All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 8 2008 // Massachusetts lawmakers have approved legislation converting the state’s liquor liability insurer of last resort into a competitive mutual insurance company offering liquor liability insurance to the entire...
Jun 30 2008 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, approved West Virginia Mutual Insurance Co.’s request to repay $8 million on an outstanding balance of the $16 million surplus note it owes the state.The state...
Jun 26 2008 // A major consumer group, insurers together with Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday they have agreed to standards intended to speed adoption of personal electronic health records.The electronic medical record...
Jun 20 2008 // An Arizona appellate court ruling says a state law on medical malpractice lawsuits is unconstitutional. At issue is a law that sets qualifications required for expert witnesses in medical malpractice cases. A three-judge...
Jun 17 2008 // U.S. Risk Inc., a subsidiary of U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. launched Quick Clinic, a new comprehensive insurance product for in-store medical Clinics.“Quick Clinic is designed to offer comprehensive and turn-key...
Jun 11 2008 // The South Carolina Medical Association launched its new subsidiary, the South Carolina Physician Assurance Co. The new insurance company will provide medical malpractice coverage to qualifying physicians who are members of...
Jun 11 2008 // A Billings, Mont., physician and anesthesiologist who treated patients with chronic pain has recently settled three medical malpractice lawsuits that claimed the doctor’s negligence resulted in death.Dr. David...
Jun 11 2008 // A Warwick man who claimed he suffered brain damage because he didn’t receive proper care during open heart surgery at Rhode Island Hospital has won a $2 million award from a Superior Court jury.With interest, the...
Jun 11 2008 // Preferred Professional Insurance Company (PPIC), an Omaha-based Catholic-owned medical liability insurance firm, recently announced two additions to its staff: Lyda H. Whiteside as account executive, and Lisa M. Wendell as...
Jun 2 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 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...