by PPN | Mar 27, 2024 | California, COVID, District of Columbia, Florida, National, New York, Newsletter, North Carolina, Pennsylvania
Campaign donations linked to expanding litigation laws in New York In pursuit of new avenues that would allow for an expanded ability to file liability lawsuits in New York, personal injury lawyers have pumped an increasing amount of money into the campaign coffers of...
by PPN | Mar 26, 2024 | California, District of Columbia, Florida, latest_news, National, News, North Carolina, Pennsylvania
Doctors using new artificial intelligence tools to help them diagnose and treat their patients say they wish Congress would provide some clarity on a big unanswered question: Who pays if AI makes a mistake? Advancements in AI promise to improve care, but only if...
by PPN | Mar 26, 2024 | Connecticut, COVID, latest_news, National, New York, News
A Staten Island nursing home must face a pandemic-era negligence suit that does not allege COVID missteps alone but rather broader infection control lapses, a New York appeals court has ruled. The judge’s decision limits the reach of immunity the state granted...
by PPN | Mar 26, 2024 | latest_news, National, New York, News
Trial lawyers pumped millions of dollars into the campaign coffers of New York politicians in a push to expand laws that made it easier to file lawsuits, according to a business advocacy group analysis. The top 20 plaintiffs’ law firms donated $4.7 million to New...
by PPN | Feb 28, 2024 | National, Newsletter, Pennsylvania
Mega verdicts are the new norm Once the exception, sky high verdicts in medical liability lawsuits are making up an increasingly larger proportion of awards in the U.S. and becoming the new norm. This comes as Medscape reports that 2023 was a record high year in terms...
by PPN | Feb 28, 2024 | latest_news, National, News, Pennsylvania
Medical malpractice filings in Philadelphia surged last year following the state Supreme Court’s reversal of a 2002 rule that required lawsuits to be filed in the jurisdiction where they occurred. That reversal, said a local attorney, will not only increase the...
