by PPN | Jan 31, 2023 | National, New York, News
SOURCE: The Buffalo News Gov. Kathy Hochul is contemplating a measure that would significantly alter New York’s wrongful death laws. As written, the “Grieving Families Act,” (S74A) would adversely impact all areas of liability, including medical liability, and...
by PPN | Sep 30, 2022 | latest_news, New Mexico, New York, Newsletter, Pennsylvania
Venue shopping sprees to return to Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has reversed a rule in place for two decades that maintained liability lawsuits should be filed in the jurisdiction where the alleged negligence occurred, inviting personal injury lawyers...
by PPN | Sep 30, 2022 | New York, News
SOURCE: Syracuse.com To the Editor: Two and a half years since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, medical professionals in New York are faced with the possibility of another crisis — this time not from any disease, but from legislation under consideration in Albany...
by PPN | Aug 30, 2022 | New Mexico, New York, Newsletter, North Carolina, Uncategorized
Fixing the Ill Effects of New Mexico’s Liability Changes While efforts in 2021 to modernize medical liability laws in New Mexico were well-intended, the aftereffects have left a gap in coverage for hospitals and outpatient health care facilities (OPHCFs) that...
by PPN | Oct 29, 2021 | National, New York, Newsletter
Strong support for Good Samaritan legislation Following the introduction of the bi-partisan Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act last month in the House of Representatives, strong support led to a companion bill in the Senate. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and...
by PPN | Oct 29, 2021 | New York
SOURCE: Albany Times Union New York lawmakers and their appointees to the Health Care Simplification Workgroup missed a key opportunity to resuscitate the Empire State’s ailing medical liability environment. The report delivered to the state Legislature that...
