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Texas Appellate Court Upholds $5M Jury Award For 10 To 15 Seconds Of Awareness Of Impending Death

November 13, 2020

The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas (“Texas Appellate Court”), in its opinion dated August 18, 2020, upheld a jury’s award in the amount of $5 million for a victim’s ten to fifteen seconds of awareness of impending death after the jury determined that the v[...]

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[...]

Missouri Medical Malpractice Cap Being Challenged

April 5, 2012

A 2005 Missouri law that placed caps on non-economic damages in the amount of $350,000 is presently being challenged as unconstitutional in a case before the Supreme Court of Missouri. The case involves a medical malpractice claim arising out of the birth of a baby in Missouri on November 1, 2006.[...]

Maine Medical Malpractice Verdict For Man’s Death

November 23, 2011

The surviving wife of a 44-year-old Maine man who died in the hospital on his birthday (which was also Mother’s Day) received a favorable jury verdict during early June, 2011. The man’s death was witnessed by his wife, children, and parents who had gathered at the hospital to celebrate[...]

Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society Of Maryland

November 15, 2011

The Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society of Maryland (“Medical Mutual”) is the largest insurer of Maryland doctors for medical malpractice claims in Maryland. Medical Mutual is a physician-owned liability insurance company that has been insuring Maryland physicians against Maryland[...]

U.S. Government Analysis Of Medical Malpractice Tort Reform

November 8, 2011

On November 3, 2011, the U.S. Congressional Budget Office (“CBO”) offered a presentation at the Annual Fall Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management entitled CBO’s Use of Evidence in Analysis of Budget and Economic Policies (source) in whi[...]

How Do Medical Malpractice Claims REALLY Affect Doctors?

September 20, 2011

Doctors are constantly complaining that the fear of medical malpractice claims has changed the way they practice medicine, has increased health care costs, and has caused doctors to flee the profession due to high medical malpractice insurance premiums and “frivolous lawsuits.” How have [...]

Medical Malpractice Tort Reform – At What Cost?

September 17, 2011

The political pundits pushing for what they call “tort reform” have enjoyed many successes in recent years. Many states have enacted laws that have placed a “cap” on the maximum amount of money that can be recovered from negligent doctors and other careless health care provi[...]

Oregon Still (For Now) Protecting The Rights Of Medical Malpractice Victims

August 22, 2011

During the 2011 Regular Session of the Oregon Legislative Assembly, a bill was introduced that would have limited the amount of noneconomic damages to $500,000.00 for victims of medical malpractice, if it had become law. House Bill 3228 stated as follow: Be It Enacted by the People of the State of O[...]

Illinois: Another Shining Light For Medical Malpractice Victims

August 21, 2011

Section 2–1706.5 of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure provides in relevant part: (a) In any medical malpractice action or wrongful death action based on medical malpractice in which economic and non-economic damages may be awarded, the following standards shall apply: (1) In a case of an award [...]

Georgia’s Supreme Court: A Bright Light For Medical Malpractice Rights

August 20, 2011

On March 22, 2010, the Supreme Court of Georgia courageously and correctly held as unconstitutional the Georgia Legislature’s attempt to cap (limit) the amount of noneconomic damages that juries in Georgia could award in medical malpractice cases because the cap encroached on the constituti[...]

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