by PPN | Nov 30, 2023 | latest_news, Missouri, National, News
The Missouri Supreme Court is set to determine whether patients will, in effect, have an indefinite amount of time to file medical liability claims against their physicians. The state has a strict two-year statute of limitations on the time patients have to file a...
by PPN | Oct 30, 2023 | latest_news, National, News, Ohio
In a court case that is deeply concerning to physicians and hospitals, an Ohio appellate court ruled that the state’s peer-review privilege law didn’t protect a resident physician’s file from discovery in a civil lawsuit. It appears to be the first time an Ohio court...
by PPN | Oct 30, 2023 | Alabama, California, Florida, latest_news, Massachusetts, National, New York, News, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Washington
Artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies may help reduce medical errors and improve patient outcomes, but their use in health care raises liability concerns and questions around medical malpractice risks. Insurers are not yet restricting...
by PPN | Oct 30, 2023 | California, Florida, Illinois, latest_news, National, New York, News, South Carolina
The Republican presidential candidates during last week’s debate offered few useful ideas to improve healthcare and lower costs. But credit to Nikki Haley for highlighting one: tort reform. Asked how to protect sick Americans from financial ruin, she mentioned the...
by PPN | Sep 28, 2023 | Arizona, COVID, latest_news, National, News
Roebuck v. Mayo ClinicArizona Court of AppealsSeptember 19th, 2023 The Arizona Court of Appeals today held A.R.S. § 12-516, Arizona’s COVID immunity statute, unconstitutional. The COVID immunity statute directs that a health care professional or institution is not...
by PPN | Sep 28, 2023 | latest_news, National, New Mexico, News
Aug. 26—Because New Mexico is considered a plaintiff-friendly state with high payouts from medical malpractice lawsuits, rural hospital officials say they are struggling to find insurance coverage. One of the many hospitals across the state that is dealing with this...
