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Tort Reform Fight Returning to General Assembly
ATLANTA — After years on the back burner in the General Assembly, tort reform promises to be front and center when Georgia lawmakers convene in January for the 2024 legislative session. Gov. Brian Kemp signaled his intention to push for changes in the state’s civil...
New Coalition Takes Aim at Tort Reform in Georgia
ATLANTA – A new nonprofit founded by three high-power lobbying firms is setting its sites on tort reform in Georgia. Competitive Georgia announced its formation Tuesday, the latest sign that business leaders are preparing a major push for the General Assembly to curb...
State Supreme Court Decisions Narrow Pandemic-Related Liability Protections for Providers
A pair of state high court rulings this week put senior living and other long-term care providers on notice that pandemic-related liability protections aren’t a given. The Connecticut Supreme Court issued two opinions on Wednesday that allow negligence claims...
Effect of Lawsuits on Professional Well-Being and Medical Error Rates Among Orthopaedic Surgeons
Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 31(16):p 893-900, August 15, 2023. | DOI: 10.5435/JAAOS-D-23-00174 Abstract Introduction: Orthopaedic surgery is one of the most cited specialties among legal claims. Malpractice lawsuits are...
How Oregon’s Strict Liability Expansion Threatens Access to Care
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...
Medical groups: Liability may limit care for top athletes
A group of prominent medical organizations says it's growing concerned about what they consider to be a threat to medical care for top-level athletes: increasing liability risks for doctors as salaries for those athletes rise. The American Orthopaedic...
Malpractice Lawsuits Over Denied Abortion Care May Be on the Horizon
A year after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, many physicians and hospitals in the states that have restricted abortion reportedly are refusing to end the pregnancies of women facing health-threatening complications out of fear they might face criminal...
New Bill Would Provide Greater Length of Time to Sue Doctors
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...
AMA: One in three physicians previously sued in their career
CHICAGO – A new analysis (PDF) from the American Medical Association (AMA) finds the possibility of being sued during a career in medicine is very real for most doctors, which is notable given that most claims end with no finding of negligence or error. According to...
Pennsylvania must act to avert another medical liability crisis | Opinion
Pennsylvania’s physicians are experiencing a sense of déjà vu as the state appears to be heading toward another medical liability insurance crisis. The state was gripped by such a crisis approximately twenty years ago as trial lawyers pursued malpractice lawsuits by...