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- 5/13/11 - Committee Sends
Medical Professional Liability
Reform to Full House - article
- 5/12/11 - 2 Seattle Children's
nurses are cited in separate
medical errors - article
-5/11/11 - Medical Professional
Liability Insurers Should Get
Good Grasp on Their
Exposures - article
- 4/29/11 - Supreme Court
rejects class-action arbitration
- article
- 4/29/11 - Malpractice suits
face new barriers - article
- 4/21/11 - House axes liability
cap for death, disfigurement -
article
- 4/19/11 - Jurors rule 3 doctors
owe NM patient $9M - article
- 4/18/11 - Lap Band death
blamed on anesthesiologist -
article
- 4/13/11 - US stats miss 90%
of hospital errors - article
- 4/13/11 - Medical Mistakes not
part of hospital horror story?
Think again - article
- 4/14/11 - Idaho Supreme
Court says medical
malpractice suit time-barred -
article
- 3/31/11 - Doctor shortage in
area makes patients wait (MN)
- article
-3/31/11 - McDonnell vetoes
medical malpractice cap
increase (VA) - article
- 3/30/11 - Appeal court must
reconsider malpractice cap suit
- article
- 3/29/11 - Admitting harm
protects patients - article
- 3/29/11 - Cayman Islands
caps medical negligence
claims - article
- 3/28/11 - Florida jury awards
$19M for infant given overdose
in hospital - article
- 3/25/11 - Lawsuit possible on
CT scan radiation - article
- 3/23/11 - Excela faces four
more suits alleged
unnecessary surgeries - article
-3/21/11 - Complete regulatory
collapse - Why complaints
about abortion doctor went
nowhere - article
- 3/21/11 - Riddled with metal
by mistake in study - article
- 3/18/11 - Ind. doctor takes 5th
in trial in patients death - article
- 3/17/11 - Time cushion
sought in medical malpractice
cases - article
- 3/8/11 - Doctor can't be sued
for misdiagnosis of child
abuse, rules South Carolina
Supreme Court - article
- 3/16/11 - Doctors wary of
switch to digital records - article
- 3/8/11 - Obamacare and
malpractice - article
- 3/8/11 - A team approach to
patient care falters - article
- 3/8/11 - Doctors need to work
on communication - article
- 3/3/11 - Senate passes bill
protecting ER doctors - article
- 2/28/11 - Hospitals leery of
reporting serious errors - article
- 2/28/11 - States doctor
numbers questioned - article
- 2/27/11 - Doctors could get
more protection from lawsuits -
article
- 2/24/11 - NC Senate panel
confronts medical malpractice
bill - article
- 2/19/11 - Thrasher's bill would
limit awards under medical
malpractice lawsuits - article
- 2/18/11 - Calif regulator:
malpractice insurance too
pricey - article
- 2/17/11 - NC Senate listens
on malpractice lawsuit
changes - article
- 2/16/11 - US doctors order
tests out of fear of lawsuits -
article
- 2/13/11 - $3M awarded in
wrongful death Baptist Health,
doctors are expected to appeal
- article
- 2/15/11 - Obama pushes
drive for medical malpractice
reforms - article
- 2/15/11 - What health reform
missed: The doctor shortage -
article
- 2/11/11 - ProAssurrance CEO:
Health reform will drive up
medical professional liability
cases - article
- 2/11/11 - Jury sides with
surgeon in trial - article
- 2/9/11 - Malpractice bill raises
issues about lawsuit - article
- 2/3/11 - Democrats cool to
Obama's offer to overhaul rules
on malpractice - article
- 1/26/11 - Obama speaks to
agents issues, medical liability
- article
- 1/21/11 - Carrollton woman
files suit over wrong sized
breast implants - article
- 1/22/11 - Parents assail
malpractice caps after
daughters death at UCLA
hospital - article
- 1/20/11 - No improvement in
Minn. medical mistakes - article
- 1/20/11 - Woman's heart
stopped during liposuction -
article
- 1/19/11 - Donations
influenced Supreme Court
decision doctors say -article
- 1/17/11 - US to pay $2.3M to
settle malpractice case - article
- 1/17/11 - Ala. Supreme Court
overturns $3.2M Baptist Health
decision - article
- 1/10/11 - Ohio Supreme Court
says privilege doesn't protect
doctor's medical records -
article
- 1/4/11 - Virginia law to allow
higher med-mal damages -
article
- 1/4/11 - Oregon Court of
appeals rules patients drug
abuse doesn't excuse
malpractice - article
Medical Professional Liability
Reform to Full House - article
- 5/12/11 - 2 Seattle Children's
nurses are cited in separate
medical errors - article
-5/11/11 - Medical Professional
Liability Insurers Should Get
Good Grasp on Their
Exposures - article
- 4/29/11 - Supreme Court
rejects class-action arbitration
- article
- 4/29/11 - Malpractice suits
face new barriers - article
- 4/21/11 - House axes liability
cap for death, disfigurement -
article
- 4/19/11 - Jurors rule 3 doctors
owe NM patient $9M - article
- 4/18/11 - Lap Band death
blamed on anesthesiologist -
article
- 4/13/11 - US stats miss 90%
of hospital errors - article
- 4/13/11 - Medical Mistakes not
part of hospital horror story?
Think again - article
- 4/14/11 - Idaho Supreme
Court says medical
malpractice suit time-barred -
article
- 3/31/11 - Doctor shortage in
area makes patients wait (MN)
- article
-3/31/11 - McDonnell vetoes
medical malpractice cap
increase (VA) - article
- 3/30/11 - Appeal court must
reconsider malpractice cap suit
- article
- 3/29/11 - Admitting harm
protects patients - article
- 3/29/11 - Cayman Islands
caps medical negligence
claims - article
- 3/28/11 - Florida jury awards
$19M for infant given overdose
in hospital - article
- 3/25/11 - Lawsuit possible on
CT scan radiation - article
- 3/23/11 - Excela faces four
more suits alleged
unnecessary surgeries - article
-3/21/11 - Complete regulatory
collapse - Why complaints
about abortion doctor went
nowhere - article
- 3/21/11 - Riddled with metal
by mistake in study - article
- 3/18/11 - Ind. doctor takes 5th
in trial in patients death - article
- 3/17/11 - Time cushion
sought in medical malpractice
cases - article
- 3/8/11 - Doctor can't be sued
for misdiagnosis of child
abuse, rules South Carolina
Supreme Court - article
- 3/16/11 - Doctors wary of
switch to digital records - article
- 3/8/11 - Obamacare and
malpractice - article
- 3/8/11 - A team approach to
patient care falters - article
- 3/8/11 - Doctors need to work
on communication - article
- 3/3/11 - Senate passes bill
protecting ER doctors - article
- 2/28/11 - Hospitals leery of
reporting serious errors - article
- 2/28/11 - States doctor
numbers questioned - article
- 2/27/11 - Doctors could get
more protection from lawsuits -
article
- 2/24/11 - NC Senate panel
confronts medical malpractice
bill - article
- 2/19/11 - Thrasher's bill would
limit awards under medical
malpractice lawsuits - article
- 2/18/11 - Calif regulator:
malpractice insurance too
pricey - article
- 2/17/11 - NC Senate listens
on malpractice lawsuit
changes - article
- 2/16/11 - US doctors order
tests out of fear of lawsuits -
article
- 2/13/11 - $3M awarded in
wrongful death Baptist Health,
doctors are expected to appeal
- article
- 2/15/11 - Obama pushes
drive for medical malpractice
reforms - article
- 2/15/11 - What health reform
missed: The doctor shortage -
article
- 2/11/11 - ProAssurrance CEO:
Health reform will drive up
medical professional liability
cases - article
- 2/11/11 - Jury sides with
surgeon in trial - article
- 2/9/11 - Malpractice bill raises
issues about lawsuit - article
- 2/3/11 - Democrats cool to
Obama's offer to overhaul rules
on malpractice - article
- 1/26/11 - Obama speaks to
agents issues, medical liability
- article
- 1/21/11 - Carrollton woman
files suit over wrong sized
breast implants - article
- 1/22/11 - Parents assail
malpractice caps after
daughters death at UCLA
hospital - article
- 1/20/11 - No improvement in
Minn. medical mistakes - article
- 1/20/11 - Woman's heart
stopped during liposuction -
article
- 1/19/11 - Donations
influenced Supreme Court
decision doctors say -article
- 1/17/11 - US to pay $2.3M to
settle malpractice case - article
- 1/17/11 - Ala. Supreme Court
overturns $3.2M Baptist Health
decision - article
- 1/10/11 - Ohio Supreme Court
says privilege doesn't protect
doctor's medical records -
article
- 1/4/11 - Virginia law to allow
higher med-mal damages -
article
- 1/4/11 - Oregon Court of
appeals rules patients drug
abuse doesn't excuse
malpractice - article
- 5/12/11 - Plantiff gets $2.8M in
malpractice suit (NJ) -article
- 3/22/11 - Family, alleging
abuse, plans lawsuit against
NJ nursing home -article
- 2/7/11 - Making NJ a more
welcoming state to physicians.
Reforms needed to avoid
doctor shortage - article
- 1/17/11 - Jersey hospitals
beat standards for avoiding
infection Report shows just five
did not measure up - article
malpractice suit (NJ) -article
- 3/22/11 - Family, alleging
abuse, plans lawsuit against
NJ nursing home -article
- 2/7/11 - Making NJ a more
welcoming state to physicians.
Reforms needed to avoid
doctor shortage - article
- 1/17/11 - Jersey hospitals
beat standards for avoiding
infection Report shows just five
did not measure up - article
- 4/29/11 - Erie jury returns
$1.8M verdict in another
medical malpractice case -
article
- 3/17/11 - Too few doctors for
care onslaught seen - article
- 2/25/11 - Judge ups award to
$4.1 million against CMC -
article
- 2/24/11 - Trucker sues doctor
over physical - article
- 2/24/11 - NRC sanctions PA
doc in flawed cancer
treatments - article
- 1/22/11 - Jury reaches split
verdict in Sawyer civil suit -
article
- 1/20/11 - Prosecutors: Lax
oversight led to US abortion
mill - article
-1/17/11 - Tiger Woods lasik
doc to pay PA man $1M plus -
article
$1.8M verdict in another
medical malpractice case -
article
- 3/17/11 - Too few doctors for
care onslaught seen - article
- 2/25/11 - Judge ups award to
$4.1 million against CMC -
article
- 2/24/11 - Trucker sues doctor
over physical - article
- 2/24/11 - NRC sanctions PA
doc in flawed cancer
treatments - article
- 1/22/11 - Jury reaches split
verdict in Sawyer civil suit -
article
- 1/20/11 - Prosecutors: Lax
oversight led to US abortion
mill - article
-1/17/11 - Tiger Woods lasik
doc to pay PA man $1M plus -
article
General News
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
- 5/13/11 - MLMIC VP: Tort
Reform in NY Gaining Traction
- article
- 4/29/11 - NY jury awards $5.5
M for mother's childbirth
injuries - article
- 3/30/11 - Budget deal charts
course for NY Insurance and
Banking Merger - article
- 3/29/11 - SUNY hospitals face
severe cuts - article
-3/28/11 - State nears changes
in medical malpractice - article
- 3/25/11 - Protesting Group
Says it has rival deal for St.
Vincent's Site - article
- 3/10/11 - Cuomo Medicaid
Team continues after ethics
claim - article
- 3/4/11 - Fight ahead in ALbany
on malpractice limits tied to
Medicaid cuts - article
-3/1/11 - Bronx-Lebanon
obstetricians face malpractice
insurance cutoff - article
- 1/4/11 - St. Francis Hospital
doctors are ordered to pay
substantial verdict of $7M -
article
Reform in NY Gaining Traction
- article
- 4/29/11 - NY jury awards $5.5
M for mother's childbirth
injuries - article
- 3/30/11 - Budget deal charts
course for NY Insurance and
Banking Merger - article
- 3/29/11 - SUNY hospitals face
severe cuts - article
-3/28/11 - State nears changes
in medical malpractice - article
- 3/25/11 - Protesting Group
Says it has rival deal for St.
Vincent's Site - article
- 3/10/11 - Cuomo Medicaid
Team continues after ethics
claim - article
- 3/4/11 - Fight ahead in ALbany
on malpractice limits tied to
Medicaid cuts - article
-3/1/11 - Bronx-Lebanon
obstetricians face malpractice
insurance cutoff - article
- 1/4/11 - St. Francis Hospital
doctors are ordered to pay
substantial verdict of $7M -
article
- 4/15/11 - Stamford Hospital
defends claims of negligence -
article
- 3/10/11 - MGH faces suit over
drug error that killed woman -
article
- 3/6/11 - 2nd Del. doctor
suspended over PA abortion
case - article
- 32/1/11 - RI fines hospital for
surgical errors - article
- 1/24/11 - Massachusetts
censures West Penn Allegheny
surgeon - article
- 1/5/11 - L&M settles
flesh-eating bacteria death
lawsuit - article
- 1/17/11 - Missing Malpractice
data back on doctors' database
- article
defends claims of negligence -
article
- 3/10/11 - MGH faces suit over
drug error that killed woman -
article
- 3/6/11 - 2nd Del. doctor
suspended over PA abortion
case - article
- 32/1/11 - RI fines hospital for
surgical errors - article
- 1/24/11 - Massachusetts
censures West Penn Allegheny
surgeon - article
- 1/5/11 - L&M settles
flesh-eating bacteria death
lawsuit - article
- 1/17/11 - Missing Malpractice
data back on doctors' database
- article
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