by PPN | Mar 27, 2024 | California, COVID, District of Columbia, Florida, National, New York, Newsletter, North Carolina, Pennsylvania
Campaign donations linked to expanding litigation laws in New York In pursuit of new avenues that would allow for an expanded ability to file liability lawsuits in New York, personal injury lawyers have pumped an increasing amount of money into the campaign coffers of...
by PPN | Mar 26, 2024 | Connecticut, COVID, latest_news, National, New York, News
A Staten Island nursing home must face a pandemic-era negligence suit that does not allege COVID missteps alone but rather broader infection control lapses, a New York appeals court has ruled. The judge’s decision limits the reach of immunity the state granted...
by PPN | Oct 30, 2023 | Alabama, California, COVID, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, National, New York, Newsletter, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Washington
Liability reform elevated to presidential debate state Earlier this month, one presidential candidate offered up a tried and true way to improve access to patient care while lowering costs for Americans — through medical liability reform. A Wall Street Journal...
by PPN | Sep 28, 2023 | Arizona, COVID, Florida, Georgia, latest_news, National, New Mexico, Newsletter
Liability reform returns to Georgia legislative agenda New advocacy efforts in Georgia have elevated the importance of medical liability reform, adding it to a list of business and patient-focused priorities this legislative session. Nearly 20 years ago, the state...
by PPN | Sep 28, 2023 | Arizona, COVID, latest_news, National, News
Roebuck v. Mayo ClinicArizona Court of AppealsSeptember 19th, 2023 The Arizona Court of Appeals today held A.R.S. § 12-516, Arizona’s COVID immunity statute, unconstitutional. The COVID immunity statute directs that a health care professional or institution is not...
by PPN | Aug 29, 2023 | Connecticut, COVID, latest_news, National, Newsletter, Oregon
Oregon Ruling Spurs Concerns of Medical Liability Expansion Oregon physicians face the threat of being wrapped up in product liability lawsuits following an appellate court ruling that expands medical liability far past its original intent of defective drugs and...