by PPN | Mar 26, 2010 | News, Tennessee
Tennessee doctors pushed for Congress to put caps on malpractice awards, but the health care reform bill signed into law this week by President Obama sets no such limits. Now, the Tennessee Medical Association is pinning its hopes on the next General Assembly. The...
by PPN | Mar 15, 2010 | Georgia, News
A sharply divided Georgia Supreme Court on Monday upheld a key part of a sweeping 2005 law that made it more difficult for patients to win medical malpractice cases involving emergency health care providers. The court’s 4-3 ruling was a blow to plaintiff’s...
by PPN | Mar 1, 2010 | Georgia, News
A sharply divided Georgia Supreme Court on Monday upheld a key part of a sweeping 2005 law that made it more difficult for patients to win medical malpractice cases involving emergency health care providers. The court’s 4-3 ruling was a blow to plaintiff’s...
by PPN | Feb 4, 2010 | News
Last September, I wrote a column suggesting that a compromise on medical liability reform could be the path to a truly bipartisan healthcare reform package. I still believe it’s true, but it will require a serious acknowledgment of the problem from Democrats....