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Minnesota Supreme Court Medical Malpractice Decision Highlights Unfairness Of Mandatory Physician-Patient Waiver

February 20, 2017

In Minnesota, a medical malpractice claimant is required to waive the physician-patient privilege so that the medical malpractice defendants may informally discuss the claimant’s medical history and treatment, whether related to the medical malpractice claim or not, with all of his health care[...]

$1M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Loss Of Eye

January 25, 2017

On December 3, 2016, a Montgomery County, Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a man and his wife for the man’s loss of sight in his left eye following surgery to address a detached retina. The plaintiffs alleged in their Maryland medical malpractice complaint tha[...]

Texas Appellate Court Affirms That Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Expert Report Was Sufficient

January 21, 2017

In a case decided by the Court of Appeals Eighth District of Appeals El Paso, Texas (“Appellate Court”) on December 9, 2016, the Appellate Court held that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in finding that the plaintiff’s expert in her Texas medical malpractice case was [...]

Kentucky Republican Senate Members Try Again To Harm Medical Malpractice Victims

January 13, 2017

The Republican-controlled Kentucky Senate has repeatedly tried to introduce and pass legislation that would require Kentucky medical malpractice victims to suffer additional costs and delays in obtaining just compensation for their injuries from medical providers who breach the standard of care and [...]

Baltimore Sun Commentary: “Ban Medical Malpractice Lawsuits”

December 28, 2016

On December 27, 2016, the Baltimore Sun published a commentary entitled “Ban medical malpractice lawsuits” that was written by someone whose qualifications to propose such included his PhD in chemical engineering and his retirement from Dupont in 1985. The commentator wrote, “Aboli[...]

Two Recent Studies Show Medical Malpractice Tort Reforms Have No Impact On Medical Malpractice Insurance Premiums

December 5, 2016

Two studies published in late November 2016 by the Americans for Insurance Reform, a coalition of nearly 100 consumer and public interest groups representing more than 50 million people, concluded: “Severe rates hikes experienced by doctors during the three past insurance crises were not the r[...]

Congressman Tom Price As Secretary Of HHS: A Disaster For Medical Malpractice Victims?

December 1, 2016

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Congressman Tom Price, M.D. (GA-06) to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) in his administration. What is Dr. Price’s position on medical malpractice reform and the rights of medical malpractice victims to seek and c[...]

What Is President-Elect Donald Trump’s Position On Medical Malpractice Tort Reform?

November 16, 2016

Now that Donald Trump is the President-Elect of the United States, the innocent victims of medical negligence whose lives have been disrupted and whose hopes and aspirations for the future have been destroyed, and the medical malpractice attorneys who represent them, are wearily wondering the effect[...]

Buying North Carolina Appellate Judges For North Carolina Medical Malpractice Reforms?

November 7, 2016

On the November 8, 2016 ballot in North Carolina is a North Carolina Supreme Court incumbent justice seeking to retain his appellate court position and his challenger who is seeking to unseat him. During this election cycle, there is only one North Carolina Supreme Court justice position in play. If[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Discusses Medical Review Panel Process

October 12, 2016

In its opinion filed on October 4, 2016, the Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Appellate Court”) held that the Indiana Medical Malpractice Act requires that an Indiana medical malpractice plaintiff need only present the following to a medical review panel (“MRP”): (1) a propose[...]

Statutory Cap Reduces $10M Texas Medical Malpractice Verdict To $750,000

September 14, 2016

A newborn’s skull was crushed by the alleged negligent use of forceps during delivery but the child’s mother will not be able to collect the Texas medical malpractice jury’s $10 million award for her noneconomic damages because of Texas’ $250,000 cap on noneconomic damages in[...]

Wisconsin $1.2B Medical Malpractice Fund Has $783M Surplus

April 13, 2016

A state audit of the Wisconsin Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund (“Fund”) reported in March that the Fund has a balance of $1.2 billion, which represents a surplus of $783 million in the Fund (the recommended range for the Fund is $86.4 million to $376.6 million). What Is T[...]

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