The medical malpractice insurance industry’s premiums remain essentially flat, having dropped only very slightly (0.1 percent) from last year across the industry, according to the 2016 Medical Liability Monitor Annual Rate Survey. For 75 percent of insurers in the survey, …
Medical errors in the U.S. account for more than 250,000 deaths per year, which makes them the third leading cause of death in the country, according to researcher at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Johns Hopkins patient safety …
The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that doctors don’t have to tell patients whether they have malpractice insurance for surgeries they’re recommending. The Record reports the unanimous ruling made Tuesday stemmed from a lawsuit against Richard Kaul. Officials say …
Officials say a Massachusetts woman who became paralyzed following childbirth has been awarded $35.4 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit. The Boston Globe reports that Andrea Larkin sought treatment for dizziness from Dedham Medical Associates after running the 2004 Boston …
The MGIS Companies and Stevens & Lee have launched Surgi-Protect, a malpractice insurance program designed specifically for bariatric surgeons and their specific practices. With more than 35 percent of Americans suffering from obesity, which was declared a disease by the …
Jacksonville-based MedMal Direct Insurance Company (MedMal Direct), now in its fourth year of business, has received its certificate of authority from the Texas Department of Insurance and has officially launched operations as a medical malpractice insurance carrier in Texas. MedMal …
Republicans in the Oregon Senate say they’ll fight Gov. John Kitzhaber’s proposed overhaul of the Oregon Health Plan unless it includes limits on medical malpractice claims, injecting a hot-button issue into one of the Legislature’s biggest debates. Kitzhaber has pushed …
