Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.H. Doctors to Promote Med-Mal Reform in Early Primary States
Jul 10 2003 // New Hampshire and Iowa traditionally hold the earliest primary elections of the presidential campaign, and doctors associations in the two states are planning to take advantage of the fact to promote medical malpractice...
Weiss Ratings Drops a Bomb on the Med-Mal Debate
Jul 7 2003 // Martin D. Weiss, the head of the Florida-based rating service that bears his name, couldn’t have chosen a better way to ramp up the debate over medical malpractice lawsuits, and the increased costs of insurance...
Pa. Med-Mal Fund Gets New Guaranty Protection
Jul 2 2003 // An announcement by the law firm Buchanan Ingersoll gives details of the formation of a new medical malpractice insurer — the Professional Casualty Association, which “has closed on a deal in which it assumed...
Fla. Special Session Expires With Impasse on Medical Liability
Jun 26 2003 // The Florida legislature’s reported inability to agree on a compromise bill dealing with medical liability caused its Special Session B to expire without any action taken on the issue. “Both the House and Senate...
Weiss Ratings Drops a Bomb on the Med-Mal Debate
Jun 23 2003 // Martin D. Weiss, the head of the Florida-based rating service that bears his name, couldn’t have chosen a better way to ramp up the debate over medical malpractice lawsuits, and the increased costs of insurance...
Coalition Keeps Pressure on Florida Lawmakers
Jun 17 2003 // Leaders of the Coalition to Heal Healthcare in Florida told the state legislature returning to the Capitol for the start of a four-day special session that Governor Jeb Bush’s comprehensive reform package will solve...
Texas Medical Malpractice Reform Legislation Signed Into Law
Jun 13 2003 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed into law reform legislation designed ease the medical malpractice crisis and ensure that all Texans have access to quality, affordable health care. The measure, House Bill 4, includes a...
AIA Commends Pa. Legislature’s Passage of Non-Economic Cap Amendment
Jun 13 2003 // The American Insurance Association joined other national organizations in commending the members of Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives for passing a bill (HB 1326) which would amend the commonwealth’s...
Survey Reports Malpractice Lawsuits Threaten Healthcare on Long Island
Jun 12 2003 // Pennsylvania isn’t the only state having problems with medical malpractice claims. According to the results of a new survey of Long Island physicians, conducted by The New York Medical Staff Leadership Council,...
Pa. Governor Unveils Med-Mal Liability Reform Plan
Jun 10 2003 // Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell has released details for a proposed series of immediate and long-term measures to reform Pennsylvania’s medical malpractice liability system. The press bulletin called the...
PIAA Says Weiss Study on Tort Reform and Medical Liability Premiums is Flawed
Jun 9 2003 // According to the Physician Insurers Association of America (PIAA), Martin Weiss and his rating organization have engineered a report that is getting lots of media attention in spite of the fact that it is reportedly...
Tenn. Moves Forward on Liquidation of Malpractice Firms
Jun 9 2003 // Tennessee Commissioner of Commerce and Insurance Paula A. Flowers announced that her department received court approval to liquidate three Tennessee-chartered malpractice insurance companies that issued policies to...
Jeb Bush Applauds FPIC’s Response to Reform Proposal
Jun 5 2003 // Florida Governor Jeb Bush issued the following statement regarding First Professionals Insurance Company Inc.’s promise to cut rates if Bush’s proposed medical liability reform measures become law: “After...
N.Y. Healthcare Alliance Warns of Cuts as Med Mal Premiums Rise
Jun 4 2003 // The New York Healthcare Alliance (NYHA), a coalition of healthcare providers and workers from approximately 75 hospitals throughout the state, has issued a warning that, as a result of a recent court ruling, “New...
Nev. Dental Liability Program Approved
Jun 3 2003 // Nevada State Insurance Commissioner Alice A. Molasky-Arman has approved a professional liability insurance program for dentists underwritten by Fortress Insurance Company (“Fortress”). The program will provide...
New Medical Malpractice Insurer Approved in Missouri
Jun 3 2003 // The Missouri Department of Insurance (MDI) announced it licensed a new medical malpractice insurer in the state, the seventh to be okayed this year. The newly approved entity is a physician-organized carrier organized in...
NAII Says Medical Liability Reform Proposal Would Solve Fla. Crisis
Jun 2 2003 // Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s proposed medical liability reform package, would solve the state’s insurance crisis by implementing major legal and insurance reforms, changing the physician discipline system, and...
Weiss Study Says Med-Mal Caps Fail to Prevent Premium Increases
Jun 2 2003 // Caps on non-economic damages have failed to prevent sharp increases in medical malpractice insurance premiums, even though insurers enjoyed a slowdown in their payouts, according to a white paper released by Weiss Ratings,...
Okla. Legislature Sends Tort Reform Measure to Governor
May 30 2003 // A highly anticipated tort reform measure has passed the Oklahoma House of Representatives by a wide margin, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). The bill, which arose from a task force empanelled by...
Group Says Cap on Non-Economic Damages Needed to Combat Fla. Healthcare Crisis
May 27 2003 // Floridians for Quality Affordable Healthcare released a report concluding that $250,000 cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases would have saved 25 percent of nearly $1.2 billion in malpractice settlements...
