by PPN | Jan 27, 2022 | New Mexico
SOURCE: KRQE SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed emergency legislation to tweak New Mexico’s new law on medical malpractice to head off a possible loss of insurance coverage for some health care providers. Lujan Grisham’s office said she...
by PPN | Jan 27, 2022 | New Mexico
SOURCE: Office of the Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Wednesday signed House Bill 11, which ensures that independent health care providers can continue providing the care that New Mexicans need by clarifying statutory...
by PPN | Dec 22, 2021 | National, New Mexico, Newsletter, West Virginia
West Virginia liability laws withstand challenge In West Virginia, the state Supreme Court of Appeals recently ruled that the landmark Medical Professional Liability Act (MPLA) applies broadly to all services related to patient care, eliminating an attempt to...
by PPN | Dec 22, 2021 | New Mexico
SOURCE: Albuquerque Journal SANTA FE – Emergency legislation that would update New Mexico’s new medical malpractice law to prevent an interruption in health care delivery in 15 days moved closer to passage Thursday at the Roundhouse. Members of the Senate Judiciary...
by PPN | Jun 30, 2021 | Missouri, National, New Mexico, Newsletter
At Risk: Missouri’s liability laws Missouri’s legislature and courts have long played a back and forth on the ability to enact reasonable limits on noneconomic damages, with current law in jeopardy of again being struck down as the state’s Supreme Court hears...
by PPN | Jun 30, 2021 | New Mexico
SOURCE: AMA New Mexico’s decades-long cap on what a plaintiff can be awarded in a medical liability case will remain intact thanks to a recent state supreme court ruling. The New Mexico Supreme Court said limiting what a plaintiff can be awarded for noneconomic...
