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Consumer Watchdog Asks California Supreme Court To Accept Case Challenging Medical Malpractice Cap

December 1, 2014

In a letter addressed to Justices of the California Supreme Court dated November 18, 2014, the consumer advocacy group Consumer Watchdog has requested that the California Supreme Court agree to review a case in which the California medical malpractice cap on noneconomic damages is challenged, adv[...]

New Study Finds Medical Malpractice Caps Lead To Higher Rates Of Preventable Patient Safety Events In Hospitals

November 4, 2014

A recently published study found that medical malpractice caps on noneconomic damages, which have been enacted in many states in the United States, have reduced the risk of medical malpractice litigation in those states, which has led to higher rates of preventable adverse patient safety events in[...]

Recent Study Of The Impact Of Medical Malpractice Caps On Average Malpractice Payment Size

October 26, 2014

The authors of a study published online on October 22, 2014 by HealthAffairs sought to investigate the impact of medical malpractice caps on noneconomic damages on the average size of medical malpractice payments for ten medical specialties as well as for physicians overall. The researchers found[...]

Medical Malpractice Reforms Protecting ED Physicians Have Had Little Effect On The Practice Of Medicine

October 25, 2014

In a research study published on October 16, 2014 in The New England Journal of Medicine, it was reported that in three U.S. states that had passed medical malpractice reform legislation to require a greater showing of medical negligence in order for patients injured by emergency room physicians [...]

$1M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misplaced Feeding Tube

October 20, 2014

On October 10, 2014, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $958,000, which included $500,000 for pain and suffering, $250,000 for loss of consortium, and $208,000 for the amount of the plaintiffs’ stipulated medical bills. The Mar[...]

Idaho Supreme Court Case Highlights Hurdles In The Path Of Justice For Medical Malpractice Victims

October 17, 2014

A decision by the Supreme Court of the State of Idaho (“Idaho Supreme Court”) on September 19, 2014 is a prime example of the hurdles placed in the path of medical malpractice victims seeking to obtain fair compensation for their serious injuries due to alleged medical negligence. At i[...]

Federal Appellate Court Upholds Presuit Requirement Of Florida’s Medical Malpractice Law

October 13, 2014

On October 10, 2014, a three-member panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (“Appeals Court”) overturned a lower federal court’s decision that the written authorization form required to be provided by Florida medical malpractice plaintiffs as set forth in Fl[...]

Medical Malpractice Reforms Have Gone Too Far – A Recent Wisconsin Case

October 8, 2014

A Wisconsin trial judge deciding post-trial motions filed by the parties in a Wisconsin medical malpractice case issued his October 3, 2014 Decision and Order finding that Wisconsin’s cap on noneconomic damages in the amount of $750,000 is unconstitutional as it applies to this case, under [...]

Recent Study Questions True Costs Of Defensive Medicine

September 26, 2014

One of the medical industry’s favorite arguments for medical malpractice reforms that insulate negligent medical providers from liability for the harms they cause to medical malpractice victims who are not adequately compensated for their devastating injuries due to limits (caps) on damage[...]

Wisconsin Trial Judges Question $1.15B Medical Malpractice Fund Balance

September 11, 2014

As part of Wisconsin’s medical malpractice reforms that include a limit on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases that was set at $750,000 in 2006 (after the prior $350,000 cap was declared unconstitutional by the Wisconsin Supreme Court), Wisconsin legislators created the Injured[...]

Today, We Celebrate Our 1,300th CONSECUTIVE Daily Blog Posting

September 10, 2014

When we began our blogging on a daily basis three-and-a-half years ago on March 5, 2011, we had no particular goal in mind as to how many consecutive daily blogs we would post. In fact, we were concerned that we would soon run out of relevant medical malpractice topics that we could blog about and [[...]

Should Doctors Be Tested For Drugs And Alcohol Abuse?

August 28, 2014

California voters who go to the polls on November 4, 2014 will be faced with the public safety issue whether doctors in California should be tested for drug and alcohol abuse, which is contained in California’s Proposition 46. Part of the Official Summary for Proposition 46 states, “R[...]

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