All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 13 2022 // For 20 years, nursing has been rated as the most trusted profession in national Gallup polls. Even so, nurses make mistakes from time to time.A new report by professional liability insurer Coverys offers insight on the...
Aug 31 2022 // A county judge improperly took sides when he threw out expert testimony and dismissed a medical malpractice case, Maryland’s high court ruled last week.The Maryland Court of Appeals revived a lawsuit filed by a...
Aug 29 2022 // Pennsylvania’s highest court lastThursday reversed its own two-decade-old rule that required medical malpractice cases to be filed in the county where the alleged harm occurred, a win for civil plaintiffs and the...
Jul 28 2022 // Providence St. Joseph Health, the largest healthcare system in Washington state, failed to provide in-person American Sign Language interpreters for deaf patients, leaving them at the mercy of virtual interpreters whose...
Jul 25 2022 // Health care facilities in New Hampshire will have to implement and maintain workplace violence prevention programs under a new law.Republican Gov. Chris Sununu signed seven bills into law this week, including a Senate bill...
Jul 12 2022 // Nine health care workers who sued Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills over the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate have until Money to reveal their identities.The workers have so far remained anonymous, but on Thursday, a...
Jul 1 2022 // The Supreme Court declined on Thursday to take up a case involving a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health care workers in New York that does not offer an exemption for religious reasons.The court’s action follows...
Jun 21 2022 // The question for the Mississippi Supreme Court was whether the amount of damages due an injured employee for her attorney’s negligence should include the workers’ compensation benefits she missed out on.The...
Jun 20 2022 // The U.S. medical professional liability insurance (MPLI) market saw an improvement in financial performance in 2021 but its combined ratio remained an unprofitable 108 and a return to profitability is unlikely, said Fitch...
Jun 16 2022 // The private information of hundreds of patients at a Sioux Falls-based health care system have been compromised, according to the provider.Avera Health says a data breach allowed someone to obtain the personal information...
Jun 14 2022 // The U.S. medical professional liability insurance (MPLI) market saw an improvement in financial performance in 2021 but its combined ratio remained an unprofitable 108 and a return to profitability is unlikely, said Fitch...
Jun 6 2022 // Almost all insurers that participated in a recent survey said they have been involved with a lawyers professional liability insurance (LPLI) claim of more than $50 million in the last two years — and at least one...
May 23 2022 // Almost all insurers that participated in a recent survey said they have been involved with a lawyers professional liability insurance (LPLI) claim of more than $50 million in the last two years – and at least one paid a...
May 13 2022 // The California Legislature has agreed to increase how much money people can win in medical malpractice lawsuits, resolving one of the thorniest disputes in state politics by raising a cap on damages for the first time in...
May 2 2022 // Health care is a highly complex and ever-changing environment that can lend itself to high-risk, and life-threating, situations. Healthcare professionals, including nursing professionals, can make mistakes so having the...
May 2 2022 // The number of malpractice claims filed against hospitals and physicians dropped 14% in 2020, even as premiums rose 22% on average, according to the most recent report by the American Society for Health Care Risk Management...
Apr 29 2022 // People who get hurt because of a doctor’s negligence in California could soon get a lot more money in malpractice lawsuits under an agreement reached Wednesday that – if approved by the state Legislature – would...
Apr 4 2022 // Legal malpractice claims usually aren’t filed until after somebody loses a lawsuit. But what happens when the underlying dispute hasn’t been resolved, but a litigant has to hire new counsel to clean up mistakes...
Mar 23 2022 // New York medical malpractice insurer EmPRO Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Physicians’ Reciprocal Insurers, said it is expanding into New Jersey. It has filed to become an admitted insurer in New Jersey and plans to...
Mar 18 2022 // Legal malpractice claims usually aren’t filed until after somebody loses a lawsuit. But what happens when the underlying dispute hasn’t been resolved, but a litigant has to hire new counsel to clean up mistakes...