by PPN | Jul 25, 2013 | California, News
The drive to raise the amount victims can recover in medical malpractice lawsuits may be going to California’s ballot box. A coalition that includes the Consumer Attorneys of California, an organization representing trial lawyers, has been lobbying the...
by PPN | Jul 24, 2013 | California, News
Any Doctor Can Be Sued Why Physicians Are Sued Blindsided by a Lawsuit Does Saying ‘I’m Sorry’ Discourage Lawsuits? Awards to Plaintiffs Are Getting Larger Paying for Settlements to Plaintiffs: Who Pays? Any Doctor Can Be Sued The specter of being...
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 | Apr 15, 2013 | California, Florida, New York, News, Pennsylvania
At a time when New York physicians face a combustible mix of significant Medicare sequestration cuts, the requirement to implement costly mandatory electronic medical record and ICD-10 reporting systems, and deal with new federal health care reforms, New York State...
by PPN | Oct 31, 2012 | California, Mississippi, News
Three Republican Senators concerned about how grants for medical liability reform demonstration projects were spent continue to press the Department of Health and Human Services for answers – only to receive less than adequate responses. Senators Charles Grassley and...
by PPN | Sep 26, 2011 | California, News
The Court of Appeal of the State of California, 5th Appellate District, has upheld the state’s $250,000 noneconomic damages cap, reaffirming what physicians nationwide consider the gold standard among tort reforms. In its Sept. 1 opinion, the court said the cap...
