All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 23 2007 // Regulators in New York approved a 14 percent increase in medical malpractice insurance rates and Gov. Eliot Spitzer formed a task force to find ways to rein in the high cost of the coverage.The state insurance department...
Jul 11 2007 // It was a dramatic end to a trial that pitted Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis against two respected surgeons: a juror collapsed, the doctors rushed to his aid and the judge declared a mistrial.Some in the legal...
Jul 9 2007 // Willis Group Holdings and The Sullivan Group announced the creation of a strategic alliance to provide Willis health care clients with additional and enhanced clinical risk management products and services.The Sullivan...
Jul 5 2007 // Regulators in New York approved a 14 percent increase in medical malpractice insurance rates on Monday and Gov. Eliot Spitzer formed a task force to find ways to rein in the high cost of the coverage.The state insurance...
Jul 5 2007 // Unhealthy habits could cost Clarian Health employees a healthy chunk of money as the company tries to rein in rising health care costs.Starting in 2009, Clarian will begin charging workers extra for insurance if they let...
Jun 28 2007 // Pennsylvania hospitals reported making serious mistakes in the operating room — using the wrong procedure, operating on the wrong body part or even the wrong patient — 174 times during a 21/2 year period, according to...
Jun 19 2007 // The Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has released its report on workers’ compensation losses and expenses for 2006. The report is prepared annually pursuant to Section 11759.1 of the...
Jun 13 2007 // Legal documents in the numerous lawsuits filed against a former Putnam County General Hospital osteopath have been placed off limits by a West Virginia judge overseeing the cases.Putnam County Circuit Judge O.C. Spaulding...
Jun 12 2007 // Hospital lawyers have urged the Florida Supreme Court to delay implementation of a state constitutional amendment that gives patients the “right to know” about past mistakes made by doctors and medical...
Jun 11 2007 // Privacy groups are sounding alarms as the nation’s largest insurance companies finalize plans to allow millions more customers to post their health records on the Internet.Insurers like Hartford-based Aetna Inc. say...
Jun 11 2007 // Do policy changes like deregulation and tort reform really matter?Some people wonder because the costs of over regulation or a legal system run amok are largely hidden. They are no less real than the costs of taxation, of...
Jun 4 2007 // The North Carolina Insurance Department said it won’t further investigate the state’s largest medical malpractice insurer, saying it disagrees with a trial lawyers’ association report accusing the company...
Jun 4 2007 // Critics: Wyoming medical review panels aren’t lowering premiumsCritics of panels that review medical malpractice cases in Wyoming say the oversight has not lowered the cost of medical malpractice insurance. Voters in...
May 30 2007 // A Tennessee state representative who helped shepherd a bipartisan effort to limit frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits said he was glad the measure did not pass.House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rob Briley, D-Nashville,...
May 25 2007 // A Superior Court jury awarded $5.7 million in damages to a bedridden man who claimed a doctor failed to diagnose his skin cancer.The verdict is the largest medical-malpractice award in California this year, but will be cut...
May 21 2007 // An association of trial lawyers has accused North Carolina’s largest medical malpractice insurer of violating state law by charging doctors excessive rates, but the company said its rates are reasonable.The North...
May 21 2007 // 1 Brickstreet Mutual Insurance Co. WV 765,9632 Texas Mutual Insurance Co. TX 743,095 3 Old American Cty Mutual Fire Insurance Co. TX 491,6414 SAIF Corp. OR 449,7945 Universal Property & Casualty...
May 17 2007 // Large insurance broker Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co. of Richmond, Va., has hired Mary S. Botkin as senior vice president and healthcare industry practice leader.Botkin joins HRH from Alliant Insurance Services, (formerly...
May 17 2007 // What a diffence a few years makes.MedPro, whch sought to hike medical malpractice rates in Connecticut by some 90 percent three years ago, now wants to lower rates by 24 percent. On May 11, 2007, the company submitted its...
May 15 2007 // Critics of panels that review medical malpractice cases in Wyoming say the oversight has not lowered the cost of medical malpractice insurance.Voters in 2004 amended the state constitution to allow the Legislature to...