Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fearing Bird Flu Outbreak, Officials Hope Tamiflu Will Help
Mar 24 2006 // Dr. Richard Mandsager was in Juneau, Alaska, last week urging legislators to fund a stockpile of the anti-viral drug Tamiflu for Alaskans — just in case a flu pandemic hits. Questions remain whether Tamiflu will be...
The Doctors Company to Reduce Malpractice Premiums in Texas by 18%
Mar 23 2006 // California-based medical malpractice insurance provider, The Doctors Company, reported that premiums for new and renewing policyholders in Texas will drop by an average of 18 percent beginning April 1, 2006, for new...
Maine Jury Awards Former CEO $7.5M for Bank’s Malpractice
Mar 22 2006 // A Portland, Maine jury this week awarded $7.4 million in damages to a former Fairchild Semiconductor executive who blamed the former Fleet Bank’s Private Client Group for causing the loss of his fortune once valued...
Del. Nixes Medical Malpractice Subsidies for High Risk Doctors
Mar 17 2006 // A Delaware House committee has tabled a bill that would allow the state to use a portion of the Delaware Blue Cross system’s excess reserves to subsidize malpractice insurance premiums for doctors in high-risk...
Ill. Insurance Dept. Orders Med-Mal Rate Break for Some Physicians
Mar 16 2006 // Using a new law designed to lower doctors’ costs, state regulators on Tuesday ordered Illinois’ major malpractice insurer to start bringing down rates next year and open itself to more public scrutiny. ISMIE...
Retired Maine Business Executive Alleges Financial Malpractice
Mar 14 2006 // A retired business executive’s lawsuit accusing bank officials of giving him bad financial advice that cost him millions of dollars went to trial in Portland, Maine this week. Darrell Mayeux, who filed the suit in...
Tillinghast Study: U.S. Tort Costs Reach a Record $260 Billion
Mar 13 2006 // U.S. tort costs reached a record $260 billion in 2004, or approximately $886 per person, according to the U.S. Tort Costs and Cross-Border Perspectives: 2005 Update from the Tillinghast business of Towers Perrin. This...
Ariz. Senate Backs Higher Hurdle for Some Malpractice Suits
Mar 8 2006 // Arizona’s Senate voted to make it more difficult to win medical malpractice lawsuits over emergency health care, a step which supporters said is needed to prevent physicians from refusing to work in emergency...
Milwaukee Bar Assoc. exploits high court decision; health care at risk
Mar 6 2006 // The American Tort Reform Association recently urged Wisconsin legislators and the governor to restore limits on noneconomic damages for medical liability lawsuits in light of the Milwaukee Bar Association’s promotion...
Medical professional liability rates appear to be going down in Texas
Mar 6 2006 // With data showing an improvement in loss costs in Texas, Medical Protective, an admitted medical professional liability insurer, said it would reduce malpractice premium rates for Texas physicians by 6 percent effective...
New Mexico legislators adjourn with few insurance bills
Mar 6 2006 // New Mexico’s 30-day legislative session, which ended recently, was predominantly focused on budget-related legislation. But a few insurance related bills were introduced, said the National Association of Mutual...
TDI Clarifies Rules on Voluntary, Informal Work Comp Networks
Mar 2 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance reported that it has received a number of inquiries from interested parties and legislative offices related to the continued existence of informal or voluntary workers’ compensation...
Wash. Senators Pass Gregoire’s Malpractice Compromise
Feb 24 2006 // Washington State senators have approved changes to the medical malpractice system, endorsing a compromise hammered out by doctors and lawyers in weeks of secret negotiations with Gov. Chris Gregoire. The bill was approved...
N.M. Legislators Adjourn on Quiet Note for Industry, Says NAMIC
Feb 22 2006 // New Mexico’s 30-day legislative session, which ended last Thursday, was predominantly focused upon budget related legislation, but a few insurance related bills were introduced, according to the National Association...
ATRA: Milwaukee Bar Assoc. Exploits High Court Decision; Healthcare at Risk
Feb 22 2006 // The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) recently urged Wisconsin legislators and the governor to restore limits on noneconomic damages for medical liability lawsuits in light of the Milwaukee Bar Association’s...
Oregon starting program to track medical mistakes at hospitals
Feb 20 2006 // Oregon has started its program to track medical errors at hospitals and determine what could have been done to prevent them. The Oregon Patient Safety Commission unanimously approved rules and guidelines for its effort to...
Oregon starting program to track medical mistakes at hospitals
Feb 19 2006 // Oregon has started its program to track medical errors at hospitals and determine what could have been done to prevent them. The Oregon Patient Safety Commission unanimously approved rules and guidelines for its effort to...
Liability Law Blocks Federally Insured Doctors from Helping in Disasters
Feb 13 2006 // Dozens of federally insured medical providers have been blocked from helping the Gulf Coast recover from Hurricane Katrina because their medical liability protection doesn’t apply outside their own states. Doctors...
Up to 700 Women in West Not Told about Placenta Registry
Feb 13 2006 // As many as 700 women along the West Coast were not told that an institute financed by the insurance industry kept their placentas after giving birth in order to protect doctors and hospitals from potential lawsuits,...
Ohio insurance department says malpractice premiums going down
Feb 6 2006 // The Ohio Department of Insurance recently said that years of escalating premiums for medical malpractice insurance for the state’s doctors may be coming to an end. For the first time in six years, an insurer is...
