Malpractice – Damage awards in Oregon remain lower than in all but seven other states, study finds JOE ROJAS-BURKE http://www.oregonlive.com Payouts for medical malpractice claims remain lower in Oregon than in all but seven other states, despite the loss of a cap on damage awards in 1999. The findings come from one of the first […]

By Ken Whitehouse http://www.nashvillepost.com March may come in like a lion and out like a lamb, or vice-versa, but who would have guessed that March 2007 might be the month when the lion would lie down with the lamb? That’s what may be afoot, as a nationally unprecedented concord among medical providers and the legal […]

Malpractice insurance reform – an idea whose time still hasn’t come by Kimberly Caldwell Steffen Business New Haven http://www.conntact.com/ There is no consensus on how to moderate the sharp increases in malpractice insurance premiums, how to make sure injured patients are compensated – or even whether Connecticut has a medical malpractice crisis at all. Although […]

http://starbulletin.com Opinion THE ISSUE The Legislature has rejected a proposal to limit noneconomic damages for medical malpractice to $500,000. DENIED a hearing in last year’s Legislature, doctors made some headway in their efforts to put a lid on medical malpractice awards, which have caused some insurance premiums to soar. A proposal to limit non-economic damages […]

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Legal reforms have brightened the medical malpractice horizon, but physicians are still wary of lawsuits — and still angry at high insurance premiums. More than 2,000 now choose to go without insurance. by Amy Keller http://www.floridatrend.com After years of warfare, the smoke is clearing on Florida’s medical-malpractice front.