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- 2/26/10 - Obama open to
curbing medical malpractice
suits - article
- 2/25/10 - 18% cost increase
with Illinois Medical Liability
Cap Struck - article
- 2/19/10 - Once more, MI high
court split 4-3 on malpractice-
article
- 2/17/10 - Malpractice bill held
up in house: It would restore
cap for doctors - article
- 2/16/10 - Illinois supreme
court strikes down caps on
noneconomic damages - article
- 2/15/10 - 5% of doctors are
responsible for 50% of
malpractice claims - article
- 2/12/10 - Utah
legislature:$250K malpractice
cap being debated - article
- 2/11/10 - Congressman:
Medical liability insurers could
be spared in antitrust repeal
bill - article
- 2/10/10 - Post tort-reform shirt
takes hold in Texas market -
article
- 2/9/10 - Antitrust exemption
repeal would likely increase
medical liability premiums,
limit competition - article
- 2/8/10 - Malpractice data
credited to Ohio's cap on
damages - article
- 2/4/10 - SC lawmakers to
discuss new lawsuit limits -
article
- 2/3/10 - Ohio: Average payout
per medical professional
liability claim is $252.5K - article
- 2/1/10 - Malpractice risk
affects doctors' hours - article
- 1/21/10 - Wis. Senate votes to
expand malpractice claims -
article
- 12/29/09 - Doctors' practices
challenge new ruling:
Malpractice awards could be
unlimited in NM - article
- 12/21/09 - Family of woman
who choked during surgery
awarded $20M by Alabama
Jury - article
- 11/30/09 - $22.3M verdict
rendered in medical
negligence lawsuit - article
- 11/24/09 - Key speech on
medical errors: advocates
seeking action on issue
heartened by congressman's
talk - article
- 10/28/09 - Family awarded
$893,684 in Mercy suit - article
- 10/27/09 - Tort reform no
miracle cure: limiting liability
has limited impact on
healthcare costs - article
-10/27/09 - All Children's
Hospital to appeal negligence
verdict - article
- 10/21/09 - New malpractice
idea in health care debate -
article
- 10/20/09 - Jury awards $4.25
M to family of woman who died
after childbirth - article
- 10/20/09 - Doctor in theft
loses medical license for now
- article
- 10/10/09 - Wanted
Mammologists - article
- 10/10/09 - Nursing home
faces another lawsuit - article
- 10/8/09 - Malpractice not to
blame for rising health costs,
panel says - article
- 10/1/09 -Preventing Medical
Errors - Avoid Blame Game -
article
-10/1/09 - Fort Lauderdale
attorneys win $14M verdict
against Hollywood doctor-
article
- 9/28/09 - Spotlight:
Malpractice Reform - article
- 9/28/09 - Board clears doctors
in Boca teen's death - article
- 9/21/09 -Trial Lawyer TV Ads
for Med Mal Lawsuits grew
1,400% - article
- 9/18/09 - Obama
administration releases details
on medical malpractice pilot
program - article
- 9/17/09 - Court says insurer
(TDC) can't void malpractice
policy- article
- 9/10/09 - New nationwide poll
finds most Americans want
med mal system changes as
part of health care reform -
article
- 9/3/09 - What can make a
patient's lawsuit just go away -
article
- 9/4/09 - Suggestions for
health care facilities to limit
legal risks - article
- 8/31/09 - Would tort reform
make a difference in health
care? - article
- 9/2/09 - Do you find yourself
defending a lawsuit alleging
missed MI? - article
- 9/2/09 - Failure to diagnose
staph infection: $5.45M verdict -
article
- 6/23/09 - Ariz. Senate OK's ER
medical malpractice bill - article
- 6/16/09 - Obama open to
reining in medical suits - article
- 6/16/09 - Medical Malpractice
survivors decry possible
stripping of rights in presidents
health care plan - article
- 6/15/09 - Malpractice bill
absent from Ariz Senate health
panel hearing - article
- 6/12/09 - Family cites gap in
system - article
- 5/26/09 - Dr. Rosi places
blame on some parents for
their babies deaths - article
- 3/18/09 - Democrats agree
heath reform must include
medical liability changes -
article
- 3/10/09 - Preventing contrast-
associated nephropathy - article
- 3/9/09 - Torn tendon results in
$1.2 million settlement - article
- 3/9/09 - Seven ways to
succeed in getting sued - article
- 2/12/09 - Radiologists
overestimate their overall risk
of malpractice lawsuits in
breast imaging - article
curbing medical malpractice
suits - article
- 2/25/10 - 18% cost increase
with Illinois Medical Liability
Cap Struck - article
- 2/19/10 - Once more, MI high
court split 4-3 on malpractice-
article
- 2/17/10 - Malpractice bill held
up in house: It would restore
cap for doctors - article
- 2/16/10 - Illinois supreme
court strikes down caps on
noneconomic damages - article
- 2/15/10 - 5% of doctors are
responsible for 50% of
malpractice claims - article
- 2/12/10 - Utah
legislature:$250K malpractice
cap being debated - article
- 2/11/10 - Congressman:
Medical liability insurers could
be spared in antitrust repeal
bill - article
- 2/10/10 - Post tort-reform shirt
takes hold in Texas market -
article
- 2/9/10 - Antitrust exemption
repeal would likely increase
medical liability premiums,
limit competition - article
- 2/8/10 - Malpractice data
credited to Ohio's cap on
damages - article
- 2/4/10 - SC lawmakers to
discuss new lawsuit limits -
article
- 2/3/10 - Ohio: Average payout
per medical professional
liability claim is $252.5K - article
- 2/1/10 - Malpractice risk
affects doctors' hours - article
- 1/21/10 - Wis. Senate votes to
expand malpractice claims -
article
- 12/29/09 - Doctors' practices
challenge new ruling:
Malpractice awards could be
unlimited in NM - article
- 12/21/09 - Family of woman
who choked during surgery
awarded $20M by Alabama
Jury - article
- 11/30/09 - $22.3M verdict
rendered in medical
negligence lawsuit - article
- 11/24/09 - Key speech on
medical errors: advocates
seeking action on issue
heartened by congressman's
talk - article
- 10/28/09 - Family awarded
$893,684 in Mercy suit - article
- 10/27/09 - Tort reform no
miracle cure: limiting liability
has limited impact on
healthcare costs - article
-10/27/09 - All Children's
Hospital to appeal negligence
verdict - article
- 10/21/09 - New malpractice
idea in health care debate -
article
- 10/20/09 - Jury awards $4.25
M to family of woman who died
after childbirth - article
- 10/20/09 - Doctor in theft
loses medical license for now
- article
- 10/10/09 - Wanted
Mammologists - article
- 10/10/09 - Nursing home
faces another lawsuit - article
- 10/8/09 - Malpractice not to
blame for rising health costs,
panel says - article
- 10/1/09 -Preventing Medical
Errors - Avoid Blame Game -
article
-10/1/09 - Fort Lauderdale
attorneys win $14M verdict
against Hollywood doctor-
article
- 9/28/09 - Spotlight:
Malpractice Reform - article
- 9/28/09 - Board clears doctors
in Boca teen's death - article
- 9/21/09 -Trial Lawyer TV Ads
for Med Mal Lawsuits grew
1,400% - article
- 9/18/09 - Obama
administration releases details
on medical malpractice pilot
program - article
- 9/17/09 - Court says insurer
(TDC) can't void malpractice
policy- article
- 9/10/09 - New nationwide poll
finds most Americans want
med mal system changes as
part of health care reform -
article
- 9/3/09 - What can make a
patient's lawsuit just go away -
article
- 9/4/09 - Suggestions for
health care facilities to limit
legal risks - article
- 8/31/09 - Would tort reform
make a difference in health
care? - article
- 9/2/09 - Do you find yourself
defending a lawsuit alleging
missed MI? - article
- 9/2/09 - Failure to diagnose
staph infection: $5.45M verdict -
article
- 6/23/09 - Ariz. Senate OK's ER
medical malpractice bill - article
- 6/16/09 - Obama open to
reining in medical suits - article
- 6/16/09 - Medical Malpractice
survivors decry possible
stripping of rights in presidents
health care plan - article
- 6/15/09 - Malpractice bill
absent from Ariz Senate health
panel hearing - article
- 6/12/09 - Family cites gap in
system - article
- 5/26/09 - Dr. Rosi places
blame on some parents for
their babies deaths - article
- 3/18/09 - Democrats agree
heath reform must include
medical liability changes -
article
- 3/10/09 - Preventing contrast-
associated nephropathy - article
- 3/9/09 - Torn tendon results in
$1.2 million settlement - article
- 3/9/09 - Seven ways to
succeed in getting sued - article
- 2/12/09 - Radiologists
overestimate their overall risk
of malpractice lawsuits in
breast imaging - article
- 12/28/09 - NJ $2.8M awarded
in X-ray damages 3 woman
injured - article
-12/22/09 - Tort reform is the
key to a healthier New Jersey -
article
- 2/17/10 - NJ jury awards $25M
to Ala. man in Accutane suit -
article
- 2/1/10 - Doctor who removed
the wrong lung, killed patient
working again at Hoboken
University Medical Center -
article
- 12/15/09 - NJ targets
doctor-drugmaker ties - article
- 12/15/09 - NJ bill would limit
rate hikes for medical
malpractice insurance - article
- 12/14/09 - NJ abortion clinic
settles lawsuit - article
- 12/3/09 - NJ hospital margins
- article
- 11/27/09 - NJ doctor now
faces a charge of fraud - article
- 10/14/09 - NJ School, doctor
sued over player's death -
article
- 10/1/09 - NJ Hospital to pay
$8.3M for alleged Kickbacks -
article
- 9/22/09 - New Jersey
Governor signs landmark
hospital law - article
- 8/10/09 - Patient sues NJ doc
in hepatitis B outbreak case -
article
- 7/24/09 - $75M malpractice
award overturned in NJ - article
- 7/15/09 - NJ alleges $8.5M
fraud by surgeon and his
treatment center - article
- 5/20/09 - Jury awards $2.4M
in teen's death ER doc found
negligent - article
- 5/7/09 - NJ hospital, others
sued for losing baby's corpse -
article
- 4/7/09 - Doctor in NJ Hep B
case has medical license
suspended - article
- 3/31/09 - 2 NJ hospitals battle
in court over 'top doc' ads -
article
in X-ray damages 3 woman
injured - article
-12/22/09 - Tort reform is the
key to a healthier New Jersey -
article
- 2/17/10 - NJ jury awards $25M
to Ala. man in Accutane suit -
article
- 2/1/10 - Doctor who removed
the wrong lung, killed patient
working again at Hoboken
University Medical Center -
article
- 12/15/09 - NJ targets
doctor-drugmaker ties - article
- 12/15/09 - NJ bill would limit
rate hikes for medical
malpractice insurance - article
- 12/14/09 - NJ abortion clinic
settles lawsuit - article
- 12/3/09 - NJ hospital margins
- article
- 11/27/09 - NJ doctor now
faces a charge of fraud - article
- 10/14/09 - NJ School, doctor
sued over player's death -
article
- 10/1/09 - NJ Hospital to pay
$8.3M for alleged Kickbacks -
article
- 9/22/09 - New Jersey
Governor signs landmark
hospital law - article
- 8/10/09 - Patient sues NJ doc
in hepatitis B outbreak case -
article
- 7/24/09 - $75M malpractice
award overturned in NJ - article
- 7/15/09 - NJ alleges $8.5M
fraud by surgeon and his
treatment center - article
- 5/20/09 - Jury awards $2.4M
in teen's death ER doc found
negligent - article
- 5/7/09 - NJ hospital, others
sued for losing baby's corpse -
article
- 4/7/09 - Doctor in NJ Hep B
case has medical license
suspended - article
- 3/31/09 - 2 NJ hospitals battle
in court over 'top doc' ads -
article
- 2/22/10 - Wrongful death suit
filed against Uniontown
Hospital - article
- 1/19/10 - Penn appeals court
finds HRT claim isn't time
barred -article
- 1/18/10 - Former nurse
convicted in PA boy's morphine
death - article
- 2/12/10 - Pennsauken doctor
arrested - article
- 2/8/10 - 2 accuse UPMC,
surgeon of malpractice in
transplant - article
- 2/4/10 - Hospital ignored
policy in Rivera death - article
- 2/3/10 - Hospital, doctors
sued over late Steelers death -
article
- 2/1/10 - Carbon County doctor
faces charges of sexually
assaulting patient - article
- 1/28/10 - Doctor cleared in
malpractice lawsuit - article
- 12/11/09 - Uniontown
Hospital sued in death of
woman's husband -article
- 12/9/09 - Brownsville woman
files lawsuit because legs
partially amputated - article
-11/27/09 - Claims against
Phila. VA up to $58M - article
- 11/20/09 - PA Jury clears
Geisinger in mother of four's
death - article
- 11/9/09 - PA jury awards $2.3
M to Fayette County woman in
medical malpractice case -
article
- 9/15/09 - Organ donor case to
move to court - article
- 8/31/09 - Accused Ligonier
doctor loses license, faces
criminal charges - article
- 8/10/09 - PA heart surgery
death rates fall - article
- 7/7/09 - Community Medical
Center penalty cut $2.2M -
article
- 6/24/09 - Specter plans
hearing on VA prostate cancer
treatment - article
- 6/22/09 - Feds see wider
woes in VA's cancer errors -
article
- 5/20/09 - Man gets $1.5M from
Latrobe Area hospital in death
of wife - article
- 5/11/09 - Doctor asks court to
overturn malpractice verdict -
article
- 5/5/09 - Lawsuits against
doctors decline - article
- 4/27/09 - Malpractice suits fall
in PA, easing insurance crisis -
article
- 4/20/09 - Malpractice case to
go to jury - article
- 12/12/08 - MCare sued by
doctors and hospitals - see
article
- 11/18/08 - $20.5 million
payout in medical malpractice
case - see article
filed against Uniontown
Hospital - article
- 1/19/10 - Penn appeals court
finds HRT claim isn't time
barred -article
- 1/18/10 - Former nurse
convicted in PA boy's morphine
death - article
- 2/12/10 - Pennsauken doctor
arrested - article
- 2/8/10 - 2 accuse UPMC,
surgeon of malpractice in
transplant - article
- 2/4/10 - Hospital ignored
policy in Rivera death - article
- 2/3/10 - Hospital, doctors
sued over late Steelers death -
article
- 2/1/10 - Carbon County doctor
faces charges of sexually
assaulting patient - article
- 1/28/10 - Doctor cleared in
malpractice lawsuit - article
- 12/11/09 - Uniontown
Hospital sued in death of
woman's husband -article
- 12/9/09 - Brownsville woman
files lawsuit because legs
partially amputated - article
-11/27/09 - Claims against
Phila. VA up to $58M - article
- 11/20/09 - PA Jury clears
Geisinger in mother of four's
death - article
- 11/9/09 - PA jury awards $2.3
M to Fayette County woman in
medical malpractice case -
article
- 9/15/09 - Organ donor case to
move to court - article
- 8/31/09 - Accused Ligonier
doctor loses license, faces
criminal charges - article
- 8/10/09 - PA heart surgery
death rates fall - article
- 7/7/09 - Community Medical
Center penalty cut $2.2M -
article
- 6/24/09 - Specter plans
hearing on VA prostate cancer
treatment - article
- 6/22/09 - Feds see wider
woes in VA's cancer errors -
article
- 5/20/09 - Man gets $1.5M from
Latrobe Area hospital in death
of wife - article
- 5/11/09 - Doctor asks court to
overturn malpractice verdict -
article
- 5/5/09 - Lawsuits against
doctors decline - article
- 4/27/09 - Malpractice suits fall
in PA, easing insurance crisis -
article
- 4/20/09 - Malpractice case to
go to jury - article
- 12/12/08 - MCare sued by
doctors and hospitals - see
article
- 11/18/08 - $20.5 million
payout in medical malpractice
case - see article
General News
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
- 2/11/10 - Falls hospital to pay
family in death - article
- 2/8/10 - NY family gets $2.9M
in boy's MRI death - article
- 1/11/10 - Settlement calls for
5-year watch of NYC hospital -
article
- 12/22/09 - NYC fire dept
suspends EMT's accused of
refusing to help dying pregnant
woman -article
-12/10/09 - Jury finds doctor
liable in death of NY newborn -
article
- 12/10/09 - Massapequa MD
sold opiate prescriptions near
school - article
- 11/13/09 - Freeport woman
sues hospital after biopsy
mix-up - article
- 11/2/09 - Unnecessary
mastectomy: %6.5M verdict in
NY - article
- 8/31/09 - Rape victims
awarded $11M: Malpractice suit
says sexual assault of girls
was preventable - article
- 8/12/09 - NY extends freeze
on malpractice insurance rates
- article
- 8/10/09 - Dead by mistake -
article
- 6/22/09 Cover-up followed
death in NYC hospital - article
- 6/9/09 - Data shows NY
malpractice payouts steady -
article
- 6/9/09 - Hospital inaction
caused fatality - article
- 6/1/09 - Judge tosses suits
vs. cancer doctor - article
- 5/29/09 - $2M for kin of
woman who died on NY
hospital floor - article
- 5/15/09 - Man suing hospital
for unneeded mastectomy -
article
- 4/30/09 - Family of Dr Botch's
victim seek millions - article
- 4/30/09 - Malpractice award
nearly $18 million - article
family in death - article
- 2/8/10 - NY family gets $2.9M
in boy's MRI death - article
- 1/11/10 - Settlement calls for
5-year watch of NYC hospital -
article
- 12/22/09 - NYC fire dept
suspends EMT's accused of
refusing to help dying pregnant
woman -article
-12/10/09 - Jury finds doctor
liable in death of NY newborn -
article
- 12/10/09 - Massapequa MD
sold opiate prescriptions near
school - article
- 11/13/09 - Freeport woman
sues hospital after biopsy
mix-up - article
- 11/2/09 - Unnecessary
mastectomy: %6.5M verdict in
NY - article
- 8/31/09 - Rape victims
awarded $11M: Malpractice suit
says sexual assault of girls
was preventable - article
- 8/12/09 - NY extends freeze
on malpractice insurance rates
- article
- 8/10/09 - Dead by mistake -
article
- 6/22/09 Cover-up followed
death in NYC hospital - article
- 6/9/09 - Data shows NY
malpractice payouts steady -
article
- 6/9/09 - Hospital inaction
caused fatality - article
- 6/1/09 - Judge tosses suits
vs. cancer doctor - article
- 5/29/09 - $2M for kin of
woman who died on NY
hospital floor - article
- 5/15/09 - Man suing hospital
for unneeded mastectomy -
article
- 4/30/09 - Family of Dr Botch's
victim seek millions - article
- 4/30/09 - Malpractice award
nearly $18 million - article
- 2/26/10 - Greenwich Hospital
hit with another lawsuit over
drug-addicted surgeon -article
- 2/25/10 - Delaware doctor
indicted in child sex abuse
scandal - article
- 1/25/10 - $1.56M awarded to
estate of woman who died at
Hartford Hospital - article
- 1/22/10 - Delaware wants to
freeze assets of accused
doctor - article
- 1/19/10 - AG: DPH had
authority to order DNA in fertility
case - Conn - article
- 1/18/10 - Conn. Physicians
appeal Health Net acquisition -
article
- 1/11/10 - Arrest of DE
pediatrician followed years
of complaints - article
- 12/21/09 - MA jury ties doctors'
errors to boy's death - article
- 11/19/09 - North Stonington
psychologists license to be
suspended - article
-11/13/09 - Mass. doctor claims
he was pressured to use
device - article
-11/9/09 - James Woods sues
hospital in RI over bro's death -
article
- 11/4/09 - RI hospital fined
$150K in wrong site surgery -
article
- 10/16/09 - MA family, hospital
settle after mother's fatal fall in
operating room - article
-10/14/09 - Woman wins $5.25
M malpractice settlement
against doctor and New Milford
hospital - article
- 9/15/09 - Hartford hospital,
physician being sued - article
- 8/17/09 - CT- Woman's family
gets $1M in malpractice case -
article
- 5/5/09 - Rebecca's doctor
target of grand jury - article
- 4/17/09 - MA - Mass jury
clears doctor who treated
injured cop - article
- 4/7/09 - MA - Doctor says
hospital defamed him - article
hit with another lawsuit over
drug-addicted surgeon -article
- 2/25/10 - Delaware doctor
indicted in child sex abuse
scandal - article
- 1/25/10 - $1.56M awarded to
estate of woman who died at
Hartford Hospital - article
- 1/22/10 - Delaware wants to
freeze assets of accused
doctor - article
- 1/19/10 - AG: DPH had
authority to order DNA in fertility
case - Conn - article
- 1/18/10 - Conn. Physicians
appeal Health Net acquisition -
article
- 1/11/10 - Arrest of DE
pediatrician followed years
of complaints - article
- 12/21/09 - MA jury ties doctors'
errors to boy's death - article
- 11/19/09 - North Stonington
psychologists license to be
suspended - article
-11/13/09 - Mass. doctor claims
he was pressured to use
device - article
-11/9/09 - James Woods sues
hospital in RI over bro's death -
article
- 11/4/09 - RI hospital fined
$150K in wrong site surgery -
article
- 10/16/09 - MA family, hospital
settle after mother's fatal fall in
operating room - article
-10/14/09 - Woman wins $5.25
M malpractice settlement
against doctor and New Milford
hospital - article
- 9/15/09 - Hartford hospital,
physician being sued - article
- 8/17/09 - CT- Woman's family
gets $1M in malpractice case -
article
- 5/5/09 - Rebecca's doctor
target of grand jury - article
- 4/17/09 - MA - Mass jury
clears doctor who treated
injured cop - article
- 4/7/09 - MA - Doctor says
hospital defamed him - article
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