Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New MPL Endorsements Create Opportunities for Agents
Aug 21 2008 // Miscellaneous Professional Liability Classes • Advertising agencies • Answering services • Audio/visual consultants • Business/management consultants • Communications/media/public...
Widow Awarded $8.5M in California Malpractice Case
Aug 12 2008 // A jury has awarded $8.5 million to the widow of a Modesto, Calif., man who died on the day a surgeon was going to discharge him from the hospital. Because of medical malpractice limits, 38-year-old Holly Stinnett likely...
ProMutual Cuts Malpractice Insurance Rates for Pennsylvania Doctors 6%
Jul 22 2008 // Malpractice insurer ProMutual Group recently announced a rate reduction for individual physicians and surgeons in the state of Pennsylvania. All individual professional liability policyholders will receive a 6 percent...
Judge Reduces Award to West Virginia Surgeon in Malpractice Insurance Case
Jul 14 2008 // A judge in West Virginia reduced by more than half a jury’s multimillion-dollar award to a Charleston surgeon whose hospital privileges were wrongfully revoked. A Kanawha County jury in February awarded Dr. R.E....
Mass. Allows Liquor Liability JUA to Expand as Hospitality Mutual
Jul 8 2008 // Massachusetts lawmakers have approved legislation converting the state’s liquor liability insurer of last resort into a competitive mutual insurance company offering liquor liability insurance to the entire...
West Virginia Mutual Insurance Co. Cuts Remaining Debt in Half
Jun 30 2008 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, approved West Virginia Mutual Insurance Co.’s request to repay $8 million on an outstanding balance of the $16 million surplus note it owes the state. The state...
Insurers, Tech Firms, Consumers Agree on Electronic Health Record Rules
Jun 26 2008 // A major consumer group, insurers together with Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday they have agreed to standards intended to speed adoption of personal electronic health records. The electronic medical record...
Arizona Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Law on Expert Witnesses
Jun 20 2008 // An Arizona appellate court ruling says a state law on medical malpractice lawsuits is unconstitutional. At issue is a law that sets qualifications required for expert witnesses in medical malpractice cases. A three-judge...
U.S. Risk Offers In-Store Medical Clinic Coverage
Jun 17 2008 // U.S. Risk Inc., a subsidiary of U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. launched Quick Clinic, a new comprehensive insurance product for in-store medical Clinics. “Quick Clinic is designed to offer comprehensive and turn-key...
South Carolina Medical Association Launches Medical Liability Company
Jun 11 2008 // The South Carolina Medical Association launched its new subsidiary, the South Carolina Physician Assurance Co. The new insurance company will provide medical malpractice coverage to qualifying physicians who are members of...
Montana Doctor Settles Three Malpractice Lawsuits
Jun 11 2008 // A Billings, Mont., physician and anesthesiologist who treated patients with chronic pain has recently settled three medical malpractice lawsuits that claimed the doctor’s negligence resulted in death. Dr. David...
R.I. Heart Patient Wins $2 Million Malpractice Award
Jun 11 2008 // A Warwick man who claimed he suffered brain damage because he didn’t receive proper care during open heart surgery at Rhode Island Hospital has won a $2 million award from a Superior Court jury. With interest, the...
Nebraska Catholic Medical Liability Group Adds Staff
Jun 11 2008 // Preferred Professional Insurance Company (PPIC), an Omaha-based Catholic-owned medical liability insurance firm, recently announced two additions to its staff: Lyda H. Whiteside as account executive, and Lisa M. Wendell as...
Tenn. Restricts Medical Malpractice Suits
Jun 2 2008 // Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen signed into law a bill seeking to limit frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits by requiring experts to vouch for a case’s merits. The law will also require plaintiffs to give 60 days...
North Carolina Medical Board Wants Malpractice Data on Web Site
May 30 2008 // The North Carolina Medical Board will hold a public hearing next month on a proposal to post doctors’ malpractice information on its Web site. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported this week that the idea has...
Miss. Supreme Court to Hear Doctor’s Appeal of Malpractice Ruling
May 28 2008 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a Meridian doctor and clinic, who were sued by a woman who complained that postoperative care after her hip replacement was substandard. A Lauderdale County...
Illinois Mother Settles Malpractice Lawsuit for $15.35 Million
May 28 2008 // An Aurora, Ill. mother has settled a malpractice lawsuit for $15.35 million with a hospital and doctor after her son suffered brain damage at birth six years ago. Vanessa Jenkins gave birth to her son, Cody Smithey, at...
Wisconsin Man Wins $3 Million Malpractice Award After Losing Leg
May 23 2008 // A Baldwin, Wis. man was awarded more than $3 million in a malpractice case after losing part of his left leg. Jim Lang went to Dr. Gregory Estlund in 2003 after injuring his leg while working at a factory in Hammond. After...
Tennessee Gov. Signs Bill to Restrict Medical Malpractice Lawsuits
May 20 2008 // Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen signed into law a bill seeking to limit frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits by requiring experts to vouch for a case’s merits. The law will also require plaintiffs to give 60 days...
Law School Study Finds Malpractice Cost in Mass. Going Down, Not Up
May 14 2008 // Reports of skyrocketing medical malpractice premiums in Massachusetts are flawed, according to a Suffolk University Law School study that found Bay State physicians actually saw their inflation-adjusted malpractice...
