Obama’s Malpractice Plan
This is an unbelievable article on President Obama and medical malpractice reform bythe Associated Press. There is much in the article to criticize, including the premise of $250 million to help states...
View ArticleExplore Baltimore County on Medical Malpractice
Explore Baltimore County writes about a bill introduced by a doctor who is in the Maryland House of Delegates that says, in effect, that if a doctor says he or she is ‘sorry’ for a medical outcome,...
View ArticleMalpractice Lawsuits: Who Needs Them?
Who needs medical malpractice lawsuits? Anyone who is or could be a patient. This includes, ah, all of us. Most doctors are not good doctors. Most doctors are great doctors. They are in the world’s...
View ArticleWhy Damage Caps on a Federal Level Will Fail
…Because even Texas Governor and presidential candidate Rick Perry thinks so. In his quest to win the Republican presidential nomination, Perry giddily brags about the putative benefits of malpractice...
View ArticleNo Fault Medical Malpractice
Vermont is considering switching to a no-fault medical malpractice system. The theory? It is what they do in New Zealand. The thinking is that we should replicate New Zealand’s law since, you know, we...
View ArticleMalpractice Premiums and Doctor’s Salaries
A large group of Warren (Ohio) area physicians donned their white lab coats Wednesday while lashing out at excessive malpractice insurance premiums that they say are caused by a larger-than-normal...
View ArticleMedical Malpractice Facts
A few facts from Ezra Klein’s Washington Post article today: Congressional Budget Office (CBO) took a careful look at the evidence on defensive medicine and concluded that aggressive reforms to the...
View ArticleHas Your Doctor Committed Malpractice?
This is the information era. People are making more intelligent decisions based on real information, more in 2012 than any other time in human history. Reflecting this was a bill in the Minnesota...
View ArticleCertificate of Merit Requirements Should Be Gentle
Unlike a lot of medical malpractice lawyers, I don’t have a huge problem with requiring a certificate of merit when filing a malpractice lawsuit. Why? They are probably a necessary evil in avoiding...
View ArticleDo Malpractice Caps Lower Malpractice Premiums
Honestly, I have always figured they did. My thinking was that it is basic economics. Decrease the upside risk and premiums will come down. Now, I’m not so sure. Certainly, at a glance a cap on...
View ArticleExplore Baltimore County on Medical Malpractice
Explore Baltimore County writes about a bill introduced by a doctor who is in the Maryland House of Delegates that says, in effect, that if a doctor says he or she is ‘sorry’ for a medical outcome,...
View ArticleMalpractice Lawsuits: Who Needs Them?
Who needs medical malpractice lawsuits? Anyone who is or could be a patient. This includes, ah, all of us. Most doctors are not good doctors. Most doctors are great doctors. They are in the world’s...
View ArticleWhy Damage Caps on a Federal Level Will Fail
…Because even Texas Governor and presidential candidate Rick Perry thinks so. In his quest to win the Republican presidential nomination, Perry giddily brags about the putative benefits of malpractice...
View ArticleNo Fault Medical Malpractice
Vermont is considering switching to a no-fault medical malpractice system. The theory? It is what they do in New Zealand. The thinking is that we should replicate New Zealand’s law since, you know, we...
View ArticleMalpractice Premiums and Doctor’s Salaries
A large group of Warren (Ohio) area physicians donned their white lab coats Wednesday while lashing out at excessive malpractice insurance premiums that they say are caused by a larger-than-normal...
View ArticleMedical Malpractice Facts
A few facts from Ezra Klein’s Washington Post article today: Congressional Budget Office (CBO) took a careful look at the evidence on defensive medicine and concluded that aggressive reforms to the...
View ArticleHas Your Doctor Committed Malpractice?
This is the information era. People are making more intelligent decisions based on real information, more in 2012 than any other time in human history. Reflecting this was a bill in the Minnesota...
View ArticleCertificate of Merit Requirements Should Be Gentle
Unlike a lot of medical malpractice lawyers, I don’t have a huge problem with requiring a certificate of merit when filing a malpractice lawsuit. Why? They are probably a necessary evil in avoiding...
View ArticleDo Malpractice Caps Lower Malpractice Premiums
Honestly, I have always figured they did. My thinking was that it is basic economics. Decrease the upside risk and premiums will come down. Now, I’m not so sure. Certainly, at a glance a cap on...
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Doctors Start a Malpractice Trial in the Lead
I always like to read what medical malpractice defense lawyers are telling each other about how to defend a medical malpractice case. I found this paragraph today in an article discussing defending...
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