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Study Finds Medical Malpractice Litigation Leads To Patient Safety Improvements

May 20, 2013

In an op-ed opinion by a law professor appearing on May 16, 2013 in The New York Times, the law professor discussed her survey of more than 400 people who are responsible for hospital risk management, claims management, and quality improvement in health care centers throughout the United States.[...]

Medical Malpractice Payout Statistics For 2012

May 4, 2013

The results of an analysis of the medical malpractice payouts during 2012 that are reported in the National Practitioner Data Bank have been recently published. The analysis found that there were 12,142 total medical malpractice payouts in the United States during 2012, representing $3.6 billion i[...]

Missouri State Senators Looking To Harm Medical Malpractice Victims (Again)

May 2, 2013

On April 30, 2013, Missouri state senators debated proposed new legislation (House Bill 112) that would reinstate a $350,000 cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases that the Supreme Court of Missouri had held in its July 31, 2012 decision in the Watts v. Lester E. Cox Medical Cen[...]

Iowa’s Misguided Medical Malpractice Reform Efforts

April 11, 2013

The Iowa Legislature is considering bills in both its House and Senate that would “reform” its medical malpractice laws. As one example, Senate Study Bill No. 1054 would add a requirement for a certificate of merit affidavit to be filed for each expert who is expected to testify to the [...]

Proposed Changes To Florida’s Medical Malpractice Law Will Further Harm Malpractice Victims

April 8, 2013

On April 2, 2013, the Florida Senate Rules Committee voted in favor of Florida Senate Bill 1792 (SB 1792), which would change Florida’s medical malpractice law to be more slanted in favor of negligent Florida doctors and would further harm Florida medical malpractice victims. How Does SB[...]

Doctors Wrongfully Punished Their Own: Medical Society Is Successfully Sued By Its Member

April 3, 2013

On March 28, 2013, a federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania denied the motion of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons/American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (“AAOS”) to set aside the $196,000 jury verdict against it that was[...]

Missouri House Of Representatives Passes Bill To Replace Missouri’s Common Law Regarding Medical Malpractice

April 2, 2013

In our August 1, 2012 blog, we reported on the July 31, 2012 decision (modified on September 25, 2012) of the Supreme Court of Missouri that held “that section 538.210 [Missouri’s $350,000 statutory cap on noneconomic damages] is unconstitutional to the extent that it infringes on the jur[...]

West Virginia Nursing Homes Seek Limit On Their Responsibility For Injuries

March 8, 2013

On March 6, 2013, the West Virginia Senate passed a bill that would limit (cap) the amount that West Virginia nursing homes would be responsible to pay for injuries caused to residents through their negligence, by expressly including nursing homes under the West Virginia Medical Professionals Lia[...]

Today’s Blog Celebrates Two Years Of Consecutive Daily Blogging

March 4, 2013

Today we have reached the milestone of two years of consecutive daily blog postings. Tomorrow, we start our third year and we look forward to keeping our readers current with regard to medical malpractice issues and interesting relevant medical news. We have learned a lot while researching the t[...]

Virginia $25 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict Will Be Reduced To $2 Million

February 19, 2013

On February 14, 2013, a Virginia medical malpractice jury awarded $25 million to a man whose cardiologist treated his serious heart condition with an over-the-counter medication and three months later he suffered a massive heart attack. The 37-year-old man had gone to the hospital in January, 201[...]

2 Big Myths Regarding Medical Malpractice Insurance Companies’ Profits And Losses

February 3, 2013

There is so much misinformation and just plain false information regarding the reasons for rising medical malpractice insurance premiums that have been offered as the basis for the need for so-called medical malpractice “reforms” that we wanted to address two of these myths, espe[...]

Indiana Supreme Court Decides That Successful Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Forfeited His Right To Challenge Medical Malpractice Damages Cap

January 21, 2013

On January 15, 2013, the Indiana Supreme Court decided an appeal where the medical malpractice plaintiff received a favorable jury verdict in the amount of $8.5 million that was reduced to $1.25 million pursuant to the Indiana Medical Malpractice Act (“Act”). The Act provides in releva[...]

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