Preventing Medical Malpractice Suits: A Handbook for Doctors and Those WHO Work with Them
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
There's a lot of dispute about whether "medmal" reform really produces significant cost control. I'm told that in Michigan, where these reforms are law, it hasn't really changed much. Last month, at the request of Orrin Hatch, the CBO issued a report on estimated savings of a medmal reform package that would cap real damages at $250,000 and punitive damages at $500,000, among other provisions....
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Associated Press further analyzed its poll from earlier this week, with an eye on medical malpractice limits: "54 percent favor making it harder to sue doctors and hospitals for mistakes taking care of patients, while 32 percent are opposed. The rest are undecided or don't know. But congressional Democrats are reluctant to press forward on the issue.
Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
A Cook County jury awarded the parents of a ten-year-old boy with a $22.3 million verdict in a medical negligence case. The medical law case arose out of the care and treatment ten years ago which resulted in the loss of the boy’s left leg. The boy had been born with a congenital heart defect which required a shunt procedure. He was then sent home with his parents. Two weeks after his hospital...
BackyardConservative (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Rasmussen . Lowest presidential approval index yet. And on healthcare? Support for the health care plan proposed by the President and Congressional Democrats has fallen to a new low of 38%. Sixty percent (60%) of voters believe passage of the bill will lead to higher health care costs. Generic congressional shows a steady Republican lead. Indies go GOP 41% to 24%. RCP average , presidential job approval....
NY Medical Malpractice Video Tutorials (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
http://www.oginski-law.com Have you ever noticed that when someone asks you a question you may have a tendency to tell a "little white lie?" Maybe you don't want to provide all the information you are asked. Maybe something is too personal to discuss. You may get away with that during your every-day activities. However, when you bring a lawsuit for injuries suffered from an accident or from...
Madison County Record (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla sat with attorneys in a long-running legal malpractice suit Tuesday morning to hammer out details of a Dec. 7 trial that is expected to last two weeks. The case stems from a dispute between a doctor-lawyer and the law firm he claims should be responsible for part of a medical malpractice verdict levied against him. Plaintiff Dr. Rocco Marrese, an orthopedic...
Madison County Record (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Wolfe A new Web site that offers real-time legal chat for the aggrieved has some critics questioning if WhoCanISue.com stands for justice or is merely a lawsuit manufacturing tool. "The lawyers and entrepreneurs behind WhoCanISue.com are playing on a certain part of our population who don't have necessarily the best interest of the country's legal system in mind, but would rather fake an injury...
Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Representative Bruce Braley gave a last-minute speech about medical errors moments before the House voted on the health reform bill earlier this month. He asked who was supposed to speak for the patients. He quoted an Institute of Medicine report stating that, “[t]he most significant way to reduce the cost of medical malpractice is to emphasize patient safety by reducing the number of preventable...
West Virginia Record (Free subscription) | yesterday
CHARLESTON -– A Huntington attorney tainted Cabell County jurors with personal attacks on an opposing lawyer, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has decided. All five Justices on Nov. 13 ordered a new trial in a medical malpractice claim against D.C. Offutt's client, heart surgeon Edward Setser. "It is doubtful that the trial court could have purged the necessarily prejudicial effects...
Radon Mitigation Pittsburgh (Free subscription) | yesterday
( EMAILWIRE.COM , November 23, 2009 ) New York, NY - IQ Personal Injury now offers comprehensive legal information for families who have been affected by a birth injury and are in need of legal help. If your child's birth injury was caused by a doctor's carelessness or negligence, you may be entitled to file a birth injury lawsuit and recover compensation. At IQ Personal Injury, we are dedicated to...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
Research by the University of Warwick and the University of Manchester finds that psychological therapy could be 32 times more cost effective at making you happy than simply obtaining more money. The research has obvious implications for large compensation awards in law courts but also has wider implications for general public health.
NY Medical Malpractice Video Tutorials (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
http://www.oginski-law.com New York medical malpractice & personal injury trial attorney Gerry Oginski tries to explain lots of things in this video. Watch these outtakes and bloopers. No matter how hard he tries, Gerry still can't get the words straight! For more information about medical malpractice and accident cases in New York, I encourage you to explore my website, http://www.oginski-law.com....
Bay Area Houston (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
In 2003 the Republican controlled Texas Legislature ushered in massive tort reform requiring a change to the Texas Constitution by a vote of the citizens of Texas. By a very slim margin Texas citizens embraced tort reform to lower health care costs, expand health care coverage, and stick it to those greedy trial lawyers. Six years later all we got was stuck . There is no evidence to suggest that limiting...
Russ Campbell's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
T he United States Senate voted on Saturday to open debate on its health care legislation, thus clearing one more hurdle for President Barack Obama’s most important domestic initiative. Full debate will begin after the U.S. Thanksgiving and is expected to continue throughout December. Even if eventually passed, however, there is one more hurdle to come: reconciling this bill with the one passed...
Day on Torts (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Here is the most up-to-date data on medical malpractice case filings in Tennessee. Regular readers know that effective October 1, 2008 the General Assembly imposed significant restrictions on patients who want to file a medical malpractice suits. The new law, which was modified again effective July 1, 2009, requires pre-suit notice and the filing of a certificate of good faith. For the 12-month period...
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