by PPN | Jan 30, 2019 | Minnesota, National, Newsletter, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania liability rule change could lead to increase in lawsuit abuse A rule that helped stabilize the medical liability market in Pennsylvania faces the threat of repeal, bringing worry that medical lawsuit abuse could return. Implemented in 2002, reforms...
by PPN | Jan 30, 2019 | Pennsylvania
SOURCE: Physicians News Digest HARRISBURG, Pa. – A proposed rule change from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court could usher the return of skyrocketing medical liability premiums for physicians and threaten patient access to quality care, says the Pennsylvania Medical...
by PPN | Jun 28, 2018 | Arkansas, Newsletter, Pennsylvania, Texas
Liability reform empowers physicians to avoid defensive medicine While evidence strongly suggests that the potential for liability lawsuits results in treatments and tests that may not be otherwise necessary, new data shows that medical liability reform may be...
by PPN | Jun 28, 2018 | Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania doctors could be held liable for harm even in cases where the patient suffered a known complication if the state’s Supreme Court doesn’t overturn a lower court ruling. In a case before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Mitchell v. Shikora, justices will...
by PPN | May 31, 2018 | Maryland, Minnesota, Newsletter, Pennsylvania
Maryland trial court attempts to redefine liability standards Under consideration by Maryland’s highest court is a case that attempts to redefine professional standards of care – and negate the testimony of expert witnesses. The basis of the case stems from a medical...
by PPN | May 31, 2018 | Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday blew a $200 million hole in Pennsylvania’s state budget by throwing out a law that appropriated the surplus from a state-created medical malpractice insurer of last resort. U.S. District Judge Christopher Conner...
