The South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled in its opinion filed on January 8, 2020 that the defendant hospital owed no duty to a patient for the medical negligence of a doctor who provided services to a patient at the… Read More
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USA Today Reports Nearly 6,900 Florida Physicians Do Not Have Medical Malpractice Insurance
USA Today reports: “Nearly 6,900 doctors in Florida lack malpractice insurance or other coverage … When they maim and kill, there’s less recourse, leaving patients damaged physically and financially, with families struggling to pay medical bills … Those physicians have… Read More
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Missouri Appellate Court Rules That Two Medical Malpractice Policy Limits Applied To Medical Malpractice Settlement
The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Division One (“Missouri Appellate Court”), in its opinion filed on April 23, 2019, held that “the undisputed facts in this case demonstrate Appellants’ claims are subject to two Liability Limits under the terms… Read More
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Missouri Appellate Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Failure To Ask Jury Panel The “Insurance Question”
The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Division Three (“Missouri Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on November 20, 2018: “Because of the fundamental nature of the right to a fair and impartial jury, the trial court has no… Read More
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Wyoming Supreme Court Limits Liability Of County Hospital For Apparent Agent’s Medical Negligence
In its November 9, 2017 decision, the Supreme Court, State of Wyoming (“Wyoming Supreme Court”) reversed the trial court’s finding that the defendant county hospital waived its immunity by purchasing liability insurance and on that basis denied the defendant hospital’s… Read More
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Maryland Law Now Requires Physicians Without Medical Malpractice Insurance To Notify Patients In Writing
As of October 1, 2017, Maryland physicians who choose not to obtain medical malpractice insurance for claims of medical negligence made against them are required to notify each patient in writing at the time of the patient’s first visit and… Read More
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Proposed Maryland Law Would Require Physicians To Have Medical Malpractice Insurance
Maryland Senate Bill 195, which passed its Third Reading in the Maryland Senate on a vote of 45-to-zero on March 10, 2017, if signed into law as originally drafted, would require physicians licensed in Maryland to (1) maintain medical professional liability… Read More
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Federal Appellate Court Decides Coverage Dispute Between Two Medical Malpractice Insurance Companies Regarding Agency Nurse
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (“Appellate Court”) decided in its opinion filed on December 6, 2016 that a nurse employed by a staffing agency and assigned to work at a hospital qualified as an “employee”… Read More
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Two Recent Studies Show Medical Malpractice Tort Reforms Have No Impact On Medical Malpractice Insurance Premiums
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… Read More
