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...
by PPN | Aug 29, 2023 | latest_news, National, News, Oregon
A pregnant woman presented at an Oregon hospital’s emergency department where the anti-nausea medication ondansetron (marketed as Zofran by GSK) was administered, and the hospital billed her. The woman then alleged the Zofran caused her child to be born with...
by PPN | Feb 28, 2023 | Iowa, latest_news, New Mexico, Newsletter, Oregon
Iowa Governor Prescribes Relief Through Liability Reform Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds offered patients and physicians monumental relief from the state’s challenging medical liability system by recently signing long-awaited reforms into law. The new legislation places...
by PPN | Feb 28, 2023 | National, News, Oregon
SOURCE: American Medical Association Physicians do not—and cannot—guarantee a good result for every patient, something that juries need to be reminded of before deliberating. That is especially true in tough cases that may pull at the heartstrings, physicians tell the...
by PPN | Sep 29, 2020 | National, Newsletter, Oregon
Oregon court errs in liability ruling The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled against the state’s limits on non-economic damages for personal injury cases, with the state’s wrongful death cap remaining, putting an attractive place to practice medicine in limbo. Initially...
by PPN | Sep 29, 2020 | Oregon
SOURCE: AMA For three decades, Oregon had a $500,000 limit on noneconomic damages awarded in medical and other liability cases. It helped keep medical liability insurance rates from rising to unaffordable levels and made Oregon a more attractive place to practice...
