Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Senate Republicans fail again in efforts to cap medical malpractice awards
May 22 2006 // Senate Republican leaders have again failed in their efforts to place limits on medical malpractice pain and suffering awards. Senate Democrats successfully stymied two Republican bills, one a broad bill affecting medical...
Four out of 10 medical malpractice cases are groundless; majority dismissed without payout
May 22 2006 // About 40 percent of the medical malpractice cases filed in the United States are groundless, according to a Harvard analysis of the hotly debated issue that pits trial lawyers against doctors, with lawmakers in the...
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May 22 2006 // Study: Tort reforms reduce med-mal premiums Tort reforms are the best proven instrument for reducing medical liability insurance premium growth, according to a new study conducted by Stanford University Professor Daniel P....
Study: Tort reforms reduce med-mal premiums
May 22 2006 // Tort reforms are the best proven instrument for reducing medical liability insurance premium growth, according to a new study conducted by Stanford University Professor Daniel P. Kessler, JD, PhD, who also serves as a...
Four out of 10 medical malpractice cases are groundless; majority dismissed without payout
May 22 2006 // About 40 percent of the medical malpractice cases filed in the United States are groundless, according to a Harvard analysis of the hotly debated issue that pits trial lawyers against doctors, with lawmakers in the...
Senate Republicans fail again in efforts to cap medical malpractice awards
May 22 2006 // News Currents Senate Republican leaders have again failed in their efforts to place limits on medical malpractice pain and suffering awards. Senate Democrats successfully stymied two Republican bills, one a broad bill...
General Star Offers Miscellaneous Healthcare Facilities Liability Program for Medical Spas
May 18 2006 // General Star Management Co. has expanded its miscellaneous healthcare facilities professional liability program to include medical spas whose focus is on cosmetic; complementary/alternative; or preventative/wellness...
Missouri Physicians Mutual Ranks as Top Malpractice Insurer for 2005
May 17 2006 // St. Louis-based Missouri Physicians Mutual (MPM) maintained its position as the state’s top malpractice insurer in 2005 while more than doubling its reserves for future claims and increasing its premiums written by...
Minn. Supreme Court Considers Attorney Requirement on Malpractice Insurance
May 16 2006 // Many of the complaints the Minnesota Lawyers Board investigates get dismissed, including a large number filed by clients upset simply because their attorney lost, according to an Associated Press story. But every year,...
Mo. Lawmakers Vote to Allow Insurance Director Authority to Veto Excessive Med Mal Rates
May 15 2006 // Missouri lawmakers voted recently to give the state insurance director the authority to veto medical malpractice rates that are “excessive” or otherwise inappropriate in an effort to help cut doctors’...
Study: Four Out of 10 Medical Malpractice Cases are Groundless
May 11 2006 // About 40 percent of the medical malpractice cases filed in the United States are groundless, according to a Harvard analysis of the hotly debated issue that pits trial lawyers against doctors, with lawmakers in the...
Fla. SB 1596, HB 561 Tighten Grip on Insurance Fraud
May 5 2006 // Passage by Florida’s Legislature of Senate Bill 1596 and House Bill 561, sponsored by Sen J.D. Alexander and Rep. David Rivera, Florida’s Legislature has tightened the grip on insurance fraud artists who steal...
New Study: Tort Reforms Reduce Medical Malpractice Premiums
May 4 2006 // Tort reforms are the best proven instrument for reducing medical liability insurance premium growth, according to a new study conducted by Stanford University Professor Daniel P. Kessler, JD, PhD, who also serves as a...
R.I. Governor Carcieri Urges Medical Malpractice Reform
May 3 2006 // Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri is urging lawmakers to support his Health Care Tort Reform Act of 2006 which he says would bring balance to the state’s current tort system. “Our current tort system...
New Report Rebuts Consumer Group’s Criticism of Med-Mal Insurers
Apr 28 2006 // A newly released report says that recent consumer groups’ criticisms of the medical malpractice insurance industry contain “systematic flaws and the intentional misuse of industry data.” “This new...
Arizona Bill to Tighten Malpractice Rules Goes to Gov. Napolitano
Apr 27 2006 // The Arizona House reversed itself and approved Senate-passed legislation to make it harder to win medical malpractice lawsuits over emergency health care. The House had previously watered down an earlier version of the...
ACE USA Introduces New Foreign Clinical Trial Coverage
Apr 21 2006 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of Bermuda’s ACE Group of Companies, announced the introduction of “Foreign Clinical Trial Coverage,” to be available to U.S.-based life science companies...
N.Y. Hospitals, Physicians Get New Medical Liability Insurer
Apr 20 2006 // Hospitals and physicians in New York now have a new option for obtaining professional liability coverage and physician excess professional liability coverage, through the establishment of the Healthcare Professionals...
S.D. Forum Debates Health Issues
Apr 14 2006 // Rising insurance costs and increased government spending could trigger changes in the nation’s health care system, according to some participants in a health care discussion Tuesday. Republican Sen. John Thune, who...
Hospital Asks Pa. Judge to Reduce $4 Million Malpractice Payment
Apr 13 2006 // A Pennsylvania judge was asked to determine whether a $4 million verdict in a birth malpractice case is too large because a hospital said it could go bankrupt if it is forced to pay the damages. Attorneys for Trudy and...
