by PPN | Jun 30, 2023 | California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, National, New York, Newsletter, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont, Virginia
HCLA Pushes for Good Samaritan legislation in pandemic preparedness reauthorization As legislative hearings and markups were underway in Washington, D.C., earlier this month, the HCLA announced its support for including the language contained in the Good Samaritan...
by PPN | Jun 30, 2023 | Colorado, Florida, latest_news, Maine, National, News, Texas, Vermont, Virginia
A bill in the Maine legislature would have the medical malpractice statute of limitations clock start running when a patient discovers the negligence, which could be years after treatment took place. And other states could follow suit with similar bills. What danger...
by PPN | Dec 22, 2017 | Arizona, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, National, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newsletter, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Year-end report sheds light on “Judicial Hellholes” The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) end-of-year “Judicial Hellholes” report offers a public glimpse at the most unfriendly jurisdictions for those defending themselves against civil litigation, including...
by PPN | Dec 5, 2017 | Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, National, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, News, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 5, 2017 – The American Tort Reform Foundation issued its 2017-2018 Judicial Hellholes® report today, naming courts in Florida, California, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Illinois and Louisiana among the nation’s “most unfair”...
by PPN | May 30, 2017 | National, News, Virginia
Taking part in a legal panel on the future of medical liability reform, HCLA chair Mike Stinson joined with legal experts and those supporting the interests of consumers to give insight on how efforts to change the currently broken system will evolve. Hosted by George...
by PPN | Jan 29, 2015 | California, News, Virginia
The American Medical Association (AMA) is doing a disservice by not weighing in on how to pay for repealing the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula for physician reimbursement under Medicare, a member of Congress said Thursday. During the second day of a hearing on...
