Most Popular Medical Professional Liability Headlines This Year
The most viewed headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page over the last year.
#1 Former NFL Player’s $43.5 Million Score in Medical Malpractice Case Upheld
Sep 6 2024 // A Philadelphia appeals court has upheld the $43.5 million award to former Philadelphia Eagles’ special teams player and captain Chris Maragos in his medical malpractice claim alleging that failed treatment of a knee...
#2 Racketeering Suit Alleges NY Insurance Fraud Scheme by Lawyers, Medical Providers
Jun 19 2025 // A New York specialty insurance managing underwriter for contractors and construction risks has sued a New York City personal injury law firm and dozens of medical providers, alleging a wide-ranging scheme to defraud...
#3 Vermont Takes Over Medical Liability Insurer CARE RRG Facing $35.4M Judgment
Apr 28 2025 // A Vermont Superior Court has approved a state takeover and rehabilitation plan for a medical professional liability insurer for 1,300 physicians that the state says is in hazardous financial condition as a result of a...
#4 Healthcare Liability Trends to Watch Under Trump’s Administration
May 5 2025 // The 2025 presidential administration is likely to lead to changes for the healthcare liability landscape. Potential deregulation initiatives could ease administrative burdens on providers and improve efficiency; however,...
#5 Child Killed in Hyperbaric Chamber Explosion at Michigan Medical Facility
Feb 3 2025 // A pressurized oxygen chamber exploded Friday, killing a 5-year-old patient and injuring his mother at a suburban Detroit medical facility. The hyperbaric chamber explosion occurred about 8 a.m. at the Oxford Center in...
#6 Villages Health System Sees $350 Million in Medicare Overcharges
Jul 9 2025 // A health-care system serving the largest retirement community in the US has filed for bankruptcy after disclosing it potentially overbilled Medicare by at least $350 million, according to court filings. The Villages Health...
#7 College Team Physicians Wary of Greater Liability Risk With Athletes Making Money
Jun 25 2025 // The professionalization of college sports has prompted concern among team physicians that they will be exposed to a greater risk of being sued by athletes who claim a poor outcome from treatment caused them to lose future...
#8 Delaware High Court Rescues Insurance Agency’s Malpractice Suit Against Law Firm
Oct 10 2024 // Six months after a three-judge panel of the Delaware Supreme Court said an insurance agency deserved another shot at proving its claims of professional negligence against a law firm, the full state high court has...
#9 DeSantis Vetoes Repeal of ‘Free Kill’ Medical Malpractice Bill
May 30 2025 // Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has vetoed a bill that would have restored some family members’ right to file suit after a loved one dies from medical negligence. The Florida Legislature this year approved House Bill 6017...
#10 Medical Worker Wants Home Insurance to Cover Her Against Patients’ Data Claims
Aug 5 2024 // A Connecticut clinical social worker believes her homeowners insurer should defend and indemnify her against claims she violated patients’ privacy by accessing and sharing their private medical information. She says...
#11 New Mexico Man Gets $412M Medical Malpractice Payout for Botched Injections
Dec 2 2024 // Jurors in New Mexico have awarded a man more than $412 million in a medical malpractice case that involved a men’s health clinic that operates in several states. The man’s attorneys celebrated last week’s...
#12 Texas Measles Outbreak Could Become National Epidemic: Public Health Experts
Mar 24 2025 // With its measles outbreak spreading to two additional states, Texas is on track to becoming the cause of a national epidemic if it doesn’t start vaccinating more people, according to public health experts. Measles, a...
#13 People Moves: AIG’s Furth to Hiscox to Head US Claims; Hamlin to Lead TMHCC US Hospital Pro Liability; Amwins Names Healthcare Practice Leader
Feb 12 2025 // Alex Furth Hiscox, headquartered in Atlanta, appointed Alexandra Furth as head of claims in the U.S., effective March 10. Furth has over 20 years of claims and legal leadership experience, most recently serving as...
#14 Texas DWC Seeks Public Comment on Telemedicine Rule Proposal
Dec 5 2024 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is seeking public comments for a proposed rule to allow treating doctors to perform maximum medical improvement examinations by telemedicine...
#15 Racketeering Suit Alleges NY Insurance Fraud Scheme by Lawyers, Medical Providers
Jul 7 2025 // A New York specialty insurance managing underwriter for contractors and construction risks has sued a New York City personal injury law firm and dozens of medical providers, alleging a wide-ranging scheme to defraud...
#16 Health Systems Increasingly Targets of Cyberattacks But They Can be Ready
Aug 14 2024 // Just as a Southeastern U.S. blood center tries to recover from another cyberattack on a health system, others who have lived through the pain offered some words of wisdom in a webinar Tuesday that could help providers...
#17 People Moves: Medical Liability Insurer EmPRO Expands to Massachusetts, Names 3
May 14 2025 // Medical malpractice insurer EmPRO Insurance Co. has opened its first office in Massachusetts. The new Boston office marks EmPRO’s further expansion into the New England market, following prior entries into New...
#18 Lawsuit Challenges Law Shielding Doctors Prescribing Abortion Pills Via Telemedicine
Dec 17 2024 // Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, launching one of the first challenges in the U.S. to shield laws that Democrat-controlled states passed to protect physicians after...
#19 US Chicken, Pork Plant Workers Face Higher Health Risks, USDA Studies Confirm
Jan 14 2025 // Workers in U.S. chicken and pork plants face higher risks than other manufacturing workers for musculoskeletal disorders such as carpal tunnel syndrome, according to two studies the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued on...
#20 Wildfire Smoke Health Risks Can Linger in Homes That Escape Burning
Jan 2 2025 // (THE CONVERSATION) On Dec. 30, 2021, a wind-driven wildfire raced through two communities just outside Boulder, Colorado. In the span of about eight hours, more than 1,000 homes and businesses burned. The fire left entire...
