All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 10 2007 // Lawyers for a man who blames an eastern Idaho hospital for brain damage during surgery for a minor wrist injury have begun presenting their case to a jury.Brock Higham is suing the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center,...
May 9 2007 // Preferred Professional Insurance Co. (PPIC), an Omaha-based medical liability insurance firm, announced two additions to its staff: Larry E. Pike, CLU, ChFC, LTCP, joins PPIC as senior account executive, and Emalee K....
May 7 2007 // Rise in numbers of surgicenters, medispas and clinics brings new risks and opportunities in professional liabilityAn aging population and a demand for new and unique medical services in non-hospital settings are driving...
May 7 2007 // Expect new exposures as practitioners replace physicians as supervisors and nanotechnolgy and stem cell research growAn ever-expanding health care and quasi-health care services environment has placed the role of physicans...
May 7 2007 // Study questions insurance cost effect on Pa. doctor supplySpiraling-malpractice insurance costs appeared to have little effect on the number of doctors in high-risk specialties practicing in Pennsylvania over a 10-year...
May 7 2007 // As part of his health care reform plan unveiled in early January, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing a “24-Hour coverage” program that would combine the medical treatment component of...
May 7 2007 // An aging population and a demand for new and unique medical services in non-hospital settings are driving growth in certain areas of medical professional liability coverage, in particular medical facilities coverage.The...
May 7 2007 // An ever-expanding health care and quasi-health care services environment has placed the role of physicians in a constant state of flux. So, what new exposures will be faced by medical professional liability underwriters...
May 2 2007 // Douglas County might have to pay a hefty price for an employee’s failure to deliver.The county finds itself as the defendant in a medical malpractice lawsuit because, contrary to a civil process server’s...
May 2 2007 // Bellevue, Wash.-based Symetra Financial has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Medical Risk Managers Inc. of South Windsor, Conn. The deal is expected to close by the end of second quarter 2007 and be accretive to...
Apr 27 2007 // Spiraling-malpractice insurance costs appeared to have little effect on the number of doctors in high-risk specialties practicing in Pennsylvania over a 10-year period, according to a new study.Opponents of efforts to...
Apr 26 2007 // A proposal to limit medical malpractice lawsuits in Tennessee advanced Tuesday out of the House subcommittee where it faced its biggest challenge for passage.The civil practice subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee...
Apr 24 2007 // With traces of industrial chemicals linked to 3M Co. products turning up in more places, legislators are demanding that state scientists step up their examination of health risks and are allocating money for testing and...
Apr 23 2007 // The majority of medical malpractice claims in a study of seven states were closed without any compensation paid to those claiming a medical injury, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)...
Apr 23 2007 // A consumer coalition released a report that disputes insurers’ contention that the most recent medical malpractice insurance crisis for doctors was caused by rising costs.The study, Stable Losses/Unstable Rates 2007,...
Apr 17 2007 // Lawyers for the state of Rhode Island and former lead paint manufacturers were expected this week to recommend experts to assist a judge as he directs the companies to carry out what could be a hugely expensive cleanup of...
Apr 13 2007 // A question that could shunt hundreds of Hurricane Katrina claims against hospitals away from court, putting them before a state malpractice panel, is up before the Louisiana Supreme Court.The justices heard arguments April...
Apr 9 2007 // The majority of medical malpractice claims in a study of seven states were closed without any compensation paid to those claiming a medical injury, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)...
Apr 9 2007 // A consumer coalition released a report that disputes insurers’ contention that the most recent medical malpractice insurance crisis for doctors was caused by rising costs.The study, Stable Losses/Unstable Rates 2007,...
Apr 9 2007 // From 2000-2004, few medical malpractice insurance claims in Illinois and six other states closed with a payout to the person seeking compensation, with most settling before a trial, according to a Justice Depart-ment...