Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Prognosis Good in Medical Professional Liability Market
Apr 21 2008 // Tort reform keeping claims frequency down; surplus up, but severity still an issue Tort reform efforts seem to be working, frequency of claims for medical liability is going down, surplus is up and reinsurance capital is...
Health Care Market May Be Safer to Operate In
Apr 21 2008 // Tort reform, soft market, drive down claims frequency in health care facility liability market Health care facility professional liability has faced new challenges due to recent tort reform efforts, the soft market and a...
Number of Medical Malpractice Suits in Pennsylvania Down
Apr 16 2008 // The number of medical malpractice lawsuits filed in Pennsylvania declined for a third consecutive year in 2007, according to figures released Monday by the state Supreme Court. The number of suits, 1,617, represented a 4.5...
New York Senate Tweaks Medical Malpractice Insurance Requirements
Apr 16 2008 // The New York State Senate has passed a bill that lowers the required level of primary medical malpractice coverage that a doctor must have to qualify for the state’s Excess Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance...
Malpractice Insurer to Give Back $11 Million to Illinois Doctors
Apr 14 2008 // Illinois doctors will get a refund collectively worth $11 million from the state’s largest medical malpractice insurer. The Illinois State Medical Insurance Exchange says claims are down. That means doctors will get...
Fireman’s Fund Expands Coverage in Medical Facilities Market
Apr 3 2008 // Today, medical care goes far beyond the traditional hospital or doctor’s office. Physicians and caregivers are treating patients in a variety of facilities, from urgent care clinics to drug and rehabilitation...
Pennsylvania Doctors Lose Malpractice Subsidy
Apr 2 2008 // A five-year, $1 billion taxpayer subsidy to help Pennsylvania doctors buy medical malpractice insurance lapsed Monday, forcing physicians to pay higher premiums unless Democrats and Republicans break an impasse over...
California Appeals Court: SCIF Erred in Denying Access to PPN
Apr 1 2008 // A California Court of Appeals has ruled that the state’s primary workers’ compensation insurer cannot deny an occupational medical clinic from its preferred provider network because it impaired the...
Preferred Employers Introducers Medical Provider Network for California Businesses
Mar 26 2008 // San Diego-based Preferred Employers Insurance Co., which specializes inworkers’ compensation insurance for small employers in California, has created a medical provider network for treatment of work related injuries....
New York Consumer Groups Criticize Medical Malpractice Plan
Mar 25 2008 // Consumer and health advocacy groups in New York are criticizing a yet-to-be-made public plan to create a medical malpractice indemnity pool which would cover medical expenses for injured patients. Although no plan to...
Colorado Delays Action on Bill to Raise Limits for Malpractice Suits
Mar 24 2008 // A Colorado House committee delayed action on a bill that would increase the amount juries can award in some medical malpractice suits, after doctors warned the proposed bill could force them to stop practicing and make...
Nursing Home Malpractice Insurance Void Reported in Oklahoma
Mar 21 2008 // A Tulsa-based consumer group says many Oklahoma nursing homes appear to be operating without malpractice insurance. Hugh M. Robert, executive director of the Oklahoma Center for Consumer & Patient Safety, says the...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Healthcare Risk Solutions of Pa.
Mar 21 2008 // Illinois-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reports it has acquired Healthcare Risk Solutions, LLC headquartered in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2002, Healthcare...
New Jersey Jury Awards $19M to Woman in Malpractice Case
Mar 20 2008 // A jury in Monmouth County, New Jersey awarded more than $19 million to a Freehold woman whose 10-year-old son was born with severe brain damage and cerebral palsy. A judge could reduce Monday’s award since the jury...
5 Years Later, Ohio Has Falling Insurance Rates; Fewer Obstetricians
Mar 20 2008 // When Bobbie Cameron became pregnant with her third child, she reluctantly chose a new doctor to oversee her care. Her longtime physician had dropped out of the birthing business because of soaring malpractice insurance...
Colorado Delays Action on Bill to Raise Limits for Malpractice Suits
Mar 17 2008 // A Colorado House committee delayed action on a bill that would increase the amount juries can award in some medical malpractice suits after doctors warned it could force them to stop practicing and make health care more...
Hospital Corp. Settles Suits Alleging Malpractice in West Virginia
Mar 14 2008 // Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corp. of America and a former subsidiary have agreed to settle 70 lawsuits alleging malpractice by a former West Virginia physician. The total amount of the settlements and attorneys’...
Mass. Medical Society Pushes for Tort Reforms to Curb Insurance Costs
Mar 12 2008 // Massachusetts medical professionals are calling for reforms to the state’s medical liability system that they say will protect physicians from more lawsuits and help control insurance costs. To support their call,...
Appeal Likely in $1.75 Million New Hampshire Medical Malpractice Case
Mar 11 2008 // A Concord (New Hampshire) surgeon ordered to pay $1.75 million to a man who lost his sight during surgery for a broken leg plans to appeal the jury’s decision. A Merrimack County Superior Court jury last week sided...
Iowa Supreme Court Adds Twist to Medical Malpractice Opinion
Mar 10 2008 // The Iowa Supreme Court sent two medical malpractice lawsuits back to district court after offering a new opinion on how the statute of limitations can be interpreted. The decision, which affects a breast cancer patient and...
