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Opinion - Gov. Linda Lingle: Lackluster Legislature Hawaii Reporter, Honolulu, HI - May 12, 2008 ...Instead of addressing affordable housing, education, tax relief and medical malpractice reform, they remained focused on sustaining the status quo... Mississippi's tort reform triumph The Wall Street Journal, NY - Oct. 10, 2008 ...The lessons here are especially timely, because the pro-growth tort reform trend that was once spreading across the country may soon reverse course... Insurance costs are making doctors sick Newsday, NY - Oct. 10, 2008 ...added to that is the threat, peculiar to New York State that, beginning July 1, every doctor must cough up an average of $50,000 over the next five years to replenish the medical malpractice insurance fund, then face steep increases in malpractice insurance... Poor and middle class can't afford legal services in Utah, survey says Salt Lake Tribune, UT - May 10, 2008 ...Another 22 percent of the respondents said the state has "world class" attorneys in the field of medical malpractice. That field is particularly difficult because lawyers must be educated in medical terms and procedures as well as law... Opinion - Ray Perryman: A Texas Turnaround: Tort reform has brought substantial benefits Midland Reporter-Telegram, TX - May 10, 2008 ...Prior to tort reform, medical malpractice premiums were extremely high, discouraging some doctors from continuing to practice or to perform certain procedures. An increase in "defensive medicine" (when doctors' decisions to order tests, avoid procedures, or suggest treatments based in part on a fear of legal liability) was also a problem... Lawsuit reform veto gets challenge The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK - May 9, 2008 ...The governor, who is a Democrat and a lawyer, said he had no choice but to veto the measure because the state Supreme Court struck down a similar statute as unconstitutional. That bill applied only to medical malpractice cases... Trial lawyers spent more than $1.1M to lobby in 1Q Houston Chronicle, TX (Associated Press) - May 9, 2008 ...The American Association for Justice, a trade group representing trial lawyers, spent more than $1.1 million in the first quarter to lobby on medical malpractice liability and other issues... Medical malpractice news
Oregon Supreme Court upholds malpractice limits LegalNewsLine.com - May 9, 2008 The Oregon Supreme Court this week upheld a five-year statute of limitations on medical malpractice lawsuits involving minors... Opinion - Saul Friedman: Rising insurance costs may force MDs to quit Newsday, NY - May 9, 2008 ...beginning July 1, every doctor must cough up an average of $50,000 over the next five years to replenish the medical malpractice insurance fund, then face steep increases in malpractice insurance... Malpractice review filed The Herald News, Joliet, IL - May 8, 2008 ...The Illinois State Medical Society and the American Medical Association filed an amicus brief today asking the Illinois Supreme Court to preserve Illinois patients’ future access to medical care by upholding the state’s 2005 medical lawsuit reform law... Medical malpractice news
Gov. Henry vows to veto newest tort reform measure The Journal Record, Oklahoma City, OK - May 8, 2008 Barely before the ink was dry on a significant tort reform bill the Legislature passed Wednesday, Gov. Brad Henry promised to veto the measure... Business brief roundup The Birmingham News, AL - May 8, 2008 ...Birmingham's ProAssurance Corp., the state's biggest medical malpractice insurer, said per-share profit in the first quarter edged upward by 2 percent... Medical malpractice news
Trial lawyers, opponents stand down on ballot issues Denver Business Journal, CO - May 6, 2008 ...The measure triggered a response from the trial bar that included nine separate counter measures. One would have capped compensation by CEOs, another would revoke licenses of doctors involved in multiple malpractice cases... Opinion - Carter Wood: CO trial lawyers climb back down Pike's Pique National Association of Manufacturers, Washington, DC - May 7, 2008 ...Oh, for the working people, is it? We have another theory: National political and legal figures called Sadwith, saying, "Are you nuts?... Medical malpractice news
Rendell administration outlines cost figures of health insurance plan The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA - May 6, 2008 Pennsylvania can afford to provide subsidized health insurance for the uninsured and still subsidize doctors' medical malpractice costs, the Rendell administration said Monday... Editorial: Pain, suffering --- and fairness Atlanta Constitution, GA - May 6, 2008 ...If appealed, as seems likely, Arrington's decision will set the stage for a Georgia Supreme Court showdown over tort reform. The court ought to throw the law out. Editorial: And the winner is . . . Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO - May 6, 2008 ...Fortunately, some of the very worst proposals were killed - or at least amended until they were far more acceptable. Those include measures that would have raised health-care costs by rewriting this state's limits on medical-malpractice judgments, made it impossible to mine for uranium... Opinion - Jack Jawitz: Florida signals doctors they're not wanted The Tampa Tribune, FL - May 6, 2008 ...Liability insurance is so costly (when available) that two out of three physicians in south Florida are uninsured. Florida statute requires an uninsured doctor to have $250,000 for ... Reasons not to become a doctor Forbes, NY - May 5, 2008 ...Of course, doctors who make fatal mistakes and who are unqualified should be held responsible. But there's evidence that the bulk of lawsuits brought are frivolous. Of all malpractice lawsuits brought to jury trial in 2004, the defendant won 91% of the time... Malpractice premiums, rate of C-sections rise together The Washington Post, DC (HealthDay News) - May 5, 2008 ..."I can't say one led to the other or vice-versa," Spencer said. But he speculates the medical malpractice rates are driving up the C-section rates... |
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