by PPN | Jul 30, 2024 | COVID, Indiana, National, New Jersey, Newsletter
COVID-era pandemic protection law put to the test in Indiana An Indiana law that offered protections for health care responders and facilities confronting the COVID-19 pandemic was tested earlier this month, as a challenge was mounted following an adverse outcome that...
by PPN | Jul 30, 2024 | latest_news, National, New Jersey, News
New Jersey hospitals and health care providers will have a harder time eliminating malpractice suits following a state high court ruling allowing patients to bring complaints without a expert reviewing medical records. A third-party affidavit of merit needed to...
by PPN | Nov 30, 2022 | Alaska, latest_news, New Jersey, Newsletter, North Carolina
Women in New Jersey Harmed by State’s Liability Laws Against the backdrop of an unfriendly medical liability climate, women in New Jersey are facing fewer options for health and reproductive care. Forecasted shortages of obstetricians and gynecologists are...
by PPN | Nov 30, 2022 | New Jersey, News
SOURCE: Alaska Public Media The Alaska Supreme Court ruled Friday that a 46-year-old law limiting financial awards in medical malpractice lawsuits is unconstitutionally biased against Alaskans with medical insurance. The 57-page decision, approved unanimously...
by PPN | Nov 30, 2022 | New Jersey, News
SOURCE: WHQR North Carolina enacted a law early in the coronavirus pandemic that gave medical providers near-absolute immunity from civil liability. Now, the nation’s largest for-profit health care system could use that law to quash a medical malpractice...
by PPN | Nov 30, 2022 | New Jersey, News
SOURCE: NJ.com The young doctor wanted to build her career in New Jersey. Dr. Matilde Hoffman finished her residency at Livingston’s Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in June, and the OB-GYN generalist searched for jobs in the Garden State. She wanted to stay close...
