by PPN | Dec 21, 2012 | News
LANSING, MI — Senators passed changes to the state’s medical malpractice laws after removing controversial parts of the bill package. The “Patients First Reform Package” now heads to the House for consideration during the last remaining weeks of the current...
by PPN | Dec 18, 2012 | Newsletter
Protect Patients Now Volume 7, Issue 12 December 2012 Newsletter E-Newsletter Special points of interest: “Plan B” for Averting Fiscal Cliff Includes Medical Liability Reform Michigan Legislature Makes Year-End Push for Liability Reform Happy Holidays from Protect...
by PPN | Nov 25, 2012 | News
Medical malpractice reform is returning to the spotlight as lawmakers embark on deficit-reduction discussions, with a broad-based health care coalition suggesting possible middle ground while trial lawyers gear up to fight against tort reforms that would cap damages...
by PPN | Nov 25, 2012 | New Hampshire, News
In 2007, New Hampshire established an expert-panel system for use in medical malpractice lawsuits to cut back on frivolous suits and speed up resolution of cases. This system was recently challenged as unconstitutional, but the New Hampshire Supreme Court has just...
by PPN | Nov 18, 2012 | Newsletter
Protect Patients Now Volume 7, Issue 11 November 2012 Newsletter E-Newsletter Special points of interest: HCLA Working to Include Medical Liability Reform in Deficit Reduction Talks Pre-Trial Screening Panels Upheld in New Hampshire, Expediting Liability Claims...