctor shortages,...
Aug 13 2013 // A state court overruled Pennsylvania’s top insurance regulator in a decision made public Monday, siding with hospital officials and doctors who said a supplemental medical malpractice insurance fund is keeping too...
Aug 7 2013 // Jacksonville-based MedMal Direct Insurance Company (MedMal Direct), now in its fourth year of business, has received its certificate of authority from the Texas Department of Insurance and has officially launched...
Aug 7 2013 // Medicare patients receive more diagnostic tests and emergency department referrals when treated by physicians who worry more about malpractice liability, regardless of whether states have adopted common malpractice tort...
Jul 30 2013 // A Verona, Wis., woman is challenging a law that caps malpractice damages against University of Wisconsin doctors at $250,000.A Wisconsin State Journal report says a jury awarded Terri Fiez $1.8 million in a wrongful-death...
Jul 26 2013 // Under a measure being pursued for next year’s ballot by Consumer Watchdog California voters will have the opportunity to boost the cap on medical negligence lawsuits, but opponents of the measure on Friday said doing...
Jul 26 2013 // The U.S. medical professional liability (MPL) market has been profitable in recent years but challenges await MPL insurers because an influx of newly insured patients, coupled with health care delivery system changes,...
Jul 26 2013 // Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. will reinsure about €700 million ($930 million) in claims for Ireland’s state health insurer, which is seeking to stem losses and its burden on taxpayers, as the...
Jul 24 2013 // The Iowa Supreme Court said a couple from Ecuador may sue their attorney for emotional distress because his advice caused them to be separated from their children and grandchildren for a decade.It’s the first time...
Jul 23 2013 // In a surprising decision, the Rhode Island Supreme Court held that a self-insured retention (SIR) endorsement in a nursing facility’s professional liability policy was void. However, the Court’s ruling is broad...
Jul 23 2013 // Cooper Gay & Co Ltd, part of the Cooper Gay Swett and Crawford (CGSC) Group, has participated in the establishment of the first Lloyd’s of London coverholder plaque in the Bahamas, as the broker joined an event...
Jul 17 2013 // The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. has expanded its healthcare industry options with an increased appetite and capabilities for the rapidly growing areas of the healthcare industry, including allied healthcare centers and...
Jul 8 2013 // CMIC, a Glastonbury, Conn.-based carrier offering medical professional liability insurance in New England, recently promoted Denise Condron to director of loss prevention.Denise CondronHer responsibilities include...
Jul 2 2013 // Florida trial attorneys filed five lawsuits against health care providers challenging a state law that imposes new restrictions on medical malpractice claims.The attorneys allege that the law allows medical malpractice...
Jun 27 2013 // Multi-million dollar payouts for legal malpractice claims are climbing, and so are the total number of claims for law firms, in general.A new study by insurance broker Ames & Gough found that most leading legal...