medical malpractice News

Ill. Supreme Ct. Clarifies Standard to Name Defendants in Malpractice Suits

More than 40 years ago, the Illinois legislature sought to reduce the number of defendants in medical malpractice actions by allowing plaintiffs to name health care providers as respondents for the purposes of discovery and convert them to defendants later …

Fla. Appeals Court Upholds Lawyer’s $104,000 Fine for Sabotaging Med Mal Trial

An attorney with one of Florida’s largest insurance defense firms must pay more than $100,000 in sanctions after deliberately trying to sabotage a medical malpractice suit in order to win a mistrial, a Florida appeals court has decided. The 6th …

Pennsylvania Hospital Wins Second Shot at Equitable Relief in Medical Malpractice Case

A federal appeals court is giving a Pennsylvania hospital another opportunity to have $1.75 million of its medical malpractice insurance coverage restored. The $1.75 million represents the difference between the final arbitrated settlement of $7.75 million and the plaintiff’s earlier …

Ohio Doctor Acquitted in 14 Patient Deaths Sues Health System

DETROIT (AP) – An Ohio doctor acquitted in the deaths of 14 patients who died after they were given painkillers has filed a lawsuit against a national Catholic health system that operates the hospital where he worked in the intensive …

Florida Officials Cut Key Data from Vaccine Study, Report Finds

An analysis that was the basis of a highly criticized recommendation from Florida’s surgeon general cautioning young men against getting the COVID-19 vaccine omitted information that showed catching the virus could increase the risk of a cardiac-related death much more …

Indiana Lawmaker Sued for Medical Malpractice

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – A Republican legislator who doubles as an emergency room doctor is being sued for medical malpractice in a patient’s death. The lawsuit alleges that his treatment caused 20-year old Esperanza Umana of Fort Wayne to have a …

Court Finds Medical Malpractice Suit Partially Time-Barred, Trims Jury Award by $1.2M

A Pennsylvania Superior Court three-judge panel has slashed $1.2 million from a $2.7 million jury award in a medical malpractice case alleging two cancer misdiagnoses, finding that one of the claims was not brought until after the statute of limitations …

Declines in Maternal Death Rates Stall Amid Increases in U.S., EU

Declines in pregnancy- and childbirth-related deaths that took place over a decade and a half have stalled since 2015, as rates increased in some of the world’s wealthiest regions. Maternal mortality increased by 17% in Europe and North America from …

Arkansas Malpractice Bill Would Restrict Trans Youth Medical Care

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Nearly two years after Arkansas became the first state to enact a now-blocked ban on gender-affirming care for minors, Republican lawmakers are trying to effectively reinstate the ban with a proposal Monday to make it …

Nurse Practitioner Claims Have Increased Since 2017 but COVID Effect Yet to Play Out

The distribution and severity of nurse practitioner (NP) office practice setting claims have increased sharply since 2017, according to a new report from CNA in collaboration with its business partners at Nurses Service Organization (NSO), “Nurse Practitioner Professional Liability Exposure …