Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Coalition of Doctors Call on Kerry, Edwards to Support Med-Mal Reform
Jul 7 2004 // A coalition of more than 230,000 specialty physicians announced its dismay with John Kerry and John Edwards, two sitting U.S. Senators, who they say repeatedly vote against protecting patients, instead choosing to pander...
DMLR Launches Campaign in South Carolina
Jul 7 2004 // Doctors for Medical Liability Reform (DMLR), a coalition of more than 230,000 medical specialists dedicated to national medical liability reform, launched an aggressive advocacy campaign in the state of South Carolina...
AIA Applauds Wis. Supreme Court’s Med-Mal Ruling
Jul 6 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) today applauded the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s unanimous decision affirming the constitutionality of non-economic damage caps in wrongful death medical malpractice...
N.Y. Med-Mal Rates to Increase 7%
Jul 1 2004 // New York State Insurance Department Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio today announced that the majority of New York State’s 50,000 actively practicing physicians will see a seven percent rate increase in...
Maryland Gov. Establishes Med-Mal Task Force
Jun 25 2004 // Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich, Jr., announced the creation of the Governor’s Task Force on Medical Malpractice and Health Care Access and named the Honorable Raymond Thieme chairman. Gov. Ehrlich has directed the task...
Wyoming Committees Work on Special Session Bills
Jun 25 2004 // More than 30 bills have been drawn up for consideration in July’s special session on medical malpractice insurance. State House Speaker Fred Parady, R-Rock Springs, said he expects more to come, although many bills...
R.I. Session Nears End with Med-Mal Push
Jun 23 2004 // As the end of the 2004 legislative session draws near in Rhode Island, Rep. Peter T. Ginaitt says he is pushing hard for the passage of his legislation to change some of the state laws governing medical malpractice...
Mo. JUA Starts Taking Med-Mal Applications
Jun 21 2004 // Missouri’s new state-sponsored medical malpractice insurance program has begun accepting applications for coverage effective June 30 or later, the state’s insurance department announced recently. Physicians and...
OKLA. GOV. SIGNS TORT REFORM BILL:
Jun 21 2004 // After urging its passage, Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry signed into law on May 28, 2004, House Bill 2661, a measure that proponents dubbed “a comprehensive tort reform bill.” In addition to Gov. Henry, the bill...
PLUS Symposium Reveals Hospital Prof. Liab. in Throes of Deceleration
Jun 21 2004 // The hospital professional liability market is in the throes of deceleration. While there is emerging competition, many more experienced carriers are exiting the marketplace and losses are coming in faster and are more...
Fla. Doctors Fed Up with Med-Mal Costs
Jun 18 2004 // Dr. Rene Loyola says he has given up just about everything to keep practicing medicine. The surgeon owns no home or land, and has no savings other than a retirement plan after 29 years in the profession. He says he...
Md. Doctors, Insurers Work on Med-Mal Fund
Jun 17 2004 // Maryland doctors, insurers and lawmakers are working to contain the skyrocketing cost of medical malpractice insurance, which medical professionals say is driving some doctors out of business and leaving residents without...
Mass. May Cut Interest Paid on Med-Mal Awards
Jun 16 2004 // Leaders in the Massachusetts Legislature are mulling changes in the law governing medical malpractice lawsuits that would reduce the amount of money people harmed by malpractice will receive when they successfully sue, a...
Judge Orders N.J. Med-Mal Data Made Public
Jun 14 2004 // New Jersey patients soon will be able to use a new state Web site to obtain information about doctors, including details about malpractice claims they have settled. The release of the information cleared a legal hurdle...
Nevada Trial Lawyers Part of Petition Drive Coalition
Jun 11 2004 // The Nevada Trial Lawyers Association is supporting two statewide initiative petitions that critics say aim to overturn medical malpractice reforms. Trial Lawyers Association spokeswoman Vickie Riley confirmed the group is...
Many See Caps in Oklahoma Tort Reform Bill as Fair
Jun 8 2004 // Trial lawyers and doctors, who stood on opposite sides of the tort reform debate in the Oklahoma Legislature, seem to agree that the caps on non-economic damages in Oklahoma’s new law were a fair compromise, the...
Malpractice Insurer Exit From Mass. Worries Physicians
Jun 8 2004 // The impending departure of one of the few remaining commercial insurance companies offering liability coverage for physicians in Massachusetts is yet more evidence that the state faces a real crisis in professional...
Managing Patient Expectations Key to Reducing Malpractice Risk
Jun 7 2004 // While insurers and lawyers groups have debated the merits of capping medical malpractice awards in the statehouses and on Capitol Hill, the reality of soaring jury awards, insurance premiums and seemingly out-of-control...
PIAA, NPDB DATA SHOW MED-MAL COSTS STILL RISING:
Jun 7 2004 // Data compiled from the physician owned and/or operated medical liability insurers that make up the Physician Insurers Association of America (PIAA) and the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) indicate that medical...
One-on-One with NIIA’s President Rick Aniello
Jun 7 2004 // Medical malpractice is hot on the list of concerns for Nevada’s independent agents, and the state as a whole. With physicians leaving the state due to the lack of affordable med-mal coverage, the crisis has caught...
