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Arkansas liability bill heads to Governor’s desk

by PPN | Feb 26, 2025 | Arkansas, latest_news, National, News

A controversial tort reform bill will be sent to Gov. Sarah Sanders’ desk after the state Senate narrowly approved the legislation on Thursday. If signed by the governor, House Bill 1204 would limit the amount of damages plaintiffs can recover for medical bills in...

American Medical Association addresses new Congress, priorities

by PPN | Jan 30, 2025 | latest_news, National, News

Welcome, members of the 119th Congress. You have a tremendous opportunity to bring meaningful and long-overdue changes to health care that will better support physicians, remove barriers for patients, and improve access to care for millions of your constituents.  To...

North Carolina anticipating need for realistic AI protections

by PPN | Jan 30, 2025 | latest_news, National, News, North Carolina

As North Carolina’s health care systems increasingly expand their use of artificial intelligence, state leaders say they want to pioneer policy to regulate the rapidly evolving technology.    The efforts would be some of the first steps toward placing guardrails on AI...

Georgia Governor gathers public support for liability reform

by PPN | Jan 30, 2025 | Georgia, latest_news, National, News

ATLANTA (AP) — After years of stalled efforts to limit civil lawsuits, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Republican lawmakers are doubling down with a new push. Supporters, most prominently business groups, call the state a “judicial hellhole,” and argue that businesses are...

Supreme Court Orders New Trial in $97M Iowa City Infant Malpractice Judgment

by PPN | Dec 19, 2024 | Iowa, latest_news, National, News

‘Courts have long recognized the danger that juries will be unfairly influenced by findings of ‘purportedly unbiased’ agencies, like the FDA’ The Iowa Supreme Court has reversed a $97.4 million verdict against an OBGYN clinic in Coralville and ordered a new trial —...

Rushed and Reckless Medical Liability Bill Reported from Committee

by PPN | Dec 19, 2024 | latest_news, Michigan, National, News

On December 4, 2024, the House Committee on Judiciary reported House Bill 6085, legislation that would dismantle medial liability provisions that have helped to stabilize Michigan’s liability environment for the past 30 years, to the full House of Representatives for...
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