Pennsylvania’s highest court is handing the Corbett administration a major victory in a dispute over a malpractice insurance fund. The state Supreme Court’s Wednesday decision overturned a Commonwealth Court ruling ordering the state to transfer hundreds of millions from its …
Utah’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that lawyers can pursue a lawsuit seeking to hold doctors responsible for the actions of a man who fatally shot his wife while under their care. The justices said medical providers need to consider the …
The parents of a child born with cystic fibrosis have filed a lawsuit against health care providers saying they would have terminated the pregnancy had they known of the genetic disorder. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle in a story published Sunday …
Misconduct complaints against Ohio nurses have skyrocketed in recent years, leading to a backlog of investigations for the state nursing board’s disciplinary system, a newspaper investigation has found. The Dayton Daily News reported that the Ohio Board of Nursing is …
A Senate panel voted 3-2 to overturn an Arizona Supreme Court to rule that set a precedent in “wrongful birth” lawsuits. The panel said doctors and medical professionals can be held liable only for the cost of fixing what they …
A Minnesota state board that’s responsible for protecting the public from physician errors often shies away from punishing doctors whose mistakes harm patients or who demonstrate a pattern of substandard care, according to a Star Tribune investigation published Feb. 5. …
Diederich Healthcare has expanded its coverage area to include physicians practicing in New Jersey. The expansion offers additional coverage options to physicians in the state through Positive Physicians Insurance Exchange (PPIX), a fully admitted New Jersey carrier. “This expansion is …
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 …
A southern Indiana jury has awarded $1.5 million to a woman who alleged that a doctor’s decision not to perform surgery left her with a debilitating disorder. Michelle Wells Fischer’ lawsuit alleged Dr. William H. Garner III’s decision led to …
A former nose surgeon from northwestern Indiana accused of billing insurers and patients for procedures he didn’t perform is suing his malpractice insurance company, claiming it failed to properly defend him in hundreds of civil cases. The Post-Tribune reports Mark …
