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...
by PPN | Oct 31, 2022 | National, News
SOURCE: Bloomberg Law It’s likely that current economic conditions will impact how juries determine damage awards in civil cases, say Cozen O’Connor attorneys Daniel Brobst and Benjamin Wilkoff. They explain how inflation, recession, and previous downturns could...
by PPN | Oct 31, 2022 | COVID, National, News
SOURCE: Medscape A pregnant patient who had COVID-19 showed up at a hospital with respiratory difficulty caused by her illness. Physicians had to perform an emergency delivery of her near-term baby. The infant survived, but the woman lost oxygen during the ordeal and...
by PPN | Oct 31, 2022 | National, News
SOURCE: Medical Professional Liability Association By Stuart L. Weinstein, MD As a practicing orthopaedic surgeon for more than 40 years, I’ve seen how the threat of medical liability lawsuits impacts physicians and the practice of medicine. The progressive...
