Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Acadia Expands Medical Office Coverage
Feb 9 2010 // Maine-based insurer Acadia Insurance is offering an expanded property and casualty coverage program for medical offices and facilities in New England and New York. The Acadia Rx Medical Office Program includes specialized...
Insurers Decry Overturn of Illinois Med-Mal Caps; Attorneys Praise Ruling
Feb 5 2010 // The American Bar Association says the Illinois Supreme Court was right in striking down as unconstitutional the caps on non-economic damage awards in medical malpractice cases. Insurer groups, however, say the decision...
Illinois Supreme Court Strikes Down Malpractice Cap Law
Feb 4 2010 // The Illinois Supreme Court Thursday declared unconstitutional a 2005 state law that capped damage awards for a plaintiff’s pain and suffering at $500,000 against doctors and $1 million against hospitals. It was the...
Ohio: Average Payout Per Medical Professional Liability Claim Is $252.5K
Feb 3 2010 // In its fourth annual Ohio Medical Professional Liability Closed Claim Report the Ohio Insurance Department shows a total of 3,080 medical professional liability claims were closed in 2008. The amount of compensation paid...
N.H. Supreme Court: State Can’t Take Malpractice Reserves
Jan 28 2010 // New Hampshire’s highest court has ruled that state lawmakers cannot raid $110 million in reserves from the Joint Underwriting Association, which underwrites medical malpractice insurance in the state. The Supreme...
New Hampshire Avoids Malpractice Funds to Balance 2009 Books
Jan 25 2010 // New Hampshire is dipping into its savings — rather than a fund that underwrites malpractice insurance — for $80 million to close the books on the fiscal year that ended June 30. The state wanted to take $65...
Wisconsin Senate OKs Bill That Expands Malpractice Claims
Jan 21 2010 // The Wisconsin Senate has approved a bill that would allow for more medical malpractice claims against health care providers. The approved bill allows parents to sue for pain and suffering damages if their adult-aged...
Missouri Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Malpractice Limits
Jan 19 2010 // Missouri’s top judges questioned Jan. 14 whether a 2005 law limiting medical malpractice lawsuits is being wrongly applied to people retroactively and is discriminating against the spouses of those injured. Attorneys...
Missouri High Court Hearing Challenge to Malpractice Limits
Jan 15 2010 // Missouri Supreme Court is considering whether to overturn limits on how much money people can be awarded in medical malpractice cases. The case challenges a 2005 law that set a flat $350,000 cap for non-economic damages,...
Illinois Governor Signs Consumer Health Claims Review Bill
Jan 6 2010 // Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has signed a bill into law that ensures that all denied health insurance claims can be reviewed and decided upon by a qualified, independent doctor. The law goes into effect July 1. Under...
Drayer to Lead London American’s Allied Medical Department in Houston
Dec 22 2009 // Terry Morgan Drayer has joined London American Risk Specialists Inc. as senior casualty broker. Drayer will launch the firm’s new Allied Medical Department in the Houston, Texas, office. Drayer’s focus will be...
TV Anchor Appeals Dismissal of Medical Malpractice Suit in Baltimore
Dec 10 2009 // Lawyers for former CBS “Early Show” anchor Mark McEwen have appealed the dismissal of his medical malpractice lawsuit. A federal judge in Baltimore threw out McEwen’s lawsuit earlier this year. The...
North Carolina Board Posts Malpractice Data on Physicians
Dec 9 2009 // North Carolina residents now have online access to information on malpractice lawsuits, convictions, suspensions, or other disciplinary actions taken against physicians and other medical professionals in the state. The...
Most Want Congress to Address Cost of Malpractice Lawsuits
Dec 6 2009 // Most Americans want Congress to deal with malpractice lawsuits driving up the cost of medical care, says an Associated Press poll. Yet Democrats are reluctant to press forward on an issue that would upset a valuable...
New York Regulator Proposes Changes to No-Fault Insurance Coverage
Dec 6 2009 // The New York State Insurance Department is proposing new regulations for no-fault auto insurance coverage in the Empire State, in a move aimed at reducing fraud. “We have to be vigilant in protecting the pocketbooks...
NAS Insurance Enhances Medical Malpractice Coverage
Dec 3 2009 // Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services has enhanced its miscellaneous medical malpractice insurance by adding an endorsement for Medefense Plus with a $25,000 sublimit and an option to increase the sublimit up to...
New York Regulator Proposes Changes to No-Fault Insurance Coverage
Nov 25 2009 // The New York State Insurance Department is proposing new regulations for no-fault auto insurance coverage in Empire State, in a move the state’s top regulator says will help reduce fraud. “We have to be...
Most Americans Want Congress to Address Cost of Malpractice Lawsuits
Nov 20 2009 // Most Americans want Congress to deal with malpractice lawsuits driving up the cost of medical care, says an Associated Press poll. Yet Democrats are reluctant to press forward on an issue that would upset a valuable...
Medical Errors Hidden after Connecticut Law Changed
Nov 17 2009 // Changes made five years ago to a Connecticut law aimed at revealing medical mistakes at hospitals have allowed the facilities to keep more errors secret, according to a <i>Hartford Courant</i> analysis. After...
Court Halts Illinois Suspension of Medical Liability Insurer PLICA
Nov 15 2009 // A Chancery Court Judge in Cook County Illinois has halted a state insurance department order that prohibited a medical liability insurer from writing new business in the state. On Oct. 22, Illinois Director of Insurance...
