Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
La. Court: Lack of Hospital Evacuation Plan not Malpractice
Sep 12 2007 // The Louisiana Supreme Court on Sept. 5 ruled that allegations that hospitals’ lack of evacuation plans led to injuries or deaths during Hurricane Katrina are not medical malpractice claims. Instead, such cases should...
OneBeacon Pro, Rockwood Step into E&S Podiatrist Malpractice Market
Sep 12 2007 // OneBeacon Professional Partners will begin offering medical malpractice coverage tailored for podiatric physicians. The product will be offered on an excess and surplus basis, with limits available up to $1 million/$3...
Texas Medical Liability Carrier Announces Rate Cut
Sep 7 2007 // Medical liability insurer Texas Medical Liability Trust (TMLT) recently approved a 6.5 percent rate reduction for all medical specialties and classes effective Jan. 1, 2008, the third straight rate reduction/dividend for...
Cutting Doctors’ Hours May Not Reduce Medical Errors, Studies Find
Sep 6 2007 // Cutting the grueling work hours of doctors-in-training had little effect on reducing patient deaths, according to two large studies. Death rates dropped in one group of patients in veterans’ hospitals but not in...
Ala. Supreme Court Reverses $3.85 Million Malpractice Verdict
Sep 5 2007 // The Alabama Supreme Court pointed to jury instruction error in reversing a $3.85 million award for a Jackson couple in a medical malpractice suit over the death of their 6-year-old son. The ruling allows a retrial in...
Fla. Woman Wins $10 Million Malpractice Verdict
Sep 4 2007 // A Florida jury granted a woman a $10.3 million verdict last week, agreeing that an emergency room doctor’s negligence caused her husband’s premature death. Nadine Raphael said Dr. James Shecter did not...
N.Y. Names Task Force to Study Rising Medical Malpractice Costs
Aug 31 2007 // New York Insurance Superintendent Eric R. Dinallo and Health Commissioner Richard F. Daines, M.D. announced today the members of the Medical Malpractice Liability Task Force, charged by Governor Eliot Spitzer with...
Pa. Medical Malpractice Insurer Files for 11% Rate Cut
Aug 27 2007 // Medical malpractice insurer PMSLIC Insurance Co. has filed for an overall 11 percent rate reduction in Pennsylvania. If approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Insurance, the revised rates will go into effect Jan. 1,...
Okla. Physicians Liability Insurer Overcomes $143M Deficit
Aug 27 2007 // Oklahoma-based Physicians Liability Insurance Company (PLICO) announced that in just over two years it has overcome a $143 million surplus deficit. Carl Hook, M.D., president and CEO of PLICO, said the company met the goal...
Candidate Giuliani Says He Misspoke About Ground Zero Health Risk
Aug 13 2007 // Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani said Friday that he misspoke when he said he spent as much time, if not more, at ground zero exposed to the same health risks as workers combing the site after the Sept. 11...
YouTube Video Appears to Show W. Va. Medical Malpractice Evidence
Aug 10 2007 // HCA Inc. had nothing to do with the video posted on the Internet showing sealed evidence from several of the 122 medical malpractice cases against a former West Virginia osteopathic physician, lawyers have told a judge. A...
Wash. Medical Malpractice Rules Outline Reporting Requirements
Aug 7 2007 // Regulations designed to provide guidance to insurers, providers, attorneys and claimants on complying with Washington’s new Health Care Liability Reform Law have been implemented, according to the Office of the...
Pa. says now’s not the time to reduce state’s medical malpractice coverage participation
Aug 6 2007 // There is not evidence of sufficient market capacity at the current time to mandate an increase in primary medical malpractice insurance limits in Pennsylvania, Deputy Insurance Commissioner Randy Rohrbaugh has ruled. He...
N.C. caps some medical malpractice damages
Aug 6 2007 // North Carolina lawmakers made a mild breakthrough recently on medical malpractice reform, agreeing to limit monetary damages in certain health care negligence cases. The bill would cap damages in negligence cases involving...
Former Patriot Coach Loses Obesity Surgery Malpractice Lawsuit
Jul 26 2007 // A Boston jury has found against Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis in his medical malpractice lawsuit against two doctors he claimed botched his care after he had gastric bypass surgery five years ago. The jury...
N.C. Lawmakers Approve Cap on Medical Malpractice Damage Awards
Jul 24 2007 // North Carolina lawmakers made a mild breakthrough last week on medical malpractice reform, agreeing to limit monetary damages in certain health care negligence cases. The bill would cap monetary damages in negligence cases...
N.Y. names med malpractice task force after approving 14% hike
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...
Medical Malpractice Trial for Former Patriots Coach to Resume in Mass.
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...
Willis, The Sullivan Group Form Strategic Alliance
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...
N.Y. Names Medical Malpractice Task Force After Approving 14% Hike
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...
