Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Judge Approves $7M Malpractice Settlement for Massachusetts Couple
May 16 2011 // A Massachusetts judge has approved a $7 million settlement for a Shrewsbury family who claimed medical negligence in the birth of their daughter. The lawsuit filed in 2008 lawsuit against two doctors, a nurse practitioner...
Judge Approves $7M Malpractice Settlement for Massachusetts Couple
May 9 2011 // A Massachusetts judge has approved a $7 million settlement for a Shrewsbury family who claimed medical negligence in the birth of their daughter. The lawsuit filed in 2008 lawsuit against two doctors, a nurse practitioner...
Florida Legislature Passes Medical Malpractice Changes
May 6 2011 // The Florida House has approved the final version of a bill overhauling medical malpractice suits in the state. The bill (HB 479) was approved by a vote of 94-21 on Wednesday. It goes next to Gov. Rick Scott. He is expected...
Ohio Supreme Court OKs Emotional Distress Claim in Malpractice Suit to Proceed
May 2 2011 // The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that a cancer patient may pursue an emotional distress claim that alleges a faulty diagnosis let undetected cancer spread. The Court upheld an appellate court decision in a lawsuit filed by...
Judge Rejects Plea in Indiana Doctor’s Malpractice Case
Apr 29 2011 // An American former surgeon who was captured on a mountain in Italy after more than five years on the run has withdrawn his guilty plea on federal health care fraud charges after a judge told him he was rejecting a plea...
Military’s Medical Malpractice Shield Law Could Face Key Test
Apr 25 2011 // Veterans, military families and others who oppose a decades-old law that shields military medical personnel from malpractice lawsuits are rallying around a case they consider the best chance in a generation to change the...
Ohio Supreme Court Allows Emotional Distress Claim in Malpractice Lawsuit
Apr 22 2011 // The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that a cancer patient may pursue an emotional distress claim that alleges a faulty diagnosis let undetected cancer spread. The court upheld an appellate court decision in a lawsuit filed by...
Oregon Considers Medical Malpractice Cap
Apr 18 2011 // Oregon legislators are consdiering capping noneconomic damages in medical malpractice claims against health care providers at $500,000. House Bill 3228, introduced by Rep. Jim Thompson, R-Dallas, stipulates that the cap...
Beazley Expands Healthcare Liability Team with Springman
Apr 15 2011 // Beazley Group reported the addition of Daniel Springman to its miscellaneous medical healthcare team, expanding the insurance company’s capabilities in the area of medical professional liability insurance in the...
How Health Reform Will Affect Workers’ Comp, Liability Insurance
Apr 12 2011 // The federal health reform enacted last year will bring short- and long-term challenges to employers and the property/casualty insurance industry. According to Harry Shuford, chief economist for the insurance...
Florida House Panel Approves Medical Liability Bill
Apr 11 2011 // A bill that would further reform medical malpractice suits in Florida has been approved by a House panel. The bill increases the burden of proof for plaintiffs to win medical malpractice cases. It largely makes hospitals...
California Jury Awards $4.5 Million for Malpractice
Apr 8 2011 // A Burbank, Calif., jury has awarded a woman $4.5 million in a medical malpractice case she brought against a La Canada Flintridge physician after the death of her husband. The Pasadena Star-News says the jury on April 6...
Medical Errors 10 Times More Frequent Than Reported, New Research Says
Apr 8 2011 // Medical errors and other adverse events occur in one-third of hospital admissions, which is as much as 10 times more than some previous estimates have indicated, according a new study. “Without doubt, we’ve...
How Extensive Will the FDIC’s Claims Against Failed Banks’ Outside Professionals Be?
Apr 4 2011 // If a lawsuit filed on Feb. 7, 2011, in the Northern District of Georgia is any indication, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s (FDIC) efforts to pursue liability claims will not only include suits against the...
Vermont Lawmakers Ask for Study on Medical Malpractice Claims
Apr 4 2011 // Vermont lawmakers may ask the Shumlin administration to produce recommendations for reforming the medical malpractice system in the state with an eye toward lowering health care costs. The issue of medical malpractice...
How Extensive Will the FDIC’s Claims Against Failed Banks’ Outside Professionals Be?
Apr 4 2011 // If a lawsuit filed on Feb. 7, 2011 in the Northern District of Georgia is any indication, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s (FDIC) efforts to pursue liability claims will not only include suits against the...
How Extensive Will the FDIC’s Claims Against Failed Banks’ Outside Professionals Be?
Apr 4 2011 // If a lawsuit filed on Feb. 7, 2011, in the Northern District of Georgia is any indication, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s (FDIC) efforts to pursue liability claims will not only include suits against the...
How Extensive Will the FDIC’s Claims Against Failed Banks’ Outside Professionals Be?
Apr 4 2011 // If a lawsuit filed on Feb. 7, 2011, in the Northern District of Georgia is any indication, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s (FDIC) efforts to pursue liability claims will not only include suits against the...
Louisiana Appeal Court Must Reconsider Malpractice Cap Suit
Mar 31 2011 // A state appeals court must reconsider its ruling that the Legislature acted unconstitutionally when it covered nurses who are certified to diagnose illness and prescribe medicine under Louisiana’s $500,000 cap on...
Oregon Proposes Medical Malpractice Cap
Mar 25 2011 // Oregon legislators have proposed capping non-economic damages in medical malpractice claims against health care providers at $500,000. House Bill 3228, introduced by Rep. Jim Thompson, R-Dallas, stipulates that the cap...
