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Flash Point (Free subscription) | yesterday
Question: What about illegal immigrants and health care? Response: Federal mandate that any hospital that takes Medicare must care for anyone who enters ER. Question: Would you put a cap on medical malpractice suits? Response: Would all caps be just? More consideration must be given to the victims of medical malfeasance.
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Article Master (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Personal injury is the name given to the branch of tort law that covers any wrongdoing or damage done to another in his/her person, property, rights, or reputation. A personal injury can happen any where such as work, in a traffic accident, because of a faulty product or a faulty repair, due to bad medical [...]
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The St Louis Business Journal (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
For the fourth consecutive year in 2007, St. Louis-based Missouri Professionals Mutual maintained its position as the state's top medical malpractice insurer, capturing nearly 33 percent of the physician and surgeon medical malpractice market, according to the Missouri Department of Insurance. The member-owned company wrote more than $41 million in direct premiums, leading to investment portfolio gains...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
"Don't think you can rely solely on the NHS indemnity scheme, even if you're only going to work in the National Health Service" is the message to thousands of junior doctors embarking on specialist training posts this August, from an expert indemnity organisation.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- William F. McMurry, a Nationally Board Certified Specialist in Medical Malpractice and Legal Malpractice, obtained today final Court approval of a settlement in the first nationwide class action suit e...
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The San Francisco Business Times (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
The Doctors Co., which acquired fellow medical malpractice liability specialist SCPIE Holdings Inc. late last month, said Thursday that a cloud hanging over that merger has dissipated.
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Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
An Illinois Medical malpractice lawsuit filed seven years ago has finally ended with a million dollar medical malpractice settlement . The large medical malpractice settlement did not come without sacrifice. Illinois medical malpractice plaintiff , Vanessa Jenkins, brought a lawsuit against an Illinois hospital after her son was delivered with a birth defect . Her son sustained brain injuries and...
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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
The first chapters of torts casebooks are filled with fascinating cases about intentional torts in medicine, and the distinction between battery and lack of informed consent. But it’s rare that even the most egregious instances of medical malpractice qualify as crimes. Michael O’Keefe, the D.A. for Cape Cod, is apparently pushing the criminal envelope in this [...]
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TortsProf Blog (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Yesterday the North Carolina Medical Board voted to scale back its public disclosure of medical malpractice payments by physicians. The Board decided to post only those payments in excess of $25,000, and also limited the time frame for disclosure. Rather...
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NewsObserver.com - Local & State (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Patients will be able to access a public Web site that shows medical malpractice payouts their doctors have made, but the information will not be as comprehensive as initially planned.
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The Triangle Business Journal (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
The North Carolina Medical Board has voted to scale back its plans for posting the details of medical malpractice settlements on its Web site.
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Obscure Store and Reading Room (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
The 43-year-old woman is alleging medical malpractice because she and her psychiatrist began a sexual relationship while she was his patient. They ended up leading police on a cross-country chase. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
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NewsObserver.com - Local & State (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
The N.C. Medical Board today is expected to settle the question of how much of a doctor's medical malpractice history should be made available to patients.
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JSOnline (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Port Washington - A former Cedarburg woman who along with her psychiatrist boyfriend led police on a cross-country chase has filed a lawsuit against him alleging medical malpractice because the two began a sexual relationship while she was his patient.
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Law.com (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
As courtroom technology has evolved, lawyers have become familiar with the tools to make effective presentations. However, for medical malpractice cases, the question is not whether we can use technology, but whether we should, writes Anapol Schwartz shareholder Larry Cohan.
