by PPN | Jul 23, 2014 | California, News
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A landmark act constraining the amount of money plaintiffs attorneys and their clients can reap from medical malpractice lawsuits has come under fire by California trial lawyers – an expensive battle that may end up spreading to...
by PPN | Jul 18, 2014 | News, Texas
Medical malpractice suits are time consuming and emotionally draining. The average physician spends more time—about 11 percent of his or her career—embroiled in malpractice litigation than it takes to complete medical school. Most claims consume two years prior to...
by PPN | Jul 14, 2014 | New York, News
There Are Rays of Hope Medical malpractice continues to loom large in the minds of just about every practicing physician. Claims and rates are declining, but the problem of lawsuits against physicians is far from tapering off. And upcoming changes in medicine due to...
by PPN | Jul 9, 2014 | News
A “black box” installed in a Toronto operating room earlier this year has found that surgical teams are making the vast majority of their errors during the same two steps surgery after surgery. Now researchers are looking at how to reduce those mistakes and prevent...
by PPN | Jun 30, 2014 | Newsletter
Protect Patients Now Volume 9, Issue 6 June 2014 Newsletter E-Newsletter Special points of interest: Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Protect Doctor-Patient Relationship Fans of Sports Medicine Liability Bill Join Together Friends and Foes...
