Our 600th Consecutive Daily Blog Post
October 24, 2012
Today we celebrate our 600th consecutive daily blog post. Our milestone makes us proud because we have covered many relevant and timely topics that have provided our readers with information that they could use at the time they needed the information the most. The responses to our blog have been tre[...]
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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[...]
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New Changes To Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Laws
August 11, 2012
On August 6, 2012, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed into law extensive changes to Massachusetts’ health care law that includes significant changes to Massachusetts’ medical malpractice law. In particular, the new law includes specific language regarding an approach to resolvin[...]
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Florida Medical Malpractice Damages Cap Not Retroactive
December 28, 2011
When states enact so-called “medical malpractice reforms” (also known as “tort reforms”) such as caps (limits) on non-economic damages (such as pain and suffering, mental anguish, and disfigurement) that victims of medical malpractice may recover despite a jury’s determ[...]
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Newt Gingrich’s Views On Medical Malpractice
December 12, 2011
What Is Newt Gingrich’s Position On Medical Malpractice Claims In The United States? In his opinion published in The New York Times on February 21, 2010, Republican Presidential Hopeful (and current leading Republican contender) Newt Gingrich wrote as follows: CAT scans, blood tests, ultrasou[...]
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