Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
AIA: Industry Investment Losses Not Driving Med Mal Premiums
Mar 19 2003 // Rising claims costs, not stock market losses, are the real culprit behind increasing medical malpractice premiums for Illinois physicians, a policy analyst for the American Insurance Association (AIA) told legislators at a...
Study Finds Doctors, Patients Suffer From Med Mal Issues
Mar 14 2003 // High medical malpractice rates were topic of a recent press conference held by the Texas Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (TAOG), at which the organization released the results of a survey of patients and...
Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce Supports Cap on Non-Economic Med Mal Awards
Mar 12 2003 // The Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce has voiced its support for a bill introduced by Rep. Jim Greenwood (R-PA) that would limit pain and suffering awards in medical malpractice cases to $250,000. The Chamber has...
Perry Stresses Texas’ Need for Med Mal Reform
Mar 10 2003 // Emphasizing the urgency of medical malpractice reform in Texas, Gov. Rick Perry pushed forward his appeal for decisive legislative action to stop the medical lawsuit abuse crisis facing Texans. At a news conference at...
Insurance Still on the Table at the 78th Texas Legislature
Mar 10 2003 // As promised, the 78th Texas Legislature is on a roll with insurance reform, with one bill having been signed into law and many more in committees or on their way to the House and Senate floors. Among the proposed...
National Survey Shows More Than Half of Adult Americans Support Med-Mal Reform
Mar 7 2003 // Recent results of a Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive® Health-Care Poll showed that more than half (58 percent) of adults in America favor new legislation to limit the costs of medical liability and reduce the...
Coalition Urges Fla. Lawmakers to Act on Gov.’s Call for Med. Liability Reforms
Mar 7 2003 // Florida lawmakers must act on Governor Jeb Bush’s call for medical liability system reforms—including a $250,000 cap on non-economic damages—in order to end a crisis that is driving up healthcare costs and...
Rep. McReynolds Reports on Texas Med Mal Reform
Mar 3 2003 // In State Representative Jim McReynolds’ latest “Capitol Report,” the legislator discussed three solutions to the problems of Texas medical malpractice system, the reform of which was declared one of the...
House Committee Holds Hearing on Need for Medical Liability Reform Legislation
Mar 3 2003 // The House Energy & Commerce subcommittee on Health held a hearing last week to assess the need for medical liability reform legislation, H.R. 5. The full House Judiciary Committee plans to hold a hearing on the same...
CAPP Backs Federal Effort to Control Medical Liability Crisis
Mar 3 2003 // As the nation continues to face a medical malpractice crisis, the U.S. House of Representatives has sought the experience of Californians Allied for Patient Protection (CAPP). CAPP is a broad-based coalition dedicated to...
PA Governor Issues Statement Promising $220 Million Med Mal Premium Abatement Plan
Mar 3 2003 // Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell released a statement on Friday promising short-term economic relief for physicians struggling to pay medical malpractice premiums. The text is as follows: “Two months ago, I...
The Light at the End of the Tunnel for Medical Malpractice’
Feb 24 2003 // Skyrocketing insurance premiums, a dearth of companies writing medical malpractice insurance and doctors suspending their practices in protest are precipitating increased regulatory involvement and tort reform in the...
California, Here We Come
Feb 24 2003 // Earthquakes. Mudslides. Electricity and water shortages. The Los Angeles Clippers. California has its share of problems, no doubt. But there’s at least one thing going right in the Golden State. In 1975, California...
Med Mal Fever: When Doctors Walk Out, Politicians Notice
Feb 24 2003 // They’re baaack. High-flying medical malpractice liability claims losses, that is. The availability crisis of the 1970s and the affordability crisis of the 1980s may be nothing compared to the crisis insurers and...
The Light at the End of the Tunnel for Medical Malpractice’
Feb 24 2003 // Skyrocketing insurance premiums, a dearth of companies writing medical malpractice insurance and doctors suspending their practices in protest are precipitating increased regulatory involvement and tort reform in the...
AAI Reports on WSJ Online/Harris Med-Mal Poll
Feb 20 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers (AAI) responded to the findings of a recent Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive Healthcare Poll on medical malpractice insurance. The poll showed that a strong majority of...
Fla. Business Associations Demand a Fix for Medical Liability Problems
Feb 20 2003 // Florida’s top business associations demanded that state legislators fix the broken medical liability system, saying it is one of the key reasons healthcare costs are skyrocketing for employers and workers. According...
APCapital Reports Fewer Losses, Sees 2003 Profits
Feb 14 2003 // American Physicians Capital Inc. reported a net operating loss of $1.1 million, or 12 cents per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2002, compared to a net operating loss of $14.5 million, or $1.38 per diluted share,...
Senate Holds Hearing for Medical Litigation
Feb 13 2003 // The Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a joint hearing this week on “Patient Access Crisis: The Role of Medical Litigation.” Judiciary Chairman Orrin...
Senate Dems Move to Strip Med Mal Antitrust Exemption
Feb 13 2003 // Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and eight other Senate Democrats have introduced a bill that would strip medical liability insurers of their immunity to anti-trust laws. The Medical Malpractice Act of 2003 (S. 352) would amend...
