by PPN | May 31, 2018 | Maryland, Minnesota, Newsletter, Pennsylvania
Maryland trial court attempts to redefine liability standards Under consideration by Maryland’s highest court is a case that attempts to redefine professional standards of care – and negate the testimony of expert witnesses. The basis of the case stems from a medical...
by PPN | May 31, 2018 | Maryland
Maryland physicians could see established medical liability law upended if the state’s high court doesn’t reject a trial court’s instructions informing jurors that negligence could be defined by what a “reasonable” layperson would do. For more than a century,...
by PPN | Dec 22, 2017 | Arizona, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, National, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newsletter, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Year-end report sheds light on “Judicial Hellholes” The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) end-of-year “Judicial Hellholes” report offers a public glimpse at the most unfriendly jurisdictions for those defending themselves against civil litigation, including...
by PPN | Dec 15, 2017 | California, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Maryland, Michigan, National, News, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Uncategorized
One thing physicians from Florida to Hawaii had in common in 2017 was that the Litigation Center of the American Medical Association and State Medical Societies had their backs. The Litigation Center was involved in legal battles that helped prevent an insurance...
by PPN | Dec 5, 2017 | Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, National, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, News, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 5, 2017 – The American Tort Reform Foundation issued its 2017-2018 Judicial Hellholes® report today, naming courts in Florida, California, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Illinois and Louisiana among the nation’s “most unfair”...
by PPN | Aug 23, 2017 | Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, National, News
In contrast with the federal government—where a House-passed medical liability reform bill languishes in the Senate—many states have found success enacting tort reforms that better serve patients and physicians. But court cases are challenging reforms in place in at...
