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Maryland Medical Malpractice Lawyers, Hospitals Argue Over Maryland Medical Malpractice Data And Tort Reforms

January 23, 2022

The Chairmen of the Maryland Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and House Appropriations Committee’s “Report on the Fiscal 2021 State Operating Budget (SB0190) and the State Capital Budget (SB0191) and Related Recommendations” required the Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC) to fu[...]

New Book Sheds Light On Failed Medical Malpractice Tort Reforms

May 2, 2021

The Cato Institute released a new book on April 29, 2021 entitled “Medical Malpractice Litigation How It Works — Why Tort Reform Hasn’t Helped” that “compiles decades of real‐world data to shatter persistent myths that surround the debate over “med mal” reform.”[...]

U.S. Medical Malpractice Statistics

May 20, 2020

According to the American Medical Association (AMA), 34% of all physicians in the United States have been sued for medical malpractice during their medical careers. Almost half of U.S. physicians who are 55 and older have been sued for medical malpractice, and nearly 30% have been sued two or more t[...]

Iowa Bill Would Impose Hard Cap Of $250,000 For Noneconomic Damages In All Medical Malpractice Cases

February 23, 2020

The Iowa Legislature passed a medical liability reform law in 2016 that imposed a $250,000 cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases but excluded Iowa medical malpractice claims involving permanent disfigurement or death. The present Iowa medical malpractice law states: “The tota[...]

Study’s Authors Suggest Medical Malpractice Tort Reforms Do Not Lead To Improved Quality of Care

February 18, 2020

An article appearing in JAMA Network on January 28, 2020 entitled “Malpractice Liability and Health Care Quality: A Review” concluded: “Although gaps in the evidence remain, the available findings suggested that greater tort liability, at least in its current form, was not associat[...]

Why Can’t I Find A Medical Malpractice Lawyer To Help Me?

December 8, 2019

“Why can’t I find a medical malpractice lawyer to help me?” It is often difficult to find medical malpractice attorneys on your own to help you with your medical malpractice claim – not every instance of medical malpractice, no matter how obvious, will result in the victim be[...]

Today’s 1,600th Consecutive Daily Blog Posting

July 8, 2015

Today’s blog posting is our 1,600th consecutive daily posting. In reflecting back on our previous 1,599 medical malpractice lawyers’ blog postings, we note several underlying trends: Medical Malpractice Lawyers Are The Dedicated Warriors For Medical Malpractice Victims We have reported[...]

Maryland’s Highest Appellate Court Discusses Reasonableness Of Damages Caps

April 1, 2015

In its decision rendered on March 30, 2015, the Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), Maryland’s highest appellate court, had to decide the extent to which the Maryland General Assembly intended, and was within its authority, to limit a local government’s financial [...]

In The Medical Malpractice Debate, Words Do Matter

March 31, 2015

There has been a intense battle in the United States for more than four decades over so-called medical malpractice “reforms” that has received insufficient press coverage and inadequate public outcry, especially since anyone may become an unsuspecting victim of medical negligence at an[...]

Maine Medical Malpractice Insurer Announces Large Dividend And Rate Reduction

August 12, 2014

Medical Mutual Insurance Company of Maine (“Medical Mutual”), the dominant medical malpractice insurance company in Maine that insures approximately 3,000 Maine physicians as well as more than 20 Maine hospitals (about 63% of the medical malpractice insurance market in Maine), announced[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Victim Failed To Jump Through All Of The Legal Hoops

December 31, 2013

On December 19, 2013, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, issued its written opinion in a Maryland medical malpractice appeal where the trial judge had found that the plaintiff’s lawyer had failed to jump thro[...]

Organized Attack On People’s Rights: The American Tort Reform Association

December 30, 2013

There are well-financed organizations that were created and exist to champion efforts at limiting or eliminating the rights of victims of wrongful conduct by others to receive fair and just compensation for the injuries and harms they suffered. One of those organizations is the American Tort Refo[...]

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