Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Illinois Mother Settles Malpractice Lawsuit for $15.35 Million
May 28 2008 // An Aurora, Ill. mother has settled a malpractice lawsuit for $15.35 million with a hospital and doctor after her son suffered brain damage at birth six years ago. Vanessa Jenkins gave birth to her son, Cody Smithey, at...
Wisconsin Man Wins $3 Million Malpractice Award After Losing Leg
May 23 2008 // A Baldwin, Wis. man was awarded more than $3 million in a malpractice case after losing part of his left leg. Jim Lang went to Dr. Gregory Estlund in 2003 after injuring his leg while working at a factory in Hammond. After...
Tennessee Gov. Signs Bill to Restrict Medical Malpractice Lawsuits
May 20 2008 // Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen signed into law a bill seeking to limit frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits by requiring experts to vouch for a case’s merits. The law will also require plaintiffs to give 60 days...
Law School Study Finds Malpractice Cost in Mass. Going Down, Not Up
May 14 2008 // Reports of skyrocketing medical malpractice premiums in Massachusetts are flawed, according to a Suffolk University Law School study that found Bay State physicians actually saw their inflation-adjusted malpractice...
Oregon Medical Malpractice Limit Upheld
May 14 2008 // The Oregon Supreme Court has upheld a five-year statute of limitations on medical malpractice lawsuits involving minors. The court ruled against a claim that laws in effect when Oregon was a territory blocked a five-year...
Medical Malpractice Suits on the Decline in Pennsylvania
May 5 2008 // The number of medical malpractice lawsuits filed in Pennsylvania declined for a third consecutive year in 2007, according to figures released by the state Supreme Court. The number of suits, 1,617, represented a 4.5...
Defining ‘Professional Services’ For Specialty Policies Not Always Easy
May 5 2008 // Professional services” can have connotations ranging from racy “professional” call girls to the more mundane accountants, doctors, lawyers and engineers. From an insurance perspective, liability arising...
China’s Health Reform Creates Openings for U.S. Companies
Apr 30 2008 // China’s efforts to reform its health care system provide a major opportunity for American companies to enter the Chinese market, according to a top U.S. commerce official. As China looks toward revamping a health...
Bill to Limit Medical Malpractice Lawsuits in Tennessee Heads to Governor
Apr 28 2008 // A bill that seeks to limit frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits in Tennessee is on its way to the governor’s office. The Senate unanimously agreed April 24 with changes made earlier in the House. The bill would...
$1.5 Million Pharmacy Robot Promises to Reduce Medical Drug Errors
Apr 28 2008 // A new pharmacy robot at Loyola University Hospital is designed to eliminate the type of life-threatening human medication errors that injured actor Dennis Quaid’s newborn twins. Loyola’s pharmacy recently began...
Survey: Medical Liability Insurers Optimistic About Short-Term Market
Apr 25 2008 // U.S. medical liability insurers anticipate their primary rate levels to decrease in 2008, compared with 2007, while the average frequency and severity of claims sustained by their firms will remain about the same as last...
Professional Services: Do You Know Them When You See Them?
Apr 21 2008 // The complex medical field with its often personalized treatments can be more difficult to define than other professions “Professional services” can have many different connotations, ranging from racy...
Prognosis Good in Medical Professional Liability Market
Apr 21 2008 // Tort reform keeping claims frequency down; surplus up, but severity still an issue Tort reform efforts seem to be working, frequency of claims for medical liability is going down, surplus is up and reinsurance capital is...
Health Care Market May Be Safer to Operate In
Apr 21 2008 // Tort reform, soft market, drive down claims frequency in health care facility liability market Health care facility professional liability has faced new challenges due to recent tort reform efforts, the soft market and a...
Number of Medical Malpractice Suits in Pennsylvania Down
Apr 16 2008 // The number of medical malpractice lawsuits filed in Pennsylvania declined for a third consecutive year in 2007, according to figures released Monday by the state Supreme Court. The number of suits, 1,617, represented a 4.5...
New York Senate Tweaks Medical Malpractice Insurance Requirements
Apr 16 2008 // The New York State Senate has passed a bill that lowers the required level of primary medical malpractice coverage that a doctor must have to qualify for the state’s Excess Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance...
Malpractice Insurer to Give Back $11 Million to Illinois Doctors
Apr 14 2008 // Illinois doctors will get a refund collectively worth $11 million from the state’s largest medical malpractice insurer. The Illinois State Medical Insurance Exchange says claims are down. That means doctors will get...
Fireman’s Fund Expands Coverage in Medical Facilities Market
Apr 3 2008 // Today, medical care goes far beyond the traditional hospital or doctor’s office. Physicians and caregivers are treating patients in a variety of facilities, from urgent care clinics to drug and rehabilitation...
Pennsylvania Doctors Lose Malpractice Subsidy
Apr 2 2008 // A five-year, $1 billion taxpayer subsidy to help Pennsylvania doctors buy medical malpractice insurance lapsed Monday, forcing physicians to pay higher premiums unless Democrats and Republicans break an impasse over...
California Appeals Court: SCIF Erred in Denying Access to PPN
Apr 1 2008 // A California Court of Appeals has ruled that the state’s primary workers’ compensation insurer cannot deny an occupational medical clinic from its preferred provider network because it impaired the...
