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Maryland’s Proposed Legislation Would Triple Medical Malpractice Noneconomic Damages Cap For Catastrophic Injuries

March 9, 2014

A bill introduced in the Maryland House of Delegates on February 6, 2014, if passed and signed into law as presently worded, would triple Maryland’s cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases where there has been a “catastrophic injury.” If signed into law, it’s[...]

Maryland Senate Bill To Establish Birth Injury Fund To Be Studied By Task Force

March 2, 2014

Maryland Senate Bill 798, which would have established the Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund (“Fund”) for the “adjudication and compensation of a claimant for a birth-related neurological injury,” was put on hold when its sponsor in the Maryland Senate added an amendment[...]

Kansas Senate Seeks Medical Malpractice Cap Increase And Other Reforms

March 1, 2014

The Kansas Senate has taken the initial step to increase the $250,000 cap on noneconomic damages in all personal injury actions, including medical malpractice cases, that was enacted in 1988 but had not increased since then despite inflation. The original Kansas cap on noneconomic damages in medic[...]

Kansas Senate Distrusts Its Citizens To Decide Medical Malpractice Cases

February 23, 2014

On February 19, 2014, the Kansas Senate passed Senate Bill 119 that would require that Kansas medical malpractice claims be initially filed with a three-member panel that would determine if the defendant(s) breached the applicable standard of care in rendering (or failing to render) medical care [...]

For Second Time In Six Months, Mississippi Federal Judge Criticizes Cap On Damages

February 15, 2014

In the December 20, 2013 written opinion issued in a Mississippi medical malpractice case filed under the Federal Torts Claims Act, a Mississippi federal judge has once again criticized Mississippi’s $500,000 cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases, quoting his written opini[...]

The Failure Of New Hampshire’s Medical Malpractice Screening Panels

February 14, 2014

In 2005, New Hampshire lawmakers created medical malpractice screening panels consisting of a doctor, a lawyer, and a retired judge who initially determine medical malpractice claims in an effort to reduce medical malpractice litigation costs and to control the rising costs of medical malprac[...]

Some Maryland Legislators Seek To Harm The Most Vulnerable Medical Malpractice Victims

February 13, 2014

A proposed law being considered by the Maryland Senate is Senate Bill 798. This Bill would harm the most vulnerable (and some of the most catastrophically injured) medical malpractice victims — babies born with birth-related neurological injuries due to medical negligence and their devasta[...]

Kentucky Lawmakers Looking To Pass Unnecessary Medical Malpractice Laws

January 30, 2014

Some Kentucky lawmakers, with the backing, support, and legislative push of a vocal and powerful coalition of financially-interested health care groups, are setting their sights on pushing forward with their agenda of imposing unnecessary medical malpractice “reforms” that will benefit[...]

New Effort To Reimpose Medical Malpractice Cap In Missouri

January 23, 2014

If you or a family member may be the victim of medical negligence in Missouri that causes horrendous and debilitating pain and suffering or other substantial noneconomic harms, your right to receive fair, just, and full compensation for your losses and injuries is being attacked, once again, by Mi[...]

Wronged By Another Without The Right To Recover

January 13, 2014

When a medical professional’s negligence or carelessness leads to the suffering of another, you would think that the innocent victim would be fairly and adequately compensated for the losses and harms he suffered. Not so, demand medical malpractice tort reformers. The reformers do not wish[...]

Study Finds Medical Malpractice Lawyers Reject Over 90% Of Potential Cases

January 11, 2014

A study based on a national survey of medical malpractice lawyers found that over 75% of medical malpractice lawyers reject over 90% of the medical malpractice cases they screen. As a result, over 95% of medical malpractice victims find it “extremely difficult” to find a medical malpract[...]

CBO’s Faulty Reasoning Regarding Nationwide Medical Malpractice Reform

January 7, 2014

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), in its November 13, 2013 report entitled “Options For Reducing The Deficit 2014 to 2023: Health – Option 4,” acknowledges that medical malpractice laws have two objectives: deterring medical providers’ negligent behavior and compensatin[...]

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