December 17, 2010
By:Lee J. Johnson, JD
To settle or not to settle? Read the article to determine how to discern the best choice.
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September 18, 2009
The methodology and numbers behind Medical Economics' 2009 Exclusive Survey
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March 16, 2009
A divided Texas Supreme Court found March 6 that an exception to the state's malpractice damages cap that allows further recovery when a liability insurer negligently fails to settle claims, applies only to insurers and does not apply to physicians.
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October 23, 2008
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals upheld October 2 a jury award of over $18 million in a lawsuit brought by a defunct hospital claiming a malpractice insurance company tortiously interfered with the hospital's business relationship with its attending physicians and therefore forced it to close down.
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September 26, 2008
The Georgia Court of Appeals held September 4 that an emergency room physician was entitled to summary judgment in a medical malpractice action because the plaintiff could not show the physician was "grossly negligent" as required under the relevant statute.
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August 8, 2008
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has held plaintiffs asserting medical malpractice in wrongful death actions could recover for "loss of chance" where defendant physicians' negligence reduced or eliminated their decedents? prospects for achieving a more favorable medical outcome.
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June 6, 2008
By:Dennis Murray
Georgia's $350,000 cap on noneconomic damages in malpractice cases gives doctors special protections that other professions don't enjoy, and is therefore unconstitutional.
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February 15, 2008
By:Vicki F. Brentnall
If you're not, perhaps you should be. A National Practitioner Data Bank listing can wreak havoc on your career.
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December 7, 2007
By:Mark Crane
A huge malpractice verdict in Florida holds lessons for all doctors who use midlevel providers.
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