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 […]

http://www.thedenverchannel.com DENVER, Colo. — Colorado doctors are fighting a state bill that would raise caps on medical malpractice damages. SB 164 has already passed in the Senate and will be heard for the first time in the House this week.Supporters argued that it gives patients injured by careless doctors fair compensation by raising the cap […]

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 […]

Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H.—A Concord (New Hampshire) surgeon ordered to pay $1.75 million to a man who lost his sight during surgery for a broken leg plans to appeal the jury’s decision. A Merrimack County Superior Court jury last week sided with Randolph Hinz of Warner, who sued Doctor Eric Leefmans for malpractice after a […]

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 Ron Wood http://www.nwaonline.net FAYETTEVILLE – A lawsuit thrown out Wednesday claimed a large piece of gauze had been left inside a patient after surgery. Harriet Shields of Harrison died in April 2006. Her husband, L.D. Shields, sued on behalf of the estate. The suit contended a piece of gauze more than 2 feet long […]

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 […]