by PPN | Mar 31, 2023 | COVID, latest_news, National, Newsletter, Pennsylvania
HCLA Pushes Congress to Prepare for Future Pandemics The Health Coalition on Liability and Access recently proposed additions to the pending reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA), ensuring that Good Samaritans and healthcare...
by PPN | Mar 31, 2023 | National, News, Pennsylvania
SOURCE: The Philadelphia Inquirer For the first time in 20 years, Pennsylvania’s medical malpractice lawsuits this year can be filed in counties other than the one where an injury happened. Late last year, the family of a 9-year-old boy who fractured his jaw at...
by PPN | Jan 31, 2023 | Iowa, latest_news, New York, Newsletter, Pennsylvania
Liability Reform Builds Momentum in Iowa With support from the governor and a favorable legislative climate, momentum for medical liability reform is building in Iowa — a state facing threats to patient access to care. The Iowa Medical Society is capitalizing on the...
by PPN | Jan 31, 2023 | National, News, Pennsylvania
SOURCE: American Medical Association If an appellate court decision is allowed to stand, Pennsylvania physicians in medical liability cases would be susceptible to not being able to hire the lawyer they want to represent them. The Pennsylvania Superior Court in 2022...
by PPN | Sep 30, 2022 | latest_news, New Mexico, New York, Newsletter, Pennsylvania
Venue shopping sprees to return to Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has reversed a rule in place for two decades that maintained liability lawsuits should be filed in the jurisdiction where the alleged negligence occurred, inviting personal injury lawyers...
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,...
