Florida Senate Committee Adopts Litigation Funding Rules; Expands Wrongful Death January 23, 2024 By William Rabb Litigation financing could soon become more transparent and less influential in Florida, but a 34-year-old restriction on who can file...
Medical Experts May be Needed, Even in Negligence Claims – Kentucky Supreme Court January 19, 2024 By William Rabb When a baseball umpire, well-traveled in college conferences, went to a hospital for X-rays on his surgically repaired ankle in...
Mutual Insurance Company of Arizona Declares $15M Dividend January 8, 2024 The board of Mutual Insurance Company of Arizona declared a dividend for its policyholders totaling $15 million. The funds are...
Family Says Medical Neglect Caused Texas Congresswoman’s Death January 5, 2024 By Karen Brooks Harper, The Texas Tribune Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson died a “terrible, painful death” from an infection caused by negligence at her Dallas recovery facility...
Ohio Supreme Court Affirms 4-Year Deadline for Med Mal Wrongful Death Claims January 2, 2024 By Jim Sams A divided Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday drew a bright line around the state’s statute of repose for medical malpractice...
Markets/Coverages: No Application Needed for New NOW Insurance MedMal Coverage December 6, 2023 NOW Insurance, an artificial intelligence-enabled commercial insurance platform specializing in medical professional liability coverage, recently launched coverage for physicians and...
Florida Hospital Alleges Juror Misconduct, Wants New Trial After Verdict in Maya Case November 28, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports The Florida hospital at the center of the high-profile Maya Kowalski negligence case has asked for a new trial, alleging...
Neglect Has Hastened Patient Deaths at Montana Psychiatric Hospital, Lawsuit Says November 3, 2023 By Amy Beth Hanson Montana’s state psychiatric hospital has been so poorly run for decades that patients are unsafe and not treated with dignity...
Former Medical Resident At Mayo Clinic in Minnesota Charged With Poisoning His Wife October 27, 2023 By Trisha Ahmed A poison specialist and former medical resident at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota is charged with fatally poisoning his wife, a...
Virginia Judge Says Medical Malpractice Law Does Not Apply to Sexual Abuse Claims August 23, 2023 By Sarah Rankin Most of the claims of sexual abuse and other mistreatment made in a lawsuit by dozens of former patients of...