Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Medical Malpractice Market Opens for Florida Nurses
Mar 23 2007 // Sophia Palmer Nurses Risk Retention Group, Inc. will offer malpractice insurance to Florida nurses in partnership with the Florida Nurses Association. The newly formed Risk Retention Group was capitalized by Ponce de Leon...
Georgia Considers Scrapping Immunity for Emergency Doctors
Mar 20 2007 // Families like the Fretwells seem to be forgotten in the annual turf war between doctors and lawyers in Georgia’s Capitol over who should be protected from malpractice lawsuits. Like others, Rodney and Sherry Fretwell...
Health Proposals Would Reduce Uninsured and Costs, Analysis Finds
Mar 20 2007 // Many current Congressional health care proposals could significantly reduce the number of uninsured Americans and also decrease overall health care expenditures including those for insurance administration and prescription...
Tenn. Malpractice Bill Pushes Certification to Weed Out Claims
Mar 16 2007 // A compromise on medical malpractice reform in the works by the Tennessee Legislature wouldn’t set a cap on damages but would create a way to penalize lawyers who bring frivolous lawsuits. Insurers and doctors have...
Oregon Malpractice Claims Among Nation’s Lowest
Mar 15 2007 // Medical malpractice claim payouts in Oregon are lower than those in all but seven other states despite the elimination of a cap on such awards in 1999, a new study shows. The study researchers tried to measure the effects...
R.I. Lawmaker Targets Hospital Errors
Feb 27 2007 // Between 44,000 and 98,000 patients die each year in U.S. hospitals because of mistakes, infections and other adverse situations. That’s more deaths than those caused by breast cancer, AIDS or car accidents. Most of...
Ariz. lawmakers move to raise burden of proof on ER suits
Feb 26 2007 // The Arizona Senate has narrowly approved a medical malpractice bill to raise the bar on the legal burden of proof required for malpractice lawsuits involving emergency medical care. The Senate approved the bill 16-12,...
Nevada’s med-mal changes help doctors, hinder lawsuits
Feb 26 2007 // Physicians’ insurance premiums are down and more doctors are coming to Nevada since voters limited damages in medical malpractice cases, lawmakers were told this month. But trial lawyers said many malpractice victims...
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Feb 25 2007 // Nevada’s med-mal changes help doctors, hinder lawsuits Physicians’ insurance premiums are down and more doctors are coming to Nevada since voters limited damages in medical malpractice cases, lawmakers were...
Ariz. lawmakers move to raise burden of proof on ER suits
Feb 25 2007 // The Arizona Senate has narrowly approved a medical malpractice bill to raise the bar on the legal burden of proof required for malpractice lawsuits involving emergency medical care. The Senate approved the bill 16-12,...
Malpractice Suit by Former Pats’ Coach Ends in Mistrial
Feb 22 2007 // A judge declared a mistrial Tuesday in Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis’ medical malpractice lawsuit after a juror collapsed and several doctors — including the two defendants — rushed to his aid. The juror, an...
Ga. Proposal Would Require Prior State Approval of Med-Mal Rates
Feb 14 2007 // House Republicans introduced a measure that requires Georgia’s top insurance official to sign off on each medical malpractice rate hike, saying they’re unconvinced that new state laws aimed at suppressing...
Washington To Hold Hearing on Purchase of Dental Malpractice Insurer
Feb 13 2007 // Washington’s Office of the Insurance Commissioner has scheduled a Feb. 26 public hearing in Tumwater, Wash., to consider a request by the Washington Dental Association and a Portland, Ore., company to acquire a...
Nevada’s Med-Mal Changes Help Doctors, Hinder Lawsuits
Feb 9 2007 // Physicians’ insurance premiums are down and more doctors are coming to Nevada since voters limited damages in medical malpractice cases, lawmakers were told Wednesday. But trial lawyers said many malpractice victims...
Medical Malpractice Risk Retention Group Launched in N.Y.
Feb 7 2007 // J. M. Woodworth Risk Retention Group has registered with the New York Insurance Department to offer medical malpractice insurance to physicians and surgeons in the state. “The RRG provides New York doctors the first...
Del. Regulator Backs Health Pool; Cites New Risk Retention Group
Feb 7 2007 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn urged General Assembly budget writers to fund the creation of a health insurance pool that could cover 10,000 Delawareans. He also reported that a group of Kent County doctors has...
Ariz. Lawmakers Move to Raise Burden of Proof on ER Suits
Feb 6 2007 // Hoping for a change of heart by Gov. Janet Napolitano, the Arizona Senate narrowly approved a medical malpractice bill to raise the bar on the legal burden of proof required for malpractice lawsuits involving emergency...
Okla. Supreme Court Ruling Puts new Twist on Civil Liability Debate
Feb 2 2007 // For Dr. David Russell, an Enid radiologist and president of the Oklahoma State Medical Association, the debate over civil justice reform in Oklahoma isn’t about the politics that has kept many reform measures bottled...
Pateras Joins Integro (Bermuda) Healthcare Professional Liability Team
Jan 31 2007 // Integro (Bermuda) Ltd. announced that Susan N. Pateras has joined the firm as a Principal in the Healthcare Practice, and will lead the Bermuda Healthcare initiative. “Ms. Pateras has more than a decade of experience...
Arizona Lawmakers Move to Raise Burden of Proof on ER Suits
Jan 31 2007 // Hoping for a change of heart by Gov. Janet Napolitano, the Arizona Senate on Monday narrowly approved a medical malpractice bill to raise the bar on the legal burden of proof required for malpractice lawsuits involving...
