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Tracks News and Trends in Medical Malpractice Law in United States.
By Mary R. Kennedy

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Last Entry: October 03, 2020 at 00:40:04

Medical Malpractice Payments Fall, While Health Care Cost Rise

Posted on July 17, 2009
A new report out by Public Citizen shows that medical malpractice payments were at or near record lows in 2008, but the decline almost certainly indicates that a lower percentage of injured patients received compensation, not that health safety has improved...

NYT Opines on Med Mal and Health Care Reform

Posted on June 17, 2009
Here's an editorial from the New York Times, published June 17, 2009: Malpractice and Health Care Reform President Obama?s promise to help doctors limit their vulnerability to malpractice lawsuits is a reasonable offer, but only if malpractice reform is done carefully...

NEJM Looks at Medical Liability in Health Care Reform

Posted on June 15, 2009
The New England Journal of Medicine takes a look at medical liability reform at the federal level. The article, The Role of Medical Liability Reform in Federal Health Care Reform, provides a bit of background on the topic of tort reform and sees "at least three reasons why government champions of health care reform might consider bundling medical liability reform...

New York Med Mal Payouts Stable

Posted on June 08, 2009
An article in the Insurance Journal reports Data Show New York Malpractice Payouts Steady."The federal data show 2,000 to 2,400 malpractice payments in New York each of the past 15 years. Total payments were $515 million in 1993. Horner said after adjusting for inflation, the cost has held relatively stable...

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New York Considers Change in Statute of Limitations for Medical Negligence Lawsuits

Posted on June 04, 2009
ALBANY, NY ? A group of cancer patients and victims families in New York is pressing the legislature there to revise the malpractice laws to change the start date of the 2 1/2-year statute of limitations on medical negligence lawsuits from the date of discovery instead of from the time the medical mistake is made...

Rhode Island Jury Awards $4 Million for Medical Negligence

Posted on May 17, 2009
PROVIDENCE, RI ? The Providence Journal reports that a Superior Court jury awarded a man $4 million for a doctor's negligence.The jury awarded "$1.5 million for physical pain, $1.5 million for mental suffering, $500,000 for disfigurement and $500,000 for lost wages...

In Wisconsin, $17.3 Million Settlement in Spleen Removal Case

Posted on April 30, 2009
Wisconsin's medical malpractice fund will pay a $17.3 million settlement to the family of a girl who was injured during a spleen removal surgery. The Wisconsin State Journal reports that the surgeon, used a procedure using small holes in the abdomen as opposed to a large incision...

Harvard Study Finds Reduced Malpractice Rate Tied To Use of Electronic Medical Records

Posted on March 08, 2009
A Harvard Study has determined that lower malpractice rates for healthcare providers are tied to the use of electronic medical records (EMRs). Leading medical record retrieval service provider, MedSave USA, concurs with this assessment and indicates that overall, a greater accuracy is reported with the use of EMRs...

State Round-up Medical Malpractice Laws

Posted on March 06, 2009
Over at TortsProf Blog, published today, a quick summary of legislation and reform laws related to medical malpractice law.Hawaii's House Judiciary Committee approved a bill on Tuesday that could lead to caps on noneconomic damages in med mal claims against doctors in five specialties...

Jury Says Hospital At Fault for Nurse Trainee Misreading Fetal Heart Monitor -- Awards $4.4 Million in Birth Injury

Posted on February 22, 2009
This via Cerebral Palsy Law News...South Carolina Jury Awards $4.4 Million in Birth InjuryA York County jury awarded $4.4 million to the parents of a child who suffered a brain injury at birth leading to cerebral palsy diagnosis. The award was against Piedmont Hospital...

Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Perennial Powerhouse Lubin & Meyer

Posted on February 10, 2009
BOSTON ? Medical malpractice lawyers at law firm Lubin & Meyer PC top the charts once again in the annual listing by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly of the largest verdicts and settlements of the year. Each January, the publication compiles the top verdicts of the year and top settlements of $1 million or more...

Las Vegas, Nevada: Med Mal Jury Award Is $2.5M

Posted on February 05, 2009
Las Vegas ReviewJournal reports that a Clark County District Court jury awarded $2.5 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit. The suit contended that a physician and nurse were negligent and in not diagnosing a women's cancer. According to the report: "Nevada caps malpractice lawsuit awards at $350,000 for pain and suffering...

In N.H. Lawmakers Battle over Med Mal Screening Panels

Posted on January 18, 2009
An article in the Manchester Union Leader reports on the battle shaping up between lawmakers who want to repeal the medical malpractice screening panels law, and hospitals and doctors who feel the law is working. Click on the headline to read the full article, Lawmakers face battle over malpractice law.

Injury Law News - Publish Your Successes

Posted on January 13, 2009
Stay up to date with injury law news with our sister news sites: Cerebral Palsy Law NewsVermont Personal Injury NewsMassachusetts Personal Injury News NH Medical Malpractice NewsIf you have specific verdict or settlement information that is on topic that you'd like covered in one of these online publications, please submit a trial report or published news link here...

Trial Report for $13.5 Million Dana-Farber Medical Malpractice Verdict Now Online

Posted on January 10, 2009
Boston medical malpractice law firm Lubin & Meyer has just posted to its web site, the trial report for its recent $13.5 million jury verdict in a medical negligence lawsuit against doctors at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The news of the verdict was announced in a Boston Globe article, previously reported on by this news blog (here), but the trial report offers much more detail on the case

Doctors' fear of lawsuits tied to added costs of $1.4b - The Boston Globe

Posted on November 18, 2008
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Pennsylvania jury awards $20.5 million in medical malpractice case

Posted on November 18, 2008
The Times Tribune reports that a Lackawanna County, PA, jury awarded $20.5 million in a medical malpractice suit related to a boy's medical problems caused by mistakes made at his birth. It is one of the largest awards in recent years. According to the news report, "No medical malpractice jury verdict in the seven counties of Northeast Pennsylvania has exceeded $10 million from 2000 to 2007,

Dana-Farber Lawsuit Over Hospital Infection Death Brings $13.5 Million in Boston

Posted on November 06, 2008
BOSTON, MA - According to a Boston Globe report, a jury has awarded $13.5 million (including interest) to the family of woman who died from "a massive infection by a flesh-eating bacteria" while undergoing experimental cancer treatment from Dana-Farber Hospital...

Effects of Arkansas Tort Reform Being Weighed by Insurance Commissioner

Posted on November 06, 2008
According to an article in the Arkansas Times, Fewer medical malpractice suits, tort reform legislation in Act 649 has reduced the number of medical malpractice suits filed in the state. But says the article, the effect of Act 649 on insurance premiums is less clear...

NJ Jury Awards $400,000 to Deaf Patient for Denial of Interpreter

Posted on October 21, 2008
From Law.com: "A Hudson County jury's $400,000 verdict for a deaf patient whose doctor refused her an interpreter may be a wake-up call for all professionals -- including lawyers -- that they risk liability for disability discrimination. Worse, malpractice liability insurance does not usually cover such liability, says plaintiff's attorney Clara Smit...

In New Hampshire, Medical Errors Need Not Be Reported

Posted on October 13, 2008
Two articles in the Union Leader this week report on the fact that in New Hampshire, hospitals are not required to report medical errors, or as the article calls them, "never events." "...unlike 27 other states, New Hampshire does not require hospitals to report serious, preventable medical errors to the state, to the patient or to the family left behind if the patient dies as a result of the

Utah: VA Settles Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

Posted on October 11, 2008
The Salt Lake City Tribune carries the news of Feds settle medical malpractice lawsuit. "The U.S. government has agreed to pay a former Lindon family nearly $1 million to settle a medical malpractice case" for a man who treated at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Salt Lake City...

Texas Lawsuit Challenges Constitutionality of Medical Malpractice Caps

Posted on October 10, 2008
From the Southeast Texas Record is this report of a woman filing a medical malpractice claim against against the surgeon who performed her cataract surgery which resulted in a detached retina. In the suit, she claims the doctor was negligent in failing to properly monitor her after surgery...

Andrew Meyer on Rebecca Riley Wrongful Death Lawsuit - Bipolar Disorder Diagnosis and Drugs

Posted on September 17, 2008
Here is the interview with renowned Boston medical malpractice attorney Andrew Meyer on WGBH's 'Greater Boston' with Emily Rooney. The case involves diagnosis of a 2 and a half year old child (Rebecca Riley) with bipolar disorder, who died of over medication...

Surgical "Time Out" Is New Safety Check at Beth Israel

Posted on September 02, 2008
In this Boston Herald article, Report points out OR staff lapse in Hub surgical error, more information is available on a hospital's response to wrong side surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital. It involves compliance standards including a surgical "time out" and special markers to indicate the spot of surgery...

Wyeth v. Levine and the Right To Sue

Posted on August 17, 2008
There has been a lot of press related to the case before the Supreme Court, Wyeth v. Levine, being watched as a potential landmark ruling that would make it easier for pharmaceutical companies to protect themselves from product liability lawsuits. This article on Pharmalot does a good job of wrapping up the loose ends with links to original material...

What is a medical error? Here's a list of 28 things that should never happen in a hospital

Posted on August 15, 2008
This list of 28 errors that should never happen is part of an article on MSNBC: More states shred bills for awful medical errors. The list is created by the National Quality Forum, a nonprofit health care safety agency, it includes: 1. Surgery on the wrong body part...

California Jury Awards $8.5 Million But Medical Malpractice Limits Reduce Award

Posted on August 11, 2008
The San Jose Mercury News reports from Modesto, CA that: "A jury has awarded $8.5 million to the widow of a man who died on the day a surgeon was going to discharge him from the hospital. Because of medical malpractice limits, 38-year-old Holly Stinnett likely will receive only $1...

In Massachusetts: Most "Wrong-Spot Surgeries" Are Spinal

Posted on July 30, 2008
Today's Boston Globe carries this article, Most surgery in wrong spot done on spine, which states since 2006, Mass. surgeons have operated in the wrong location on patients 38 times ? 11 of those times were spinal surgeries. See full article here...

New AHRQ Study Finds Surgical Errors Cost Nearly $1.5 Billion Annually

Posted on July 29, 2008
Potentially preventable medical errors that occur during or after surgery may cost employers nearly $1.5 billion a year, according to new estimates by the Department of Health & Human Services' (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). In a study published in the July 28 issue of the journal Health Services Research, AHRQ's William E...

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