Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Medical Malpractice Bills Passed by Wyoming House
Mar 2 2005 // The House on March 1 approved two bills that attempt to stem rising doctors’ liability insurance costs by allowing state officials to learn more about damage awards in malpractice cases and hospital mistakes that...
LRC Says Med-Mal Study Shows Need for Tort Reform
Mar 1 2005 // Tort reform proponents in Washington were reportedly not surprised that a report issued Tuesday by the Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) showed continued escalation in both the frequency and the cost of medical...
Conn. Holding Med-Mal Insurance Hearing Today
Feb 25 2005 // Connecticut officials will convene a medical malpractice informational hearing today at Capital Community College in Hartford. Last month Governor M. Jodi Rell asked the Commissioners of the Departments of Public Health...
Shield for Doctors’ Apologies Clears Ariz. Senate
Feb 25 2005 // A bill approved Tuesday by the Senate would let doctors apologize and offer condolences to patients and their families without fear of having the statements held against them in court. The so-called “I’m...
PIA of W. Va. EVP Describes Medical Liability Crisis; Hopes for Legislative Action
Feb 24 2005 // West Virginia’s medical liability insurance market is in a crisis and it has be fixed soon according to Gray Marion, Professional Independent Insurance Agents of West Virginia executive vice president. Marion...
Ariz. Senate Backs Malpractice Changes Sought by Physicians
Feb 22 2005 // The Senate gave preliminary approval Feb. 17 to a three-pronged medical malpractice bill backed by business groups and physicians. The measure would provide a legal shield for doctors’ apologies, tighten requirements...
Medical Science Takes Uneasy Role in Drug, Asbestos Product Liability Cases
Feb 21 2005 // When word spread that people injured by the fen-phen diet drug cocktail could share in a multibillion dollar legal settlement, law firms began sponsoring health screenings so large that a judge quipped that one...
Wyoming Lawmakers Trying to Stem Doctor Liability Costs
Feb 21 2005 // In the first half of the legislative session, the health care industry watched the demise of several measures meant to stem rising insurance costs for doctors. “The liability crisis is getting worse,” said...
Washington All Industry Day: Associations Discuss Broker Disclosure
Feb 21 2005 // Broker disclosure, medical malpractice reform and credit scoring dominated the discussions at the Washington All Insurance Industry Day at the Capital held Feb. 10. Over 170 independent agents gathered to learn about...
N.J. Malpractice Insurer Ordered to Pay $15.3 Million
Feb 20 2005 // An insurance company for a prominent Bergen County, New Jersey eye surgeon must pay $15.3 million to cover malpractice claims made by 16 former patients, a Superior Court judge has ruled. Princeton Insurance Co. claimed an...
Insurers Hail Federal Med-Mal Reform Legislation; Continue to Support State Reforms
Feb 17 2005 // Last week, Sens. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) and John Ensign (R-Nev.) introduced federal legislation that would provide assistance to medical professionals facing skyrocketing medical liability premiums. The Help Efficient,...
Unlicensed Health Care Provider Indicted in Texas
Feb 17 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance, working in conjunction with the Collin County District Attorney’s Office, announced an indictment against Don Bauer of Plano for insurance fraud. Bauer, who had not held a valid...
Wyo. Doctors Dislike Medical Review Panel Bill
Feb 17 2005 // The proposal being considered by Wyoming lawmakers to create a medical review panel to help weed out frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits might do more harm than good, according to an official with a doctors’ trade...
Pa.’s Insurance Chief Koken Performs Balancing Act at Home and On the Road for NAIC
Feb 16 2005 // The nickname probably won’t be showing up anytime soon on the state’s license plates but Pennsylvania could be the Land of Stable Insurance Markets. Not that things are perfect but, according to Insurance...
R.I. Lawmaker Seeks Med-Mal Rate Controls
Feb 14 2005 // Rhode Island Rep. Fausto C. Anguilla (D-Dist. 68, Bristol, Warren) has introduced legislation aimed at reining in high and rising malpractice insurance premiums. His bill, the Fair Insurance Act of 2005, would prohibit...
Nevada Med-Mal Rates Stabilizing
Feb 14 2005 // Approval of a 2004 ballot question and action by state lawmakers two years before that are stabilizing medical malpractice insurance rates in Nevada, legislators were told recently. Question 3, the Keep Our Doctors in...
Two Plead Guilty in Big Virginia Insurance Fraud Case Involving Former Malpractice Reciprocal
Feb 11 2005 // Two former top officers of collapsed Reciprocal of America are scheduled for sentencing in June for their roles in what a federal prosecutor called one of Virginia’s biggest insurance fraud cases. Kenneth R....
Alliance: Patient Care Affected as Battle with Medical Liability Reform Continues
Feb 10 2005 // The Alliance of Specialty Medicine testified Thursday about the devastating effects the medical liability crisis is having on patient access to specialty healthcare and urged the Congress to pass medical liability reform...
Conn. Gov. Rell’s Med-Mal Proposal Skips Damage Caps Unless Rates Fail to Drop 15%
Feb 9 2005 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell has revealed a variety of proposals contained in her budget that are designed to help keep medical malpractice insurance affordable and ensure that access to health care is not...
Commissioner Diane Koken’s Balancing Act in Pennsylvania …
Feb 7 2005 // State Boasts Stable Markets While Placing New Emphasis on Consumer Advocacy The nickname probably won’t be showing up anytime soon on the state’s license plates but Pennsylvania could be the Land of Stable...
