All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 29 2007 // The Ohio Supreme Court threw out a record $30 million verdict won by a brain-damaged man, citing his Detroit-area attorney for inappropriate theatrics in court.The verdict, the state’s largest medical malpractice...
Oct 27 2007 // Fla. medical malpractice market continues to improveA recent state-sponsored report showed a continuing trend of recovery for the Florida medical malpractice industry – an industry that experienced double-digit rate...
Oct 26 2007 // A state senator says he expects another debate in Wyoming over medical malpractice reform, this time without focusing on capping damage awards in malpractice cases.“We are looking for something that is different than...
Oct 26 2007 // The amount of money paid by a state medical malpractice insurance fund will decline for a fourth straight year, a sign that the state’s malpractice problem is improving, Gov. Ed Rendell said.The Medical Care...
Oct 25 2007 // A medical malpractice report on closed claims data indicates that overall claims are down in Washington. This is the third medical malpractice closed claim report issued by state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler. It...
Oct 24 2007 // New York-based Kinloch Holdings, Inc., an insurance brokerage holding company focusing on middle market clients, named Bob De Blasio to lead its Healthcare Industry Practice.Prior to joining Kinloch, De Blasio was with...
Oct 18 2007 // Rhode Island physicians will see no change in medical liability insurance rates from ProSelect Insurance Co., part of the ProMutual Group that writes in the Northeast. The company also did not file for rate changes in...
Oct 17 2007 // Physician-owned liability insurer The Doctors Company is expanding its market by acquiring SCPIE Holdings Inc., a provider of healthcare liability insurance in California and Delaware.Following the merger, The Doctors...
Oct 14 2007 // A two-year-old New Hampshire law that was supposed to speed up the processing of medical malpractice lawsuits has slowed things down instead.The law created special screening panels designed to encourage people to settle...
Oct 12 2007 // Not all medical injuries are malpractice.“It’s not easy to tell a patient, ‘You have a harm but it’s not anybody’s fault,”‘ says Marilyn Ashcroft, a medical injury screening panel...
Oct 9 2007 // Maryland’s largest medical malpractice insurer should return its entire $68.6 million dividend to the state, instead of the $32.5 million it has proposed as part of its exit from a subsidy program designed to lower...
Oct 8 2007 // Ky. Gov. Fletcher wiling to compromise on medical tort reformIn a blunt assessment, Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher told fellow doctors recently that chances of limiting pain-and-suffering damages in medical malpractice cases...
Oct 3 2007 // A recent state-sponsored report showed a continuing trend of recovery for the Florida medical malpractice industry – an industry that experienced double-digit rate increases and lack of availability prior to the 2003...
Oct 2 2007 // The medical malpractice insurance market has stabilized following escalating medical malpractice costs that caused a downturn in the market from 1999 – 2003, according to the 2006 Medical Malpractice Report recently...
Sep 27 2007 // Oklahoma Commissioner of Insurance Kim Holland has designated ISO Data Inc. (ISO) as the statistical agent for medical malpractice insurance in her state, according to the commissioner’s amended Bulletin No. PC...
Sep 25 2007 // In a blunt assessment to fellow doctors, Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher said Monday that chances of limiting pain-and-suffering damages in medical malpractice cases are bleak because of resistance from some state lawmakers....
Sep 24 2007 // New 80-hour limit for medical residents may not be the best way to address doctor fatigueCutting the grueling work hours of doctors-in-training had little effect on reducing patient deaths, according to two large studies....
Sep 24 2007 // The case concerned a “civil action against a private hospital for survival and wrongful death damages.”The Louisiana Supreme Court on Sept. 5 ruled that allegations that hospitals’ lack of evacuation...
Sep 24 2007 // In its initial assessment of workers’ compensation carriers and providers, the Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation found that 32 out of 147 insurance carriers reviewed were high...
Sep 24 2007 // Cutting the grueling work hours of doctors-in-training had little effect on reducing patient deaths, according to two large studies.Death rates dropped in one group of patients in veterans’ hospitals but not in three...