Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida Court Lifts Ban on PIP Law But Challenge Continues
Oct 25 2013 // Florida’s no-fault automobile insurance law is fully in force for now after a district court lifted an injunction that blocked part of law on a legal technicality leaving open the possibility for further challenges...
Suit Disputes Oregon’s Claim in Malpractice Award
Oct 23 2013 // A former Eugene woman is trying to keep the state of Oregon from claiming more than $200,000 from a medical malpractice settlement she received after suffering a stroke at age 27 that left her with only limited use of her...
Interesting but Quiet Year for California Lawmakers on Workers’ Comp
Oct 15 2013 // After the behemoth workers’ compensation reform law passed in 2012, state lawmakers this year enacted only a handful of measures that may affect or relate to workers’ compensation. Bills signed by Gov. Jerry...
Medical Malpractice Case Ends in Hung Jury in Virginia
Oct 10 2013 // A $1 million malpractice civil lawsuit against a prominent Culpeper doctor has resulted in a hung jury. Jurors told the Culpeper County Circuit Court judge on Oct. 3 that they were at a standstill after 11 hours of...
Supreme Court Shows Interest in Medical Device Liability Laws
Oct 8 2013 // The U.S. Supreme Court expressed interest in Medtronic Inc.’s appeal in a lawsuit by a man who was rendered a paraplegic after surgeons implanted a system that infuses pain medication into the spine. The justices...
Georgia Considers Special Board for Medical Malpractice Claims
Oct 7 2013 // Georgia lawmakers are considering whether to overhaul the state’s medical malpractice system. A Senate panel heard testimony recently on Senate Bill 141, the Patient Injury Act, which would move medical malpractice...
Insurers Hope Court Decides Soon on Florida PIP Reforms
Oct 7 2013 // Florida automobile insurers are hoping a court will lift an injunction that has blocked portions of the state’s 2012 no-fault law from taking effect. Florida’s First District Court of Appeals recently heard...
Florida Medical Malpractice Consent Rule Preempted By Federal Law, Says Judge
Oct 2 2013 // A federal judge has struck down a key Florida medical malpractice law that required a patient to allow a defending physician’s attorney to informally discuss the case with the patient’s other health care...
Oregon High Court Upholds Noneconomic Malpractice Award
Oct 1 2013 // The family of a baby who sustained nerve injuries as a result of negligence by a Lane County medical practice should be able to collect the full $1.375 million in noneconomic damages awarded by a jury in 2008, the Oregon...
Georgia Studies Moving Malpractice Claims from Court to Review Panel
Sep 26 2013 // A panel of state lawmakers is studying a Senate bill that would overhaul Georgia’s medical malpractice system, with groups such as the Medical Association of Georgia and the State Bar of Georgia lining up against...
Court Weighs Merits of Hold Placed on Florida PIP Reforms
Sep 25 2013 // Florida automobile insurers are hoping a court lifts an injunction that has blocked portions of the state’s 2012 no-fault law from taking effect. Florida’s First District Court of Appeals recently heard oral...
Alterna Enters MPL Space Through Captive, RRG Management Services
Sep 20 2013 // Alterna has entered into the alternative risk marketplace, specifically focusing on providing medical professional liability services for physicians, clinics, and hospital groups through one company. Most group insurance...
Judge Upholds Univ. of Wisconsin Doctor Malpractice Cap
Sep 16 2013 // A Dane County judge has upheld a $250,000 malpractice cap for University of Wisconsin-Madison doctors. The case involves a Verona woman who won a $1.8 million jury award in her husband’s death, as the jury found a UW...
Veterans’ Medical Malpractice Costs Rising As More Soldiers Seek Care
Sep 13 2013 // Christopher Ellison went to a veterans medical center in Philadelphia to get eight teeth extracted in 2007. What should have been a routine dentist visit left him permanently incapacitated. The $17.5 million Ellison and...
Group Demands Change in Oregon Malpractice Law
Sep 12 2013 // A consumer group says Oregon needs to change its new medical malpractice law to prevent it from protecting bad doctors. Public Citizen says cases that are settled in mediation should be reported to a national database,...
10 Years of Tort Reform in Texas Bring Fewer Suits, Lower Payouts
Sep 3 2013 // Ten years after the Texas Legislature capped damages in the state’s medical malpractice lawsuits, the number of suits and the amounts paid out have fallen sharply. The Austin American Statesman reported that...
Insurers Have Paid $1.2M for Boston Bombing P/C Claims So Far; Health Claims to Top $22M
Aug 30 2013 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance says that so far, 207 Boston Marathon bombing-related property/casualty claims have been reported by the top 25 insurers and the residual market insurer Massachusetts FAIR...
SW Indiana Jury Sides With Couple in Malpractice Suit
Aug 28 2013 // A southwestern Indiana jury has sided with an Evansville couple who accused a local hospital and a doctor of causing their 9-year-old daughter’s severe brain injury and cerebral palsy. The Vanderburgh Circuit Court...
Do Big Malpractice Awards Really Increase Medical Costs?
Aug 25 2013 // A jury in one of New York’s most conservative counties recently returned a $130 million verdict in a medical-malpractice case, the second-largest in the state’s history. Lawyers for the losing hospital decried...
Kentucky Turning to Telemedicine As Way to Handle Doctor Shortage
Aug 14 2013 // The expanding number of doctors offering appointments through videoconferencing, called telemedicine, is expected to see a sharp increase in Kentucky. Telemedicine is seen as a way to help deal with doctor shortages,...
