by PPN | Feb 26, 2026 | latest_news, National, New Mexico, News
The New Mexico Senate late Tuesday passed a medical malpractice overhaul bill that has drawn widespread public interest amid a statewide doctor shortage. The bill now heads to the desk of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who has called malpractice reform one of her top...
by PPN | Feb 26, 2026 | latest_news, National, News
Hospitals across the United States are always looking for ways to reduce costs and avoid medical malpractice lawsuits, while not sacrificing quality of health care. So how are hospitals impacted when government policy reduces their exposure to malpractice liability?...
by PPN | Feb 26, 2026 | Kentucky, latest_news, National, News
Business groups are making another push for “tort reform” in Kentucky, asking the General Assembly to place new restrictions on the right to sue and collect damages in court. But this time, the groups say, language in Senate Bill 195 is tailored narrowly enough to...
by PPN | Jan 30, 2026 | Florida, Illinois, latest_news, National, News
After going more than a decade without medical liability insurance premiums being a hot topic among physicians, the subject is popping up in conversation once again. Premiums have been rising in some states for a few years now and an AMA report released in...
by PPN | Jan 30, 2026 | latest_news, National, News
Medical malpractice plaintiffs filing suits in federal court don’t have to comply with a state affidavit of merit law, the US Supreme Court said Tuesday. The state law requiring plaintiffs to file an expert witness’s written statement that the claims are reasonable...
by PPN | Jan 30, 2026 | latest_news, National, New Mexico, News
When the former train conductor and railway safety representative retired in 2022, he and his wife moved away from Fargo, N.D., where they had lived for 50 years. They built what Jilek called their “dream house” in Rio Rancho, swapping snow shoveling for sunshine. “We...
