by PPN | Jan 30, 2024 | Florida, Montana, National, Newsletter
Montana maintains liability limits, but risks remain A jackpot jury award in Montana was reduced in alignment with the state’s reasonable limits on non-economic damages, but not before a sixteen-month period of uncertainty that left the medical liability climate at...
by PPN | Jan 30, 2024 | latest_news, Montana, National, News
$6 million award reduced to $250,000 GREAT FALLS — Sixteen months after a jury awarded Joey Zahara $6 million in his medical malpractice suit against a Great Falls neurosurgeon, Cascade County Judge John Kutzman released a 25-page summation Monday citing his...
by PPN | Feb 26, 2021 | Montana
SOURCE: Bloomberg South Dakota businesses, health-care providers, and others are largely shielded from lawsuits over Covid-19 exposure and deaths under legislation signed into law by Republican Gov. Kristi Noem. The measure, HB 1046, bars lawsuits from employees,...
by PPN | Feb 26, 2021 | Montana
SOURCE: Pathfinder Look What’s Law: Governor Signs Bill Reducing COVID-19 Liability, Rolls Back Mask Mandate Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has signed into law a major COVID-19 liability bill, which soared through the Montana Legislature during its first month. Senate...
by PPN | Feb 28, 2011 | Montana, News
HELENA — A bill creating sweeping protections for physicians and other medical providers against malpractice lawsuits won endorsement Tuesday from the Montana House. On a mostly party-line vote with Republicans in favor, the House voted 65-35 for House Bill 405, which...
