Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Pennsylvania Hospitals, Docs Sue over Malpractice Fund
Jan 11 2009 // Pennsylvania hospitals and doctors are suing the state to obtain hundreds of millions in unspent dollars they say should be devoted to a state fund that helps doctors pay for medical malpractice insurance. Industry...
Texas Workers’ Comp Div. Assesses $285K in Fines June – Oct. 2008
Jan 9 2009 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) from June through October 2008 assessed administrative penalties totaling $285,775 in disciplinary orders issued by Commissioner of...
Judge Upholds Legality of Transfer from Wisconsin Malpractice Insurance Fund
Dec 22 2008 // Gov. Jim Doyle and the Legislature legally used $200 million from Wisconsin’s medical malpractice fund to help balance the state budget, a judge has ruled. The decision, if it stands, spares the state from...
Arizona Lawmaker to Offer Medical Malpractice Bill
Dec 16 2008 // An Arizona legislator is renewing a controversial proposal to make it harder to successfully sue emergency medical providers for alleged malpractice. Republican Sen. Carolyn Allen of Scottsdale says raising the burden of...
Medical Liability Insurer Proassurance Buys Houston’s Mid-Continent Agency
Dec 16 2008 // Birmingham ,Ala.-based ProAssurance Corp. said it will acquire Mid-Continent General Agency for an undisclosed price. Mid-Continent is a managing general agent, based in Houston, producing about $25 million a year in...
Pennsylvania Hospitals, Docs Sue over Malpractice Fund
Dec 15 2008 // Pennsylvania hospitals and doctors are suing the state to obtain hundreds of millions in unspent dollars they say should be devoted to a state fund that helps doctors pay for medical malpractice insurance. Industry...
Government Appeals $8.6 Million Judgment in Illinois Malpractice Case
Dec 15 2008 // The U.S. government wants a federal judge in Illinois to trim his $8.6 million judgement over a former Scott Air Force Base doctor’s failure to properly treat a woman’s case of flesh-eating bacteria. Federal...
Medical Malpractice Screening under Scrutiny in New Hampshire
Dec 11 2008 // It’s been three years since New Hampshire started screening medical malpractice cases before trial, but it’s hard to say whether the new system is a success. Doctors and their lawyers say having a special panel...
Obama Laying Groundwork for Overhaul of U.S. Health Insurance
Dec 5 2008 // President-elect Barack Obama has begun laying the groundwork for overhauling the troubled U.S. healthcare system, reaching out to interest groups and building grass-roots support for the huge undertaking. Obama, who takes...
California Announces 20.5 Percent Malpractice Insurance Rate Cut for The Doctors Co.
Nov 26 2008 // Califiornia Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced a 20.5 percent rate cut for medical malpractice insurance offered by The Doctors Co. following its acquisition of SCPIE Holdings Inc. saving $54.3 million...
Thumbs Down on Late Malpractice Suit, West Virigina Court Rules
Nov 25 2008 // The West Virginia Supreme Court says a man who found a piece of scalpel in his thumb can’t press his claim because he waited too long to file his lawsuit. In a 4-1 ruling, the high court said Paul and Melissa Forshey...
Oklahoma Physician Liability Insurer Declares Policyholder Dividends
Nov 21 2008 // Oklahoma City-based Physicians Liability Insurance Company (PLICO), announced it is declaring a dividend for its 2008 policyholders who renew their policies for 2009. The dividend will be either 3 percent or 6 percent of...
Beecher Carlson Appoints Schmidt to Healthcare Practice in San Francisco
Nov 20 2008 // Beecher Carlson, a commercial insurance brokerage and risk management consultancy, has expanded its National Healthcare practice with the appointment of Daniel H. Schmidt as managing director. Schmidt brings 20 years...
Supporters Ask Illinois Supeme Court to Uphold Malpractice Caps
Nov 17 2008 // A 2005 law limiting the amount of money juries may award in medical malpractice cases unfairly targets those most seriously injured who deserve the most compensation, lawyers told the Illinois Supreme Court on Nov....
Lockton Insurance Brokers Names Baker Health Risk Management Director
Nov 7 2008 // Jesica Baker has joined Lockton Insurance Brokers LLC, the Southern California subsidiary of Lockton Companies, as director of health risk management. Baker’s expertise in the healthcare industry spans more than 20...
Medicus OK’d to Provide Medical Professional Liability Coverage in Ark.
Nov 5 2008 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benfield Bowman and Medicus Insurance Company Chairman Howard Lamb announced that Medicus Insurance Company has been approved to write medical professional liability insurance in...
New Jersey Eyes Help for Patients after Medical Errors
Nov 3 2008 // New Jersey hospital patients and the companies insuring them would no longer be on the hook to pay for care after a serious medical error occurs, under legislation introduced this month by a New Jersey assemblyman. The...
Nevada Cap on Medical Damage Awards Draws Criticism
Oct 31 2008 // As 59-year-old Richard Krikalo lumbers through the office of a junkyard he helps manage, he bumps into a desk and clips a wastebasket with his right leg. Krikalo is almost blind in his right eye and has trouble with depth...
South Dakota Supreme Court Allows New Medical Malpractice Trial
Oct 31 2008 // The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld a circuit judge’s decision to grant a new trial in a medical malpractice lawsuit against a Huron doctor. The lawsuit arose out of complications suffered by Lillian Glanzer...
Wisconsin Parents Win $11.4 Million in Malpractice Suit
Oct 27 2008 // A Wisconsin jury has awarded the parents of a brain-damaged boy $11.4 million in a medical malpractice case. Chad and Amy Jelinek of Eastman claimed in a 2006 lawsuit that negligent care by a nurse and nurse midwife at...
