by PPN | Sep 28, 2023 | Arizona, COVID, Florida, Georgia, latest_news, National, New Mexico, Newsletter
Liability reform returns to Georgia legislative agenda New advocacy efforts in Georgia have elevated the importance of medical liability reform, adding it to a list of business and patient-focused priorities this legislative session. Nearly 20 years ago, the state...
by PPN | Aug 29, 2023 | Connecticut, COVID, latest_news, National, Newsletter, Oregon
Oregon Ruling Spurs Concerns of Medical Liability Expansion Oregon physicians face the threat of being wrapped up in product liability lawsuits following an appellate court ruling that expands medical liability far past its original intent of defective drugs and...
by PPN | Aug 2, 2023 | Florida, latest_news, National, Newsletter
Preserving patient care through statutes of repose Washington’s statute of repose on medical liability litigation is in question as the state’s Supreme Court tackles the constitutionality of how much time can pass before a lawsuit is no longer able to be filed....
by PPN | Jun 30, 2023 | California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, National, New York, Newsletter, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont, Virginia
HCLA Pushes for Good Samaritan legislation in pandemic preparedness reauthorization As legislative hearings and markups were underway in Washington, D.C., earlier this month, the HCLA announced its support for including the language contained in the Good Samaritan...
by PPN | May 31, 2023 | National, Newsletter, Pennsylvania
Congress of Neurological Surgeons examines need for liability reform The latest issue of Congress Quarterly, the newsmagazine of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), focuses entirely on the intersection of medicine and law, examining the risks of inaction on...
by PPN | Apr 30, 2023 | California, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, National, New Mexico, New York, Newsletter, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah
Patient protection: Good Samaritan legislation introduced in Congress The Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2023 was re-introduced in the House of Representatives this month, to close the gap in available medical coverage during federally declared disasters...
