by PPN | Apr 29, 2021 | National
SOURCE: JDSUPRA On March 29, 2021, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the first bill of the 2021 Florida legislative session into law — Senate Bill 72 (SB 72) limiting civil liability against businesses for damages related to COVID-19. The bill creates separate...
by PPN | Apr 29, 2021 | National
SOURCE: American Medical Association CHICAGO — Medical liability insurance premiums have begun an upward trend after holding more or less steady during the past decade, according to a new analysis (PDF) from the American Medical Association (AMA). In 2020, during the...
by PPN | Apr 29, 2021 | Florida, Illinois, Indiana, National, New York, Newsletter
Increasing liability premiums dim post-pandemic outlook As health care professionals look ahead to post-pandemic care, rising liability insurance premiums create an uncertain future and dimming hopes of a swift recovery. After holding steady for over a decade, new...
by PPN | Mar 29, 2021 | National
SOURCE: Chamber Business News A bill to protect Arizona businesses, schools, healthcare providers, government agencies, and others from frivolous Covid-19 lawsuits took another step forward Wednesday when the state House Judiciary Committee approved the measure. The...
by PPN | Mar 29, 2021 | National
SOURCE: American Tort Reform Association Trial lawyers and aggregators increasingly spend large sums of money on television, digital, and print advertising to recruit new clients for class actions targeting a variety of industries. As the COVID-19 pandemic reached the...
by PPN | Mar 29, 2021 | Arizona, Missouri, National, New York, Newsletter
Personal injury lawyers spend heavily to solicit COVID-19 claims Television advertisement spending in the latter half of 2020 highlights just how aggressively personal injury lawyers are soliciting COVID-19 liability claims and plaintiffs. In a report compiled by the...
