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...
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 | Sep 30, 2022 | New Mexico, News
SOURCE: KWRG There is a life-or-death issue facing New Mexicans. It has been widely reported on in the media and is important to New Mexicans from all walks of life. Voters will have a lot to say about it this November. The issue is our shortage of medical...
by PPN | Sep 30, 2022 | News, Pennsylvania
SOURCE: GoErie.com Pennsylvania’s highest court on Thursday took the controversial step of reversing a two-decade-old rule aimed at tamping down a crisis of doctors leaving the state because of high medical malpractice insurance costs. In a highly-anticipated order,...
