by PPN | Jul 29, 2021 | National
SOURCE: Forbes There is no imaginable reality where accidents and emergencies cease to exist. By the very nature of both of those terms, unplanned events occur, often requiring specialized, curated, emergent care. Therein lies the value of emergency medicine...
by PPN | Jul 29, 2021 | Missouri
SOURCE: Missouri Independent Limits on the amount of damages someone can recover in medical malpractice cases for pain and suffering do not violate Missouri’s constitution, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. In a 5-1 decision, the court determined that the...
by PPN | Jun 30, 2021 | Missouri, National, New Mexico, Newsletter
At Risk: Missouri’s liability laws Missouri’s legislature and courts have long played a back and forth on the ability to enact reasonable limits on noneconomic damages, with current law in jeopardy of again being struck down as the state’s Supreme Court hears...
by PPN | Jun 30, 2021 | National
SOURCE: Risk & Insurance The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on all segments of the health care industry, including the medical malpractice market, which has continued to harden over the last 12 months. As a result, the past year has seen prices, exclusions...
by PPN | Jun 30, 2021 | New Mexico
SOURCE: AMA New Mexico’s decades-long cap on what a plaintiff can be awarded in a medical liability case will remain intact thanks to a recent state supreme court ruling. The New Mexico Supreme Court said limiting what a plaintiff can be awarded for noneconomic...
