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ABSTRACT Whereas the literature evaluating the effect of tort reforms has focused on the impact of reforms on...
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After trying and failing this year to win a $250,000 cap on non- economic damages in medical malpractice...
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In-house. That's where Suffolk County Attorney Christine Malafi plans on handling most of the county's legal work. Malafi,...
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About 2,500 doctors marched on the Virginia Capitol Feb. 4 to show their support of two medical malpractice...
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HEADNOTE The HMPS findings regarding the frequency of medical malpractice and the infrequency of medical malpractice claims are...
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HEADNOTE Caps on noneconomic damages have been the darling of tort reformers at both the federal and state...
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ABSTRACT This article uses the complete property-casualty insurance files of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners from 1984...
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HEADNOTE The growing acceptance of this doctrine raises difficult public policy issues, as well as concerns for the...
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Larry Leifer, 61, has practiced medical malpractice law for nearly 30 years out of a one-man Maplewood office....
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Following two years of extensive and detailed testimony, Ohio Medical Malpractice Commission chair Ann Worrier Benjamin released the...
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Two medical malpractice insurers serving Pennsylvania are asking for rate increases that could affect thousands of doctors statewide....
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As a form of risk management, healthcare financial managers need to know more about the elements of risk...
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Willie Shoemaker (1993): The former jockey filed a $50 million lawsuit against Glendora Community Hospital and the seven...
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HEADNOTE A properly designed malpractice insurance system could actually decrease the prevalence of errors and enhance the overall...
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HEADNOTE James Madison argued in Federalist 10 that "rival political factions" work against the public good. In contrast...
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HEADNOTE In China, there have been numerous reports that doctors or other health care workers have been attacked...
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HEADNOTE This article concludes that claims of a medical mal-practice crisis need to be closely scrutinised and terms...
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Medical Malpractice: A Comprehensive Analysis, by Vasanthakumar N. Bhat, 2001, Westport, Conn. & London: Auburn House The author...
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I. INTRODUCTION Notwithstanding the continuing debate over the future of managed care and the appropriate protections to be...
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Escalating malpractice insurance costs can take a huge bite out of providers' budgets, but measures are available to...
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IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1 The unprecedented proliferation of large jury awards and settlements in medical malpractice cases over the...
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Editor's note: The following transcript reflects a conversation between Melissa Ahern, an associate professor in health policy and...
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New medical-malpractice cases filed in Philadelphia County fell by more than half last year, suggesting reforms are beginning...
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At-A-Glance ...
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Strong competition among a handful of healthy carriers and a law limiting damages in medical malpractice cases have...
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Doctors are more committed than ever to a cohesive effort to push state lawmakers towards passing a cap...
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"Alice laughed: "There's no use trying," she said; "one can't believe impossible things." "I daresay you haven't had...
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Some 2,000 doctors, nurse-midwives and nurse-practitioners rallied in Annapolis Jan. 22 to back four bills aimed at limiting...
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Concentration of managed care may be a factor A study of major medical malpractice suits filed in California...
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A local appellate panel affirmed a $40.2 million jury verdict awarded to a 15-year-old boy who cannot walk...
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The Professional Education Systems Institute (PESI; Eau Claire, WI) has published Case Evaluation and Review Manual: Intake to...
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Independent medical exams remain a controversial issue between parties in personal injury and workers' compensation cases. After The...
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CASE FACTS: While Betty Clarke was a patient at Lake Shore Hospital she fell when she walked from...
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I. INTRODUCTION Consider a mother of two who works full-time as a secretary in order to provide for...
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Virtually every hospital in the country uses an informed consent process--in one form or another--to document patients' agreement...
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Medical establishments in Westchester contend that a recent Health Affairs study that found malpractice awards have not grown...
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When the Pennsylvania General Assembly returns to session this month, health care providers, lawyers and politicians will have...
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President Bush's proposal to lower health care costs by capping medical malpractice awards could create questions in Indiana,...
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CHARLESTON - With the West Virginia Legislature called into a special session this week, groups from around the...
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HEADNOTE Under the Dome A fight is brewing brewing between the Assembly and Senate on how best to...
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DOVER - A legislative task force reviewing medical malpractice insurance issued recommendations but stopped short of suggesting Delaware...
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DOVER - Members of a task force struggling to make recommendations to lawmakers on the state of medical...
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Former Lieutenant Gov. Betsy McCaughey drew salvos of applause from physicians Friday at Long Island Jewish Medical Center...
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DOVER - Lawmakers spent nearly three hours discussing a proposed cap on pain and suffering awards in medical...
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FIFTEEN hours after a 35-year-old woman was admitted to an Orange County hospital to have a benign cyst...
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What is the maximum amount that patients should be compensated to cover pain and suffering as a result...
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A bill that would place a cap on noneconomic damage awards in malpractice cases brought against health providers...
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WEIRTON - Northern Panhandle health care providers say the problems plaguing the Mountain State's medical system go far...
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A June 19 ABC News/Washington Post poll showed that 67% of Americans now favor federal health care reform,...
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