© 2008 The Associated Press http://www.chron.com LOS ANGELES — SCPIE Holdings Inc. said Monday a proxy advisory firm recommended shareholders vote in favor of the $268.8 million acquisition of the medical malpractice insurance provider by The Doctors Co. SCPIE said Glass Lewis & Co. found that the offer gives shareholders “financially fair consideration” for their […]

http://www.businesswire.com OLDWICK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to A- (Excellent) from B++ (Good) and assigned an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-â€? to Connecticut Medical Insurance Company (CMIC) (Glastonbury, CT). The outlook for the FSR has been revised to stable from positive, and the outlook assigned to the ICR […]

By Gazette News Services http://www.billingsgazette.net CHEYENNE – The Wyoming Legislature has passed a bill aimed at luring more doctors to the state. The bill that now heads to Gov. Dave Freudenthal would create a grant program through the state Department of Health to recruit more doctors. The bill would allow physicians and hospitals searching for […]

Steve Horrell http://www.goedwardsville.com With a new mediation rule in place now for Madison County, every civil case under $50,000 dollars will go to arbitration and every medical malpractice and nursing home case will go to mediation. Participants in other types of civil suits can use a mediator if the parties agree to it. “Nobody’s right […]

Las Vegas Review-Journal http://www.lvrj.com The most dangerous place in Las Vegas these days is the space between a personal injury lawyer and any of the more than 40,000 former patients of the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada. The trial bar went into a frenzy upon learning that willful disregard of safety protocols at the endoscopy […]

By Henry Weinstein and Ashley Powers http://www.latimes.com LAS VEGAS — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a class-action suit against the governor of Nevada and other state officials Thursday, alleging that they had failed to rectify “a pervasive pattern of grossly inadequate medical care” at the state’s maximum-security prison in Ely. “These deprivations are so […]

By B.J. Reyes http://starbulletin.com As lawmakers passed their first major deadline of the 2008 session, Gov. Linda Lingle said she remains optimistic about what will eventually reach her desk, but leveled some harsh criticism at lawmakers on an issue that appears dead this session: medical malpractice and tort reform. “I don’t like to judge things […]

By Alison Snyder Long Island Business News – New York Business News The medical malpractice insurance crisis not only has Long Island obstetricians anxious, but midwives – who take a more natural approach to childbirth – are also feeling the crunch. In the New York metropolitan area, midwives – who provide prenatal care and assist […]

Steve Horrell http://www.goedwardsville.com Those who file a malpractice lawsuit against a nursing home – and the defendants named in those suits – will now be forced to submit the case to a mediator before it moves on to trial. The mandate is part of an amendment to a new medical malpractice rule that was approved […]