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Pennsylvania’s “A Study of the Impact of Venue for Medical Professional Liability Actions”

March 12, 2020

Senate Resolution 2019-20 (SR 20) directed Pennsylvania’s Legislative Budget and Finance Committee (“LBFC”) to conduct a study of the impact of venue for medical professional liability actions on access to medical care and maintenance of health care systems in Pennsylvania. The stu[...]

Maryland Victims’ Rights Advocacy Group Opposes Proposed “Maryland Infant Lifetime Care Trust”

February 20, 2020

In the wake of the 2019 Maryland birth injury medical malpractice verdict in the amount of $229.64 million, which was subsequently reduced by the trial judge to $205.38 million, and which was nonetheless the largest such verdict in the United States ever, the well-financed healthcare industry and in[...]

Record $229M Baltimore Birth Injury Jury Verdict Leads To Legislative Effort (Again) To Establish Fund To Pay Future Medical Expenses

February 19, 2020

A record $229 million jury verdict in a Baltimore birth injury medical malpractice case in 2019 has led to the introduction of bills in the Maryland Legislature to establish a fund from which future medical expenses in such cases would be paid, which is supported, naturally, by the Maryland Hospital[...]

Study’s Authors Suggest Medical Malpractice Tort Reforms Do Not Lead To Improved Quality of Care

February 18, 2020

An article appearing in JAMA Network on January 28, 2020 entitled “Malpractice Liability and Health Care Quality: A Review” concluded: “Although gaps in the evidence remain, the available findings suggested that greater tort liability, at least in its current form, was not associat[...]

The Need For Medical Malpractice Tort Reform: Who Do You Believe?

January 25, 2020

An article entitled “The Falacies of Medical Malpractice “Tort Reform”” states, in part: “Organizations representing the state’s doctors and their insurers have been hard at work trying to convince the public that medical malpractice insurance premiums have escalated [...]

Why Can’t I Find A Medical Malpractice Lawyer To Help Me?

December 8, 2019

“Why can’t I find a medical malpractice lawyer to help me?” It is often difficult to find medical malpractice attorneys on your own to help you with your medical malpractice claim – not every instance of medical malpractice, no matter how obvious, will result in the victim be[...]

Find Medical Malpractice Lawyers Near Me

November 4, 2019

“Find medical malpractice lawyers near me” is a search term used by many victims of medical malpractice throughout the United States because they do not know a medical malpractice lawyer near them at their time of need. Most victims of medical malpractice never thought they would be harm[...]

Missouri Appellate Court Upholds $12.8M Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failire To Timely Diagnose Mesenteric Ischemia

October 14, 2019

The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Division Four (“Missouri Appellate Court”), in its opinion filed on October 1, 2019, affirmed a Missouri medical malpractice jury’s verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $14,245,545 that was reduced to $12,820,990 because the jury[...]

Utah Supreme Court Rules Part Of Utah Health Care Malpractice Act Is Unconstitutional

July 20, 2019

In its opinion filed on July 19, 2019, the Supreme Court of the State of Utah (“Utah Supreme Court”) ruled that the requirement in the Utah Health Care Malpractice Act (“Act”) that a Utah medical malpractice claimant obtain a certificate of compliance from the Division of Occ[...]

Colorado’s Professional Review Act (CPRA): Patient Safety Or Malpractice Secrecy?

May 14, 2019

Colorado’s Professional Review Act (CPRA) is up for reauthorization this legislative session and the proponents and opponents of the reauthorization bill are promoting their positions. According to the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, professional review committees review and evaluate t[...]

Oklahoma Supreme Court Holds Cap On Noneconomic Damages For Bodily Injury Claims Is Unconstitutional

April 24, 2019

In its opinion filed on April 23, 2019, the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma (“Oklahoma Supreme Court”) held “the cap on actual noneconomic damages–is wrought with an irremediable constitutional infirmity: It is a special law categorically prohibited by Article 5, Secti[...]

Researchers Find Texas’ Bases For Medical Malpractice Reform In 2003 Were Bogus

March 8, 2019

The University of Texas School of Law, Law and Economics Research Paper No. 284 entitled “Fictions and Facts: Medical Malpractice Litigation, Physician Supply, and Health Care Spending in Texas Before and After HB4,” which was posted on February 7, 2019, found: (1) there were no major ch[...]

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