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Florida 'three strikes' malpractice rule being challenged
Talk about a tough set of malpractice rules. Doctors pushing for medical malpractice reform might consider themselves lucky if they saw the playing field in Florida, where a constitutional amendment... Read more...
State high courts consider challenges to medical malpractice award caps
While the White House is working to soothe the fears of opponents who say that President Obama's reform proposals don't do enough to tame medical malpractice costs, a pair of cases going before high... Read more...
Malpractice reforms gaining some traction
When President Obama gave his big healthcare speech, he was looking to mollify Republicans hoping for medical malpractice reform with the promise of $25 million in pilot projects. (That olive branch... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Obama speeds up malpractice pilot rollout
When President Obama told Congress that he was open to malpractice reform--but only endorsed demonstration projects to pilot-test solutions--his news didn't get a great reception among Republicans.... Read more...
Federal bill would drop antitrust exemption for health, malpractice insurers
A new bill has been introduced in the Senate that would repeal the antitrust exemption health and medical insurers currently enjoy. The bill, which is backed by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), would... Read more...
Republicans unsatisfied with Obama malpractice reform stand
In his much-discussed speech last week, President Obama took what could be considered a very lukewarm stand on malpractice reform, promising only to ask HHS to conduct demonstration projects that... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: NH can't take malpractice fund surplus
So, New Hampshire officials, thought you'd close the gap in your budget by taking the malpractice fund's extra dollars? "Not so fast," a judge has said. Officials wanted to take the $110 million... Read more...
OK enacts major tort reforms
The state of Oklahoma has enacted a package of tort reform laws that includes several new protections for physicians. The new legislation places a $400,000 cap on non-economic damages in most cases,... Read more...
GA lets malpractice extension stand
Georgia's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal which would have eliminated malpractice plaintiffs' ability to sue well after they were allegedly harmed. Under current Georgia law, malpractice... Read more...
Saying 'I'm sorry' grows more popular in med mal cases
Historically, in medical malpractice situations, attorneys have advised doctors and hospitals to deny that any medical error has been made--or even express any form of regret that a patient is... Read more...
