Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Worldwide Facilities Names Sawyer VP/Broker for Healthcare Practice
Jun 18 2010 // Worldwide Facilities Inc. in Phoenix has named Eric Sawyer a vice president and broker for the healthcare practice group. Sawyer brings more than 10 years of medical malpractice experience to the group. He will be working...
Texas Work Comp Enforcements Include Suspensions, Insurer Fines
Jun 16 2010 // Final disciplinary actions taken in March and April by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) include removal of providers from Designated Doctors list and insurance company...
Physhield Insurance Exchange Approved by the State of Maryland
Jun 14 2010 // Physicians Healthcare Management Group, Inc.’s exclusive affiliate, Physhield Insurance Exchange, a Risk Retention Group, has received approval from the state of Maryland Insurance Administration to underwrite...
Michigan Court: Wrong Address Not a Barrier to Filing Malpractice Lawsuit
May 27 2010 // The Michigan Supreme Court says the wrong address is not a reason to stop a woman from filing a medical malpractice lawsuit against her former eye doctor. The court’s 4-3 decision this week reinstated a lawsuit...
Ironhealth Introduces Specialty Liability Program for Physician Groups
May 24 2010 // IronHealth, the specialty healthcare division of Ironshore Inc., has introduced a Physician Group Practice liability product, offering coverage for groups of 10 or more physicians,including the entity and its ancillary...
California Nonprofit Execs Accused of Exposing Teens to Health Risks
May 24 2010 // Three executives of a now-defunct California nonprofit that provided job training for young people knowingly placed dozens of teenagers in jobs that exposed them to asbestos, prosecutors say. The nonprofit Firm Build sent...
Despite Premium Decreases, Medical Professional Liability Industry Profitable
May 14 2010 // The medical professional liability industry is profitable despite premium increases, according to Charlottesville, Va.-based SNL Financial. That industry experienced a profitable year in underwriting, demonstrated by a...
Florida Woman Awarded $36 Million Over Steroid Injection Malpractice
May 11 2010 // A Deerfield Beach, Florida woman who was left partially paralyzed after a botched steroid injection has won a $36 million malpractice verdict. A Palm Beach County jury ordered former pain management doctor Andrew Weiss to...
Network Physician Use Increases in California Workers’ Comp Claims
May 11 2010 // Tthe percentage of medical services to injured workers delivered by network physicians jumped sharply immediately after Medical Provider Networks (MPNs) were introduced into the workers’ compensation system in 2005,...
Jury Awards $500M Punitive Damages in Medical Malpractice Case
May 11 2010 // A jury in Las Vegas ordered two drug companies to pay a combined $500 million in punitive damages in the first of hundreds of civil cases stemming from a hepatitis C outbreak two years ago. The Clark County District Court...
Zurich Launches Z-Rx Insurance Solutions for the Healthcare Industry
May 7 2010 // Zurich has introduced Z-Rx Insurance Solutions, which offers 27 healthcare coverages, including professional liability, general liability, property, security & privacy, management liability products and more, such as:...
Zurich Enhances Healthcare Primary Policy for Medical Facilities
Apr 22 2010 // Zurich’s Specialty Products Healthcare practice has upgraded its Healthcare Primary policy to respond to a variety of risks that medical facilities face. “The daily interactions between medical facility...
Perfect Storm Brings Opportunities in Covering Health Care Providers
Apr 19 2010 // Health Care Reform Opens Doors for New Exposures and Markets Those in the business of providing liability coverage to doctors, nurses and other health care professionals, may have just found themselves in a perfect storm...
Father Loses California Malpractice Suit Over Son’s Brain Damage
Apr 19 2010 // A man who claimed his infant son was left brain-damaged after surgery at Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles has lost a $19-million lawsuit. A Los Angeles jury ruled in favor of the hospital and two doctors. Eduardo Rivas of...
Pennsylvania Ordered to Add Millions to Malpractice Fund
Apr 19 2010 // A state court has ruled that Pennsylvania has mishandled a fund to help physicians pay malpractice premiums and ordered the state to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars out of its general fund to resolve a pair of...
Oregon Medical Malpractice Rates Decline
Apr 16 2010 // For the fourth year in a row, most physicians and surgeons in Oregon will see a decline or no change in medical professional liability insurance rates, according to rate changes reviewd by the state Department of Consumer...
Malpractice Concerns Lead to Unnecessary Health Tests, Study Says
Apr 14 2010 // Concerns about malpractice suits influence how often cardiologists order some potentially unnecessary tests — resulting in significant variations in healthcare use and spending across the United States, according to...
Chartis Offers Policyholders Storage of Electronic Health Records
Apr 12 2010 // Chartis will now offer storage of electronic personal health records to clients worldwide through a strategic alliance with MMR Information Systems. The Chartis insurers will initially offer this access to electronic...
Audit: Wisconsin Medical Malpractice Fund in Poor Shape
Apr 1 2010 // A fund that helps Wisconsin health care providers pay medical malpractice claims is in poor financial shape after lawmakers raided $200 million to balance the budget, auditors have warned. The Injured Patients and Families...
Missouri High Court Narrows Medical Malpractice Limits
Mar 25 2010 // The Missouri Supreme Court has slightly narrowed the scope of a 2005 state law limiting how much money can be awarded to people in medical malpractice cases. The high court’s March 23 ruling provided a victory for...
