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 | Jun 30, 2023 | California, Florida, latest_news, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, National, New York, News, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas
A year after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, many physicians and hospitals in the states that have restricted abortion reportedly are refusing to end the pregnancies of women facing health-threatening complications out of fear they might face criminal...
by PPN | Jun 30, 2023 | Colorado, Florida, latest_news, Maine, National, News, Texas, Vermont, Virginia
A bill in the Maine legislature would have the medical malpractice statute of limitations clock start running when a patient discovers the negligence, which could be years after treatment took place. And other states could follow suit with similar bills. What danger...
by PPN | Nov 30, 2021 | National, Newsletter, Texas
Texas plaintiffs gear up for a fight against liability laws A challenge in federal court is the first step that medical liability lawsuit plaintiffs have taken to overturn long-standing and successful reforms for Texas patients. More than a dozen plaintiffs are...
by PPN | Nov 30, 2021 | Texas
SOURCE: Law 360 A challenge in federal court is the first step that medical liability lawsuit plaintiffs have taken to overturn long-standing and successful reforms for Texas patients. More than a dozen plaintiffs are seeking class-action status in support of a...
by PPN | Feb 27, 2020 | Iowa, National, Newsletter, Pennsylvania, Texas
The year ahead for patients and physicians Advocating for physicians in over 60 active lawsuits, the Litigation Center of the American Medical Association and State Medical Societies has a busy year ahead in support of access to care. Brian D. Vandenberg, senior vice...
