Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida Lawmakers Eye Regulations for Unlicensed Health Clinics
Apr 8 2014 // There is one simple way for a Florida medical clinic to avoid being licensed and undergoing an annual inspection: Don’t accept insurance. A bill moving through the Legislature would close that loophole for so-called...
Malpractice Suit Over Frozen California Woman to Proceed
Apr 4 2014 // A family that claims a woman was frozen to death in a hospital morgue after she was prematurely declared dead can proceed with a medical malpractice lawsuit, an appeals court ruled. The California 2nd District Court of...
Union Alleges Kansas Aerospace Firm Used Medical Records in Layoffs
Mar 28 2014 // The union representing engineers at Spirit AeroSystems Inc. accused the aerospace company of terminating hundreds of workers last year because they were too old and a burden on health insurance costs, claims that the...
Florida Lawmaker Targets Cash-Only Medical Clinics
Mar 26 2014 // Cash-only medical clinics are allowed to skirt the licensing and regulation most other clinics are subject to, a loophole that a Florida lawmaker contends allows some of them to dispense drugs illicitly. State Sen. Eleanor...
N.J. Regulators Recovered $21M for Consumers, Health Care Providers in 2013
Mar 25 2014 // New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Ken Kobylowski announced last week that his department recovered nearly $21 million for consumers and health care providers, including nearly $7 million for...
Initiative Targeting California Medical Malpractice Submitted
Mar 24 2014 // California’s limit of $250,000 on medical malpractice damages for pain and suffering, which became a model for other states almost 40 years ago, could be increased under a voter initiative to be submitted on...
Florida Medical Malpractice Caps Ruled Unconstitutional
Mar 24 2014 // The Florida Supreme Court ruled caps placed on how much money people can receive in cases where a doctor’s mistakes led to a patient’s death are declared unconstitutional. The lawsuit limits were part of a law...
Top 10 HOT Markets to Watch
Mar 24 2014 // Insurance Journal examined industries experiencing changes and expansions in the past year. Here are the top 10 market sectors that just might deliver hot opportunities for agents and brokers in the property/casualty...
Markel Names Williams As Director of Medical Professional Liability
Mar 20 2014 // Markel Corp. announced that Troy Williams has joined the medical malpractice team as director of Medical Professional Liability. Williams is based in the Deerfield, Illinois office; his responsibilities are...
Florida Supreme Court Throws Out Medical Damages Caps Law
Mar 14 2014 // The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s caps on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice wrongful death cases violate the state Constitution’s equal protection clause. The 5-2 opinion held that...
Medical Malpractice Insurer, NJ PURE, Forms Strategic Alliance with LIU
Mar 7 2014 // NJ PURE, a medical malpractice insurer in New Jersey, has entered into a strategic alliance with Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), a division of Liberty Mutual Insurance. According to Eric S. Poe, chief litigation...
NORCAL Now Selling Medical Professional Liability in South Carolina
Mar 5 2014 // The NORCAL Group’s Medicus Insurance Co. is now offering medical professional liability insurance coverage to physicians and surgeons in South Carolina. Ron Rumin, senior vice president of business development, said...
Missouri Housed Endorses Bill Limiting Medical Malpractice Awards
Feb 28 2014 // Seeking to sidestep a court ruling, the Missouri House endorsed legislation that attempts to reinstate limits on the amount of money people can receive from medical malpractice lawsuits. The bill given initial approval...
Why Damages Caps Won’t Fix Malpractice Laws: Peter Orszag
Feb 25 2014 // I have long believed that reforming U.S. medical malpractice laws could bring significant benefits, and new research supports that notion. Before conservatives get too excited, though, the evidence suggests the right way...
Kentucky Senate Passes Bill Creating Medical Malpractice Panels
Feb 21 2014 // A panel of medical experts would review proposed medical malpractice claims against health care providers before they could be pursued in court under a bill the Kentucky Senate passed this week. The party-line vote in the...
How ACA Healthcare Law Could Affect P/C Insurance Costs and Claims
Feb 21 2014 // The property/casualty insurance industry is likely to face cost shifting by hospitals, physicians and other medical providers due to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to an insurance industry...
Malpractice Award Battle Could End Up On California Ballot
Feb 20 2014 // Supporters of raising California’s award limit for medical malpractice suits hope to put the issue before voters and are gathering signatures to do so. The Los Angeles Times reported lawyers and consumer groups are...
Aon Risk Solutions, The Risk Authority Form Healthcare Risk Management Alliance
Feb 18 2014 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has formed an alliance with The Risk Authority, a subsidiary of the Stanford University Medical Network, to provide clinical risk management and...
Greenberg’s Starr Leads Group Buying Health Claims Firm MultiPlan
Feb 17 2014 // A group led by former AIG boss Maurice “Hank” Greenberg’s Starr Investment Holdings said it would buy health insurance claims processor MultiPlan Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. A person...
Medical Malpractice May Be Back on Kentucky Lawmakers’ Agenda
Feb 10 2014 // Kentucky lawmakers are preparing for another debate on whether to shake up the state’s medical malpractice system, with some influential outside voices joining on both sides of the discussion. A new coalition of...
