TED SICKINGER The Oregonian Staff Oregon Health & Science University faces a multimillion dollar annual budget hit after a court ruling Friday that effectively eliminated a state cap on malpractice and other awards for damages. That’s an expense that the institution can ill afford as it attempts to bolster hospital profits and reduce big losses […]

By Frank Donnelly THE ADVANCE (STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.) http://www.statesman.com Ten years from now, many babies could be delivered by doctors who are total strangers to the mothers. Medical malpractice insurance for obstetricians and gynecologists could become so expensive that only hospitals — and the doctors under their insurance umbrellas — could afford coverage for birthings. […]

By BARNABY J. FEDER NY TIMES www.nytimes.com Aetna, one of the nation’s largest private health plan managers, is the latest insurer to clamp down on the use of a powerful anesthetic during an increasingly common form of colon cancer screening. The company will send a letter to doctors on Friday, saying that it plans to […]

http://toledoblade.com By JIM PROVANCE BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU CHIEF In a decision hailed by the business community and decried by trial lawyers, the Ohio Supreme Court yesterday upheld a controversial 2004 state law limiting damages for pain, suffering, and other non-economic damages in product liability and other lawsuits. The much anticipated 5-2 ruling was in response […]

By E.B. SOLOMONT Staff Reporter of the Sun Several New York lawmakers are joining doctors in denouncing a proposal floated by the state’s insurance superintendent, Eric Dinallo, in an interview with The New York Sun, of a $50,000 fee on every doctor in the state as a solution to New York’s malpractice insurance crisis. “This […]

http://www.prweb.com Cunningham Group president and CEO James H. Cunningham Jr. released a statement in response to the Dec. 14 release of the Tillinghast Towers-Perrin annual study of the cost of America’s tort system, which shows an overall 5.5 percent decline in 2006 to $247 billion. December 27, 2007 — Cunningham Group president and CEO James […]

By MARIE ROHDE http://www.jsonline.com In a lawsuit that could have far-reaching implications, the state fund that provides umbrella coverage in medical malpractice cases has filed a counterclaim, saying that a hospital was negligent in training and supervision of its personnel, and hospital officials should be liable for some of the damages being sought by a […]

BY E.B. SOLOMONT – Staff Reporter of the Sun http://www.nysun.com A $50,000 extra fee imposed on each doctor in New York State or “substantially” higher insurance rates for physicians with histories of losing malpractice cases could be part of the solution to the state’s medical malpractice insurance crisis, state Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo told The […]

By ANDY MILLER The Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.ajc.com/ If not for Good Sam, Trenace Langford said she would waste many hours in Grady Memorial Hospital’s emergency room. She would wait amid the ER patient crush to get care for high cholesterol and other ailments. The 51-year-old Atlanta woman is among the 1.7 million Georgians who have […]