Medical Liability News
May 14, 2012
Scranton Times-Tribune |
May 14, 2012
Medical malpractice lawsuits in Pennsylvania have dropped by more than 40 percent for four consecutive years compared to the two years before two rules were changed by the state Supreme Court in 2003.
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MassLive |
May 14, 2012
Ask any patient or physician who has been a party to a medical malpractice lawsuit about the experience and you’ll likely hear negative responses from both sides: It was a long, emotional and stressful endeavor that disrupted personal and professional lives.
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May 9, 2012
Legal Newsline |
May 9, 2012
A six-year decline in the amount of medical malpractice lawsuits filed in Pennsylvania stopped in 2011.
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April 30, 2012
Pennsylvania Record |
April 30, 2012
An Illinois couple has filed a product liability complaint in federal court in Philadelphia against drug maker Glaxosmithkline, alleging the defendant’s drug Avandia, used to treat diabetes, caused the wife to suffer a heart attack five years ago.
April 27, 2012
Arkansas News Bureau |
April 27, 2012
Documents that a law firm requested from a lawyer on the opposing side in a medical malpractice case are not subject to the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act, the state Supreme Court ruled today.
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April 26, 2012
Pennsylvania Record |
April 26, 2012
A Philadelphia Common Pleas Court judge on Tuesday granted a motion made by a defense attorney for an area health agency seeking to have his client dismissed as a defendant in a medical malpractice case.
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April 23, 2012
National Law Journal |
April 23, 2012
Manufacturers are fighting nearly 1,000 lawsuits.
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Columbus Dispatch |
April 23, 2012
Tort reform signed into law in Ohio nine years ago has significantly reduced medical-malpractice suits and associated costs. This was the hoped-for result when Gov. Bob Taft signed Senate Bill 281; the law capped “pain and suffering” damages at $500,000 per occurrence.
Tags: Medical Liability, Ohio
April 18, 2012
Union Leader |
April 18, 2012
Hospital representatives and trial lawyers clashed Tuesday before the House Judiciary Committee over a bill that would give patients an alternative method for resolving malpractice claims.
Tags: Medical Liability, New Hampshire
April 9, 2012
Seacoast Online |
April 9, 2012
A bill supporters say would improve the state's medical malpractice system has passed the state Senate and moved to the House Judiciary Committee.
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