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Why Can’t I Find A Medical Malpractice Lawyer To Take My Case?

April 7, 2017

An increasing number of medical malpractice victims throughout the United States are finding it increasingly more difficult to find medical malpractice lawyers in their state who are willing to represent them in a medical malpractice claim. Why is this so, and what can these medical malpractice vict[...]

Iowa Senate Passes Medical Malpractice Tort Reform Bill, Now Heads To Iowa House

March 22, 2017

On March 20, 2017, the Iowa Senate passed Senate File 465 by a partisan vote of 28 (all Republicans) to 21 (20 Democrats and one Independent), which now heads to the Iowa House, which imposes severe medical malpractice tort reforms in an effort to attract more physicians to Iowa. One Iowa Senator j[...]

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[...]

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[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Reinstates Full Amount Of Medical Expenses In Medical Malpractice Verdict

August 3, 2016

In its opinion filed on July 15, 2016, the Appellate Court of Illinois Fourth District (“Appellate Court”) reinstated an Illinois medical malpractice jury’s award of medical expenses to the plaintiff in the amount of $133,347.91, which the trial judge had reduced by $91,724.03, [...]

Reported Disciplinary Actions For Ohio Medical Professionals Increased 500% From 1990

November 21, 2015

The results of a recent analysis of reports made to the National Practitioner Data Bank (“NPDB”) regarding medical professionals in Ohio found that the rate of disciplinary actions against Ohio medical professionals has increased by 500% since 1990: in 1990, there were 429 disciplinary a[...]

Our 1,700th Consecutive Daily Blog Posting

October 16, 2015

Today’s blog post is our 1,700th consecutive daily blog posting to our website, www.medicalmalpracticelawyers.com. While we continue to report on medical malpractice verdicts throughout the United States in favor of injured victims of medical malpractice, according to statistics from the U.S.[...]

medicalmalpracticelawyers.com Celebrates Its 1,500th Consecutive Daily Blog

March 30, 2015

medicalmalpracticelawyers.com, a free website that connects medical malpractice victims with medical malpractice lawyers in the United States, celebrates its 1,500th consecutive daily blog posting. When we began posting daily blogs more than four years ago that discuss current medical malpractice [...]

Georgia Senate Bill Seeks To Replace Juries With Review Panels In Medical Malpractice Cases

February 10, 2015

Despite the Georgia Constitution that provides “The right to trial by jury shall remain inviolate …” and further provides “No person shall be deprived of the right to prosecute or defend, either in person or by an attorney, that person’s own cause in any of the courts[...]

Recent Study Of The Impact Of Medical Malpractice Caps On Average Malpractice Payment Size

October 26, 2014

The authors of a study published online on October 22, 2014 by HealthAffairs sought to investigate the impact of medical malpractice caps on noneconomic damages on the average size of medical malpractice payments for ten medical specialties as well as for physicians overall. The researchers found[...]

Medical Malpractice Reforms Protecting ED Physicians Have Had Little Effect On The Practice Of Medicine

October 25, 2014

In a research study published on October 16, 2014 in The New England Journal of Medicine, it was reported that in three U.S. states that had passed medical malpractice reform legislation to require a greater showing of medical negligence in order for patients injured by emergency room physicians [...]

Idaho Supreme Court Case Highlights Hurdles In The Path Of Justice For Medical Malpractice Victims

October 17, 2014

A decision by the Supreme Court of the State of Idaho (“Idaho Supreme Court”) on September 19, 2014 is a prime example of the hurdles placed in the path of medical malpractice victims seeking to obtain fair compensation for their serious injuries due to alleged medical negligence. At i[...]

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