side note: The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation issued a report that shows a drop in med-mal rates for the 5th year in a row. We do think rates will continue to lower and we do not expect rates to rise anytime soon. We hope this is the case for a State that has seen […]

side note: This is something that Senator Leahy has introduced earlier but didn’t have much momentum. This is something the insurance industry is watching very closely. We don’t see it having much chance to pass, but we’ll update you if there’s any movement. IFaWebNews.com Patrick Leahy, chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, has introduced […]

side note: Republican lawmakers have been trying to establish tort reform at the Federal level for years now. However, what we typically hear from the GOP is their want to have the States control everything. The Time Herald author presents an argument that you can’t push for State’s rights, but then at the same time […]

side note: This is a article written by Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, who just happens to be the ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee. His argument is not allowing lawyers to sue for unlimited amounts b/c this leads to frivolous lawsuits. He contends that if we have caps, then we will lower the […]

side note: This is another story in response to the WSJ article we recently posted. While this author agrees tort reform is being stalled by the Democratic Party, he feels that the end result savings will be far smaller than Republicans promise. Do you agree, let us know in the comments below. BNET.com In an […]

side note: We posted a New York Times article last week about how our healthcare system breeds waste. Here is a letter to the NYtimes Editor from David Leonhardt, a medical malpractice attorney. There are often many sides to a story, so it’s nice to get a clear idea of what each side is saying. […]

side note: State Supreme Courts in Georgia and Maryland will rule on non-economic damages for liability cases, will they overturn legislation? AMED News High courts in Georgia and Maryland will decide the fate of caps on non-economic damages in medical liability cases in each state, two of the latest attempts to undo such award limits. […]

side note: Medical News Today has a nice round-up of what the big name news organizations had to say on potential medical malpractice reform legislation. The Associated Press: “In his Wednesday speech and again in (a CBS “60 Minutes” interview), the president signaled he was open to so-called tort reform. Under current practice, doctors and […]

side note: Former-Gov. Blunt touts his state’s tort reform as the answer to healthcare problems and wasteful spending. Wall Street Journal There has been a lot of talk in Washington about cutting wasteful health-care spending, but it is troubling that such talk has not created a sense of urgency for national tort reform. It is […]