by PPN | Jan 30, 2024 | Florida, Montana, National, Newsletter
Montana maintains liability limits, but risks remain A jackpot jury award in Montana was reduced in alignment with the state’s reasonable limits on non-economic damages, but not before a sixteen-month period of uncertainty that left the medical liability climate at...
by PPN | Dec 21, 2023 | Georgia, Kentucky, National, Newsletter, Pennsylvania
Intel on Health Care AI As artificial and augmented intelligence (AI) begins to reach physicians’ offices across the U.S., balancing its benefits and limitations requires deeper intel to understand the impacts on patient care and liability. Recently, computer...
by PPN | Nov 30, 2023 | Missouri, National, Newsletter
Missouri Supreme Court examines implications of expanding statute of limitations A pending case in Missouri is putting medical liability in legal limbo, as the state’s Supreme Court is grappling with a crucial decision on the time limits for patients filing...
by PPN | Oct 30, 2023 | Alabama, California, COVID, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, National, New York, Newsletter, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Washington
Liability reform elevated to presidential debate state Earlier this month, one presidential candidate offered up a tried and true way to improve access to patient care while lowering costs for Americans — through medical liability reform. A Wall Street Journal...
by PPN | Sep 28, 2023 | Arizona, COVID, Florida, Georgia, latest_news, National, New Mexico, Newsletter
Liability reform returns to Georgia legislative agenda New advocacy efforts in Georgia have elevated the importance of medical liability reform, adding it to a list of business and patient-focused priorities this legislative session. Nearly 20 years ago, the state...
by PPN | Aug 29, 2023 | Connecticut, COVID, latest_news, National, Newsletter, Oregon
Oregon Ruling Spurs Concerns of Medical Liability Expansion Oregon physicians face the threat of being wrapped up in product liability lawsuits following an appellate court ruling that expands medical liability far past its original intent of defective drugs and...
