by PPN | Jul 9, 2013 | California, News
The Consumer Attorneys of California, a trade association representing trial lawyers, and their allies are “declaring war” on physicians, according to a story last month in The Bee. Their coalition has committed to spend $1 million for a political and...
by PPN | Jun 28, 2013 | Newsletter
Protect Patients Now Volume 8, Issue 6 June 2013 Newsletter E-Newsletter Special points of interest: AMA Challenges Congress to Pass Standard of Care Protection Act New Legislation to Decrease Meritless Claims in Florida Challenge to Liability Laws in New Mexico...
by PPN | Jun 28, 2013 | Newsletter
Protect Patients Now Volume 8, Issue 5 May 2013 Newsletter E-Newsletter Special points of interest: Protecting Our Good Samaritans Rx for Health Care Crisis? A Dose of Medical Liability Reform Saying You’re Sorry Protecting Our Good...
by PPN | Jun 21, 2013 | News, Pennsylvania
According to a report from the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, Pennsylvania medical malpractice filings dropped 10% in 2012. The report showed that 1,675 claims were filed in 2011 compared with 1,508 in 2012. By comparison, there was an average of 2,733...
by PPN | Jun 15, 2013 | News, Pennsylvania
Lackawanna County’s medical malpractice case filings in 2012 fell 53.8 percent from the average filed in the early 2000s, an ongoing trend sparked by reforms initiated by the state Supreme Court more than a decade ago. Statewide and in most of Northeast...
