WYO. GOVERNOR SIGNS MEDICAL PANEL BILL:

A bill recently signed into law by Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal will create a medical review panel in the state, according to the Associated Press. The goal of the panel is to eliminate frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits. Physicians say that the high costs of medical malpractice insurance are causing doctors to leave the state, retire, or cut back on services. The panel was created after voters approved a constitutional amendment last November. But the final bill that emerged from the Legislature gives judges authority to conclude whether decisions made by the panel are admissible in court.