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Kansas Supreme Court Upholds Damages Cap In Medical Malpractice Cases

October 6, 2012

In its opinion published on October 5, 2012, the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas (“Kansas Supreme Court”) upheld Kansas’ $250,000 cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases as constitutional. The case is captioned Miller v. Johnson, Case No. 99,818 (“Mille[...]

2012 Republican Party Platform And “Tort Reform”

August 31, 2012

The Republican Party has published its 2012 Republican Party Platform in which it addresses many issues, including “tort reform” under the heading, “Reducing Costs through Tort Reform,” in which it states: Frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits have ballooned the cost of[...]

Doctors Rebuke Value Of Caps On Medical Malpractice Damage Awards

August 18, 2012

In an article appearing on August 1, 2012 in The New England Journal of Medicine, a group of doctors and other health professionals expressed their opposition to the arbitrary caps (limits) on damages that many U.S. states have imposed on the amount of the recoveries that victims of medical malpra[...]

Official Medical Malpractice Insurance Statistics For 1991 through 2011

May 31, 2012

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) recently released its Countrywide Summary Of Medical Malpractice Insurance Calendar Years 1991 – 2011 for the entire United States. As stated on its website, the NAIC “is the U.S. standard-setting and regulatory [...]

Connecticut Doctor/Legislator Skuttles Claimant-Helpful Medical Malpractice Reform Measure

May 9, 2012

On May 3, 2012, a Connecticut legislator who is also a medical doctor headed an effort to stop a medical malpractice reform measure that had already passed in the Connecticut Senate by an overwhelming vote of 32 to 3. The proposed measure would have made it easier for victims of medical malpractice[...]

Connecticut Senate Passes Medical Malpractice Bill To Reform Prior Reforms

April 29, 2012

On April 27, 2012, the Connecticut Senate passed by a margin of 32 to 3 a medical malpractice bill that would reform Connecticut’s medical malpractice reforms enacted in 2005. In particular, the proposed bill would revise the requirement that medical malpractice plaintiffs obtain a written rep[...]

Massachusetts Report Discusses Possible Benefits Of Medical Malpractice Reforms

April 19, 2012

On April 18, 2012, a coalition of seven Massachusetts hospitals, physician groups, and patient groups released a report describing their initiative to address their proposed medical malpractice reform measures in Massachusetts. Their report, entitled “A Roadmap for Removing Barriers to Disc[...]

Rick Santorum’s View Of Medical Malpractice Claims — Good For His Wife But Bad For You

February 17, 2012

The Republicans running for President of the United States agree that you should not be fully compensated for your injuries and losses suffered as a result of medical malpractice. They want to put a cap (limit) on the amount that a jury can compensate you after the jury has heard all the testimo[...]

Report On Vermont’s Medical Malpractice Proposed Reforms

February 4, 2012

On January 30, 2012, the “Medical Malpractice Reforms Report and Proposal of the [Vermont] Secretary of Administration” (“Report”) was forwarded to the Vermont Legislature to address medical malpractice reform issues/proposals in Vermont. First, Some Vermont Medical Malpract[...]

Most Hospital Medical Malpractice Events Are Unreported

January 14, 2012

A new report regarding a study of Medicare patients who were injured in hospitals found that only one in seven hospital errors were reported. And when the medical errors and hospital accidents were reported and subsequently investigated, hospitals rarely changed their practi[...]

Today’s 300th Consecutive Daily Blog Posting For medicalmalpracticelawyers.com

December 29, 2011

Today, medicalmalpracticelawyers.com is proud to celebrate its 300th consecutive daily blog posting. Over the course of 299 postings, we have explored numerous medical malpractice topics, including states’ medical malpractice laws, states’ statistics regarding medical malpractice cla[...]

Mitt Romney’s Views About Medical Malpractice

December 13, 2011

Current Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has expressed his opinions on medical malpractice reforms. On his 2012 presidential candidate website, Mr. Romney states, “The current medical liability system encourages defensive medicine and drives up health care costs. To address thes[...]

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