Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Healthcare Risk Solutions of Pa.
Mar 21 2008 // Illinois-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reports it has acquired Healthcare Risk Solutions, LLC headquartered in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2002, Healthcare...
New Jersey Jury Awards $19M to Woman in Malpractice Case
Mar 20 2008 // A jury in Monmouth County, New Jersey awarded more than $19 million to a Freehold woman whose 10-year-old son was born with severe brain damage and cerebral palsy. A judge could reduce Monday’s award since the jury...
5 Years Later, Ohio Has Falling Insurance Rates; Fewer Obstetricians
Mar 20 2008 // When Bobbie Cameron became pregnant with her third child, she reluctantly chose a new doctor to oversee her care. Her longtime physician had dropped out of the birthing business because of soaring malpractice insurance...
Colorado Delays Action on Bill to Raise Limits for Malpractice Suits
Mar 17 2008 // A Colorado House committee delayed action on a bill that would increase the amount juries can award in some medical malpractice suits after doctors warned it could force them to stop practicing and make health care more...
Hospital Corp. Settles Suits Alleging Malpractice in West Virginia
Mar 14 2008 // Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corp. of America and a former subsidiary have agreed to settle 70 lawsuits alleging malpractice by a former West Virginia physician. The total amount of the settlements and attorneys’...
Mass. Medical Society Pushes for Tort Reforms to Curb Insurance Costs
Mar 12 2008 // Massachusetts medical professionals are calling for reforms to the state’s medical liability system that they say will protect physicians from more lawsuits and help control insurance costs. To support their call,...
Appeal Likely in $1.75 Million New Hampshire Medical Malpractice Case
Mar 11 2008 // A Concord (New Hampshire) surgeon ordered to pay $1.75 million to a man who lost his sight during surgery for a broken leg plans to appeal the jury’s decision. A Merrimack County Superior Court jury last week sided...
Iowa Supreme Court Adds Twist to Medical Malpractice Opinion
Mar 10 2008 // The Iowa Supreme Court sent two medical malpractice lawsuits back to district court after offering a new opinion on how the statute of limitations can be interpreted. The decision, which affects a breast cancer patient and...
Mass. Jury Awards $14.5M in Surgery Malpractice Case
Mar 5 2008 // A Bay State jury has awarded $14.5 million to the family of a 30-year-old Chelmsford, Mass. woman who died one day after undergoing thyroid surgery at Brockton Hospital. The lawyer for Shannyn MacPherson’s husband...
Colorado Senate Backs Raising Medical Malpractice Cap
Mar 5 2008 // The Colorado Senate has given final approval to a bill that would increase the amount juries can award in some medical malpractice suits. Senate Bill 164 applies to cases where someone has been disfigured or impaired. It...
S.D. Senator Blocks Workers’ Comp Health Records Bill
Feb 29 2008 // A South Dakota senator has succeeded in at least temporarily blocking a measure that would force injured workers to give their entire lifelong medical records to their employers. When the Senate considered changes made to...
Google to the Rescue with Electronic Medical Records System?
Feb 28 2008 // Google Inc has unveiled a plan to help U.S. patients gain control of their medical records and is working with doctors’ groups, pharmacies and labs to help them securely share sensitive health data. The long-rumored...
Calif. Appeals Court Permits Evidence of Nonparty Malpractice
Feb 28 2008 // A California Court of Appeals in the Second Appellate District has held that defendants are entitled to introduce evidence of a nonparty medical professional’s fault in aggravating a plaintiff’s injuries, and...
Former Dallas Cowboy Among Those Challenging Malpractice Award Cap
Feb 27 2008 // Former Dallas Cowboy Ron Springs, who has been in a coma since the fall following surgery to remove a cyst, is one of 11 plaintiffs challenging Texas’ medical malpractice cap in a lawsuit filed Monday. The lawsuit,...
Iowa Supreme Court Adds Twist to Medical Malpractice Opinion
Feb 25 2008 // The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday sent two medical malpractice lawsuits back to district court after offering a new opinion on how the statute of limitations can be interpreted. The decision, which affects a breast cancer...
Ind. Medical Malpractice Surcharge Rates to be Reduced 19% for Docs
Feb 20 2008 // Indiana doctors and hospitals will catch a break on the rates they pay to support a malpractice payout fund starting next month. But the deal probably won’t translate into lower patient bills. Patient’s...
U.S. Proposes System to Promote Voluntary Reporting of Medical Errors
Feb 15 2008 // The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a proposed regulation that promises to foster Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs), private entities that would collect information on medical erors, or...
Neb. Medical Liability Insurer Adds Staff
Feb 14 2008 // Preferred Professional Insurance Co. (PPIC), an Omaha-based Catholic-owned medical liability insurance firm, recently announced two additions to its staff: Tricia Bliujus as claims analyst & risk consultant/R.N., and...
Texas Physicians Joins Lawsuit to Protect Liability Reforms
Feb 13 2008 // The Texas Medical Association reported it has joined a legal action aimed a protecting tort reforms passed by the Texas Legislature passed in 2003. TMA said it sued to resolve several constitutional challenges to the...
Conn. Jury Awards Record $38.5M in Malpractice Lawsuit
Feb 11 2008 // A Superior Court jury in Stamford, Conn. has ordered a city obstetrician to pay $38.5 million to the family of a boy born with cerebral palsy in 2003. The verdict is believed to be among the largest medical malpractice...
