All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 30 2008 // The North Carolina Medical Board will hold a public hearing next month on a proposal to post doctors’ malpractice information on its Web site.The News & Observer of Raleigh reported this week that the idea has...
May 28 2008 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a Meridian doctor and clinic, who were sued by a woman who complained that postoperative care after her hip replacement was substandard.A Lauderdale County...
May 28 2008 // An Aurora, Ill. mother has settled a malpractice lawsuit for $15.35 million with a hospital and doctor after her son suffered brain damage at birth six years ago. Vanessa Jenkins gave birth to her son, Cody Smithey, at...
May 23 2008 // A Baldwin, Wis. man was awarded more than $3 million in a malpractice case after losing part of his left leg.Jim Lang went to Dr. Gregory Estlund in 2003 after injuring his leg while working at a factory in Hammond. After...
May 20 2008 // Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen signed into law a bill seeking to limit frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits by requiring experts to vouch for a case’s merits.The law will also require plaintiffs to give 60 days...
May 14 2008 // Reports of skyrocketing medical malpractice premiums in Massachusetts are flawed, according to a Suffolk University Law School study that found Bay State physicians actually saw their inflation-adjusted malpractice...
May 14 2008 // The Oregon Supreme Court has upheld a five-year statute of limitations on medical malpractice lawsuits involving minors.The court ruled against a claim that laws in effect when Oregon was a territory blocked a five-year...
May 5 2008 // The number of medical malpractice lawsuits filed in Pennsylvania declined for a third consecutive year in 2007, according to figures released by the state Supreme Court. The number of suits, 1,617, represented a 4.5...
May 5 2008 // Professional services” can have connotations ranging from racy “professional” call girls to the more mundane accountants, doctors, lawyers and engineers. From an insurance perspective, liability arising...
Apr 30 2008 // China’s efforts to reform its health care system provide a major opportunity for American companies to enter the Chinese market, according to a top U.S. commerce official.As China looks toward revamping a health care...
Apr 28 2008 // A bill that seeks to limit frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits in Tennessee is on its way to the governor’s office.The Senate unanimously agreed April 24 with changes made earlier in the House. The bill would...
Apr 28 2008 // A new pharmacy robot at Loyola University Hospital is designed to eliminate the type of life-threatening human medication errors that injured actor Dennis Quaid’s newborn twins.Loyola’s pharmacy recently began...
Apr 25 2008 // U.S. medical liability insurers anticipate their primary rate levels to decrease in 2008, compared with 2007, while the average frequency and severity of claims sustained by their firms will remain about the same as last...
Apr 21 2008 // “Professional services” can have many different connotations, ranging from racy “professional” call girls, a subject recently in the headlines and on the Internet due to various political scandals,...
Apr 21 2008 // Tort reform efforts seem to be working, frequency of claims for medical liability is going down, surplus is up and reinsurance capital is available — and, yes, it is a soft market. Those comments reflect the...
Apr 21 2008 // Health care facility professional liability has faced new challenges due to recent tort reform efforts, the soft market and a changing perception of how hospitals, the public, insurers and attorneys...
Apr 16 2008 // The number of medical malpractice lawsuits filed in Pennsylvania declined for a third consecutive year in 2007, according to figures released Monday by the state Supreme Court. The number of suits, 1,617, represented a 4.5...
Apr 16 2008 // The New York State Senate has passed a bill that lowers the required level of primary medical malpractice coverage that a doctor must have to qualify for the state’s Excess Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance...
Apr 14 2008 // Illinois doctors will get a refund collectively worth $11 million from the state’s largest medical malpractice insurer. The Illinois State Medical Insurance Exchange says claims are down. That means doctors will get...
Apr 3 2008 // Today, medical care goes far beyond the traditional hospital or doctor’s office. Physicians and caregivers are treating patients in a variety of facilities, from urgent care clinics to drug and rehabilitation...