An effort to reinstate Missouri’s cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice lawsuits stumbled Tuesday in the state Senate. Senators discussed the legislation for about eight hours and worked into night but did not reach a vote. Sen. Dan Brown, …
A new Arizona Supreme Court ruling upholds a state law that seeks to screen out flimsy medical malpractice suits by requiring that plaintiffs have a testifying witness from the same medical specialty as the doctor being sued. The court’s unanimous …
Missouri lawmakers have their eyes on reinstating liability caps for medical malpractice cases after the state Supreme Court struck down the limits last summer. The high court concluded a 2005 law was unconstitutional. It had capped noneconomic damages in medical …
Florida lawmakers are pushing ahead with changes that could curb medical malpractice lawsuits against doctors. A House panel on Monday became the third committee to approve the bill. A similar measure is also now moving in the Senate. Doctors won …
An Arizona legislator wants to shield doctors from so-called “wrongful birth” lawsuits, which can arise if physicians don’t inform pregnant women of prenatal problems that could lead to the decision to have an abortion. Republican state Sen. Nancy Barto, who …