by PPN | Dec 19, 2024 | Florida, Iowa, Michigan, National, Newsletter
Michigan’s medical liability reform laws threatened by rushed legislation In a rush to pass legislation backed by personal injury lawyers, Michigan lawmakers risk dismantling existing laws that have stabilized the state’s health care environment for three...
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...
by PPN | Oct 29, 2024 | Florida, Michigan, National, Newsletter
Reform would bring sunnier liability climate to Florida Past efforts to put reasonable limits on non-economic damages in medical liability cases have been a difficult sell to the Florida legislature – but many believe it’s time to try again. Regina Brown,...
by PPN | Jun 30, 2023 | California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, National, New York, Newsletter, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont, Virginia
HCLA Pushes for Good Samaritan legislation in pandemic preparedness reauthorization As legislative hearings and markups were underway in Washington, D.C., earlier this month, the HCLA announced its support for including the language contained in the Good Samaritan...
by PPN | Jun 30, 2023 | California, Florida, latest_news, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, National, New York, News, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas
A year after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, many physicians and hospitals in the states that have restricted abortion reportedly are refusing to end the pregnancies of women facing health-threatening complications out of fear they might face criminal...
by PPN | Jun 30, 2022 | Michigan, National, News
SOURCE: AMA If a plaintiff in Michigan files a medical liability lawsuit, they must, with few exceptions, file the affidavit of merit within the statute of limitations or have the lawsuit dismissed with prejudice, physicians tell the Michigan Supreme Court. Plaintiffs...
