by PPN | May 31, 2022 | National, News, Tennessee
SOURCE: NPR RaDonda Vaught, a former Tennessee nurse convicted of two felonies for a fatal drug error, whose trial became a rallying cry for nurses fearful of the criminalization of medical mistakes, will not be required to spend any time in prison. Davidson...
by PPN | Aug 11, 2017 | National, News, Tennessee
Whitney Brown was in labor with her first baby when suddenly she couldn’t breathe. Convulsions shook her body. Ms. Brown’s blood pressure and oxygen levels dropped, and the baby’s heart rate plunged. Nurses at Saint Thomas River Park Hospital called obstetrician...
by PPN | Jan 18, 2016 | News, Tennessee
Despite a series of tort-reform measures approved by lawmakers in recent years, Tennessee physicians say they need further protection — in the form of an amendment to the state constitution — against the threat of large awards in medical malpractice lawsuits. The...
by PPN | Dec 1, 2015 | News, Tennessee
Fearful that Tennessee courts could eventually strike down a 2011 law capping jury awards in medical malpractice lawsuits, doctors plan to press legislators to protect the statute through amending the state’s constitution. The Tennessee Medical Association wants...
by PPN | Sep 13, 2013 | Missouri, Tennessee
Missouri lawmakers voted Wednesday to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of SB 129, the Volunteer Health Services Act, which relaxes medical malpractice liability for volunteers. “This is going to increase access to health care for thousands of Missourians at no cost to...
by PPN | Jun 16, 2011 | News, Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A measure to cap payouts for medical malpractice and other civil cases is good for business in Tennessee, said Gov. Bill Haslam, who signed the bill Thursday. The law places a $750,000 cap on non-economic damages such as pain and suffering,...
