An analysis shows that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has paid out about $845 million in malpractice cases during the past 10 years. Reporters for Cox Media Group analyzed federal treasury data and found taxpayers spent more than $800 …
A group of state lawmakers are studying a Senate bill that would overhaul Georgia’s medical malpractice system. A Senate subcommittee gathered at the Capitol on Tuesday to hear testimony from groups, including the Medical Association of Georgia and the Georgia …
Christopher Ellison went to a veterans medical center in Philadelphia to get eight teeth extracted in 2007. What should have been a routine dentist visit left him permanently incapacitated. The $17.5 million Ellison and his family received in a malpractice …
The U.S. medical professional liability (MPL) market has been profitable in recent yearsbut challenges await MPL insurers because an influx of newlyinsured patients, coupled with health care delivery system changes, could expand the risks MPL insurers face, the Casualty Actuarial …
Five Florida lawyers filed separate lawsuits in state and federal courts last week in an effort to overturn a new law designed to better protect doctors facing medical malpractice lawsuits. The lawsuits claim that the law that went into effect …
The final 60 patients who have pending medical malpractice claims against a former northwestern Indiana nose surgeon who disappeared while vacationing in Greece and was captured five years later on an Italian mountainside will receive compensation through a settlement. The …
The Florida House on Tuesday took up a bill that critics say would make it harder to pursue medical malpractice claims. But the bill also had fallen victim to a tactic by Democrats upset that the House Republican leadership won’t …
The Florida Senate is making it harder to pursue medical malpractice claims. The Senate on Wednesday voted 27-12 for the bill and sent it to the House. The legislation (SB 1792) requires that expert witnesses called against a defendant doctor …
A bill that would make it even harder to pursue medical malpractice claims in Florida has cleared a Senate panel. The Senate Judiciary committee voted up the bill (SB 7030) by a vote of 6-3 on Monday. It would require …