Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Missouri Insurance Department: Medical Professional Liability Insurers Saw Tiny Profit in 2017
Aug 22 2018 // In 2017, poor underwriting results for medical professional liability insurers in Missouri were partially offset by higher investment returns, and insurers barely eked out a profit, earning a 0.2 percent return on net...
Explaining Medical Errors Cut Liability Claims 66%: Georgia State Research
Aug 22 2018 // Hospital staff and physicians who are willing to explain, apologize for and resolve adverse medical events significantly reduce legal defense and liability costs, according to a study led by Dr. Florence R. LeCraw, an...
Mass. SJC Says Hospital Does Not Have Duty of Care in Former Patient’s Stabbing Suit
Aug 22 2018 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that Steward Carney Hospital does not have a duty of care after a patient released from an involuntary psychiatric commitment fatally stabbed his neighbor. The court found...
Stanford Study Links Medical Errors to Physician Burnout
Aug 20 2018 // The epidemic of physician burnout may be the source of even more medical errors than unsafe medical workplace conditions, a new study led by Stanford researchers has found. Physician burnout is at least equally responsible...
Kentucky Medical Malpractice Panel Backlogged by Hundreds of Claims
Aug 9 2018 // A Kentucky panel established to review medical malpractice claims before lawsuits can be filed is severely backlogged. The Courier Journal obtained records through the Kentucky Open Records act that show only 11 percent of...
Willis Towers Watson Names Botkin as Health Care Industry Lead
Jul 16 2018 // Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson has appointed Mary Botkin, as health care industry lead in its Corporate Risk and Broking (CRB) segment. Botkin will be responsible for delivering the company’s integrated risk...
Wisconsin High Court Upholds $750K Med-Mal Noneconomic Damages Cap
Jul 16 2018 // The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the state’s cap on noneconomic medical malpractice damages on June 27, reversing an appellate ruling that awarded $15 million to a woman who had all four limbs amputated after a...
Conflicts of Interest Leads List in Lawyers’ Malpractice Claims: Ames & Gough
Jul 16 2018 // New malpractice claims against lawyers are being driven by inadequate safeguards against conflicts of interest, along with participation in certain expanding and complex practice areas, according to a new study by...
Canada’s Evergreen Pacific Insurance Corp. to Buy Natural Health Provider Synergy
Jul 10 2018 // Evergreen Pacific Insurance Corp. (EPIC), the Toronto-based financial-services holding company, announced it has signed a binding agreement to acquire a majority interest in Synergy Health Services, subject to completion...
Modi’s Plan to Provide Health Insurance to Half a Billion Indians Hits Serious Hurdles
Jul 5 2018 // Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan to provide health insurance to half a billion Indians — a mass of people larger than the entire population of South America — before he seeks a fresh mandate next year...
S.C. Supreme Court: Defense Counsel Can Be Sued for Malpractice by Insurer
Jul 2 2018 // The South Carolina Supreme Court recently opined that an insurer can sue an attorney it hired to defend its policyholder for malpractice. The high court in the case of Sentry Select Insurance Company v. Maybank Law Firm,...
Chinese Tech Firms Seek to Shake Up State-Run Health Sector with AI and Big Data
Jun 29 2018 // In the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, an ambulance speeds through traffic on a wave of green lights, helped along by an artificial intelligence (AI) system and big data. The system, which involves sending information to...
Wisconsin Supreme Court Caps Some Malpractice Damages at $750K
Jun 28 2018 // The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the state’s cap on noneconomic medical malpractice damages on June 27, reversing an appellate ruling that awarded $15 million to a woman who had all four limbs amputated after a...
Top Practice Areas for Lawyers’ Malpractice Claims
Jun 28 2018 // New malpractice claims against lawyers are being driven by inadequate safeguards against conflicts of interest, along with participation in certain expanding and complex practice areas, according to a new study by...
Chicago’s ISMIE Indemnity Expanding Medical Professional Liability Products Nationally
Jun 21 2018 // Chicago-based ISMIE Indemnity, an excess and surplus line division of ISMIE Mutual Insurance Co., plans to offer medical professional liability insurance products in every state in the U.S. With approval from state...
How Prices for Injured Workers’ Medical Professional Care Compare in 35 States: WCRI
Jun 14 2018 // Prices paid for medical professional services vary significantly across states, ranging from 26 percent below the median in Florida to 158 percent above median in Wisconsin, according to a 35-state study. States with no...
S.C. Supreme Court: Defense Counsel Can Be Sued for Malpractice by Insurer
Jun 13 2018 // The South Carolina Supreme Court recently opined that an insurer can sue an attorney it hired to defend its policyholder for malpractice. The high court in the case of Sentry Select Insurance Company v. Maybank Law Firm,...
How Seniors Feel About Telemedicine
Jun 7 2018 // Every morning, 92-year-old Sidney Kramer wraps a blood pressure cuff around his arm and steps on a scale, and readings of his heart health beam to a team of nurses — and to his daughter’s smartphone — miles from...
Negligence or Medical Negligence? Florida Supreme Court Offers Clarity
Jun 6 2018 // Whether a claim arises out of medical negligence and is subject to the presuit screening requirements of Chapter 766 of the Florida Statutes is a question legal practitioners and courts alike have struggled with for...
Coal Industry Tax Cut Threatens Miners’ Benefits Fund as Black Lung Cases Surge
Jun 1 2018 // As a young man, Barry Shrewsbury dug coal in the West Virginia mines and spent his time off hunting and fishing in the rolling hills. Now, at 62, he struggles to breathe and accomplish basic tasks such as shopping and...
