by PPN | Jan 23, 2016 | Indiana, News
State lawmakers are set to take up a proposal that would increase Indiana’s cap on medical malpractice payments for the first time in 17 years. The bill scheduled for review by an Indiana Senate committee on Monday would boost the state’s current limits on...
by PPN | Jan 19, 2016 | New Mexico, News, Texas
A medical malpractice lawsuit filed in Albuquerque by a Curry County woman who had gastric bypass surgery in 2004 at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock has sent a thorny question to the New Mexico Supreme Court. While it would seem reasonable...
by PPN | Jan 18, 2016 | News, Tennessee
Despite a series of tort-reform measures approved by lawmakers in recent years, Tennessee physicians say they need further protection — in the form of an amendment to the state constitution — against the threat of large awards in medical malpractice lawsuits. The...
by PPN | Dec 15, 2015 | Florida, News
Pointing to the Legislature’s efforts to address a “crisis,” Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office is urging the Florida Supreme Court to uphold a key part of a controversial 2003 medical-malpractice law. A friend-of-the-court brief filed by...
by PPN | Dec 1, 2015 | News, Tennessee
Fearful that Tennessee courts could eventually strike down a 2011 law capping jury awards in medical malpractice lawsuits, doctors plan to press legislators to protect the statute through amending the state’s constitution. The Tennessee Medical Association wants...
by PPN | Nov 23, 2015 | News
Government policy mistakes raise the prices of the things that Americans buy. An average American household can expect to pay an extra $4,440 each year thanks to just 12 such policy mistakes that have large costs and few benefits. Local, state, and federal governments...
