Florida Hospital Can’t Avoid Med Mal Suit Over Birth Injury, Appeals Court Says December 12, 2024 By William Rabb Florida lawmakers established the Birth-Related Neurological Injury fund in 1988 to provide a no-fault remedy for parents of children with...
Delaware Loses Bid for High Court Review of Opioid Suit Ruling December 6, 2019 By Randall Chase A judge who dismissed Walgreens as a defendant in Delaware’s lawsuit against the drug industry over the opioid crisis has...
Misdiagnosis a Leading Cause of Medical Malpractice Claims, Studies Show July 30, 2019 By Jim Sams Two recent research papers both point to the significance of diagnostic errors as a source of medical malpractice claims. A...
Kentucky High Court Finds Medical Malpractice Review Panels Unconstitutional January 16, 2019 By Christopher J. Robinette and Dani Wachtel The Kentucky Supreme Court struck down last month Kentucky’s Medical Review Panels Act, which was enacted by the General Assembly...
Kentucky Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Med Mal Review Panels August 10, 2018 By Adam Beam After Ezra Claycomb was born with severe brain damage and cerebral palsy, his mother considered filing a medical malpractice lawsuit....
Kentucky Medical Malpractice Panel Backlogged by Hundreds of Claims August 9, 2018 A Kentucky panel established to review medical malpractice claims before lawsuits can be filed is severely backlogged. The Courier Journal...
For U.S. Doctors, Being Sued Is Common Ailment March 7, 2018 Getting sued is not an uncommon event for physicians. More than a third of physicians (34 percent) have had a...
Report: Florida Rarely Punishes Doctors Sued for Malpractice December 28, 2017 Florida doctors are rarely punished by state regulators even after they are sued for malpractice according to a newspaper report....
Medical Malpractice Settlements Reached Against Michigan Cancer Doctor July 22, 2016 Patients who filed medical malpractice claims against Detroit-area oncologist Farid Fata and three Michigan hospitals will receive settlements totaling $8...
Insurer’s Hospital Claims Study Corroborates High Death Risk from Medical Errors May 10, 2016 Death claims are the most common hospital liability claims, according to an insurance company study released after researchers at Johns...