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Malpractice Lawsuit Articles, 2005



Medical board changes sought
Press-Enterprise (subscription), That fee was last raised in 1994. The state should punish insurance companies that fail to disclose doctors' malpractice lawsuit settlements, the report said. ...


UPDATE 5-Beverly weighs takeover bid; sets rights plan
Reuters As recently as February 2003, Beverly's shares were trading below $2 as concerns about Medicare reimbursement and rising malpractice lawsuit costs hurt nursing ...


Downward pressure on health-care costs
Augusta Free Press, The package passed by the House Courts Committee last week would require an expert witness to certify that a medical-malpractice lawsuit is legitimate before ...


Malpractice suit against divorce lawyers dismissed
Portsmouth Herald News, CONCORD - A federal judge has dismissed a malpractice lawsuit against a divorce lawyer and her law firm because it was filed after the statute of limitations ...


Bush pushes for lawsuit limits in county dubbed 'judicial hellhole ...
San Diego Union Tribune, According to the group, there has been only one medical malpractice lawsuit in Madison County that produced a verdict in the past seven years that would have ...


Firm accused of legal malpractice
ESPN CHICAGO -- Former Chicago Bulls star Scottie Pippen has filed a legal malpractice lawsuit against a firm that he said persuaded him to use a financial adviser ...


Brett taking charge again
Sun-Sentinel.com, ...of complications from back surgery. The Brett family has filed a malpractice lawsuit against the doctor. Brett played the same night ...


Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Florida Right-to-Life Law
Cybercast News Service, As Cybercast News Service previously reported, Michael Schiavo won a $1.2 million medical malpractice lawsuit based on the claim that his wife's brain injury ...


Doctor's Malpractice Trial Derailed When Juror Collapses
Boston Channel.com, SALEM, Mass. -- A mistrial was declared in a medical malpractice lawsuit after the doctor being sued rushed to assist a juror who had collapsed. ...


Newman renews his malpractice rates battle
Lynchburg News and Advance, It also requires certification of an expert witness prior to filing a medical malpractice lawsuit, and allows physicians to testify on their own medical notes ...


Connecticut ruling protects doctors investigating abuse
American Medical News ...in Connecticut who examine a child that the state suspects of being abused won't have the fear of a negligence or medical malpractice lawsuit hanging over ...


Caps & damages
Kansas City Star (subscription), ...“It's unfair,� said Kansas City obstetrician Peter Greenspan, who in the mid-1990s was hit with a malpractice lawsuit that was dismissed before it reached ...


Mistrial called after defendant doc treats juror
The Daily Item of Lynn, By David Liscio. SALEM - A mistrial was declared in a medical malpractice lawsuit after the doctor being sued rushed to assist a juror who had collapsed. ...


Don't tamper with rights of wronged
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription), The Institute of Medicine found that only one patient is able to bring a malpractice lawsuit for every six patients harmed by medical negligence. ...


Letter to newspaper causes mistrial in malpractice case
Centre Daily Times, SCRANTON, Pa. - A medical malpractice lawsuit ended in a mistrial because of a letter to the editor written by the doctor's wife. ...


Medical apology law may surface
East Valley Tribune, By Jennifer Ryan, Tribune. Could a doctor saying "I’m sorry" for a bad medical outcome be enough to stop a patient from filing a malpractice lawsuit? ...


Discussions set on tort reform
Washington Times, ...calls for a provision that would prohibit patients or their relatives from using a doctor's expression of sympathy as evidence in a medical malpractice lawsuit ...


Senate panel approves tort bill
Washington Times, His bill would: • Prohibit patients and their families from using a doctor's expression of empathy as evidence in a medical-malpractice lawsuit. ...


Medical Board Faces Revision or Death
Los Angeles Times (subscription), The failure of insurers and courts to fully and promptly report malpractice lawsuit settlements, and hospitals to report instances in which doctors were ...


Supporters to push med mal court in state assembly
Madison County Record, Luechtefeld said. The medical malpractice review committee would declare whether a medical malpractice lawsuit has merit. Luechtefeld ...


Medical apology bill brings rift, tears
East Valley Tribune, SB1036 would change the law to say a person who files a medical malpractice lawsuit automatically drops that protection of medical secrecy for any doctor who ...


Pippen sues lawyers for recommending former financial adviser
WQAD, CHICAGO Scottie Pippen has filed a malpractice lawsuit against a law firm that he said persuaded him to use a financial adviser who lost (m) millions of dollars ...


Notebook: Yao maintains lead in All-Star balloting
Seattle Times, Scottie Pippen, ex-Chicago Bulls star, has filed a legal malpractice lawsuit against a firm, Katten Muchen Zavis Rosenman, that he said persuaded him to ...


Pippen sues law firm for millions over investments
Chicago Tribune (subscription), Former Bulls star Scottie Pippen on Wednesday filed a legal malpractice lawsuit against the law firm that he says recommended a financial adviser who later ...


Game Is a Sura Thing for Surging Rockets
Los Angeles Times (subscription), Retired NBA star Scottie Pippen filed a legal malpractice lawsuit against Katten Muchen Zavis Rosenman, saying the firm persuaded him to use financial adviser ...


NBA ROUNDUP: Sura hits clincher for Rockets
Detroit Free Press, Former Bull Scottie Pippen has filed a legal malpractice lawsuit in Cook County against a firm that he said persuaded him to use a financial adviser who lost ...


Applause doesn't ease Goebel's grief
Arizona Republic, Former Chicago Bulls star Scottie Pippen has filed a legal malpractice lawsuit against a firm that he said lost millions of dollars through questionable ...


Pippen sues lawyers for recommending former financial adviser
WLS, January 13, 2005 — Former Chicago Bulls star Scottie Pippen has filed a legal malpractice lawsuit against a firm that he said persuaded him to use a ...


Mammograms' Availability Is Latest Battle in Med-Mal Wars
New York Law Journal, ...in malpractice cases. GOP lawmakers are expected to propose a host of new malpractice lawsuit restrictions this year. "Caps have ...


Doctors file suit against lawyer
Penn Live, In a rare role reversal, a group of West Shore doctors is suing a Harrisburg lawyer who had filed an unsuccessful medical malpractice lawsuit against them. ...


Medical malpractice is taking a toll on health care -- and lives
South Bend Tribune, ...intracranial surgery and emergency room duty, because these are the areas in which a less than satisfactory outcome -- and a malpractice lawsuit -- are most ...


First week hectic for Legislature
Savannah Morning News, ...money for charity work; revised ethics-in-government rules for lawmakers and lobbyists; and limits on how much a jury can award in a medical-malpractice lawsuit ...


Oral Surgeon Now Under Fire For Alleged Botched Operation
KVBC, ...basically just went to the emergency room and that's who they gave me." But, according to experts consulted for Pearson's pending malpractice lawsuit, the job ...


Tort reform
Town Hall, Their wish is to cap the amount that can be awarded a plaintiff in a medical malpractice lawsuit to $250,000. Sounds like a great conservative remedy, right? ...


Oberkfell named manager of Tides
Hampton Roads Daily Press, Former Chicago Bulls star Scottie Pippen has filed a malpractice lawsuit against Katten Muchen Zavis Rosenman, a firm that Pippen said persuaded him to use a ...


Ex-workers at prison to share in judgment
Kentucky.com, Snyder said McQueen and Thompson have also filed a malpractice lawsuit against the lawyers and accounting firm that approved the stock price. ...


Killing by security guard goes back to court today
Cleveland Plain Dealer, Dr. Jack Kevorkian. Fieger won a state-record $30 million medical-malpractice lawsuit in Cuyahoga County last May. Judge Nancy Margaret ...


Bush launches battle to limit malpractice awards
Reuters AlertNet, WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush launches an uphill battle on Wednesday to limit medical malpractice lawsuit awards that he says drive up ...


Bush Launches Battle to Limit Malpractice Awards
Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush launches an uphill battle on Wednesday to limit medical malpractice lawsuit awards that he says drive up health care costs ...


Rebuttal to President Bush's Claims About Medical Malpractice " ...
Common Dreams There has been only one medical malpractice lawsuit in Madison County that produced a verdict in the last seven years that would have been affected by ...


Some questions that need to be asked about tort reform and medical ...
Nieman Watchdog, Q. The President has insisted that his proposal to cap medical malpractice lawsuit awards will not affect legitimate lawsuits or prevent citizens from having ...


Deficit again looms as first political hurdle
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Once again, all sides claim to want reform in the medical malpractice lawsuit system, but appear unlikely to agree on how to do it. ...


Tommy Denton: So much for facts on tort reform
Roanoke Times, Only one medical malpractice lawsuit in Madison County in the last seven years resulted in a verdict that would have qualified for the $250,000 cap on ...


Medical insurance bill faces veto
Ocean Pines Independent, ...general surgery. "High-risk means they are more likely to be involved in a medical malpractice lawsuit," Beck explained. He said ...


Bush re-election certified despite protest from 2 Democrats
Kansas City Star (subscription), Republicans to work together over the next two years as they consider such weighty domestic issues as Social Security, tax, malpractice lawsuit and immigration ...


Martinez to be sworn in today as senator succeeeding Graham
Sun-Sentinel.com, ...president. Martinez supports a $500,000 cap on medical malpractice lawsuit awards compared to Bush's proposed $250,000 ceiling. ...


Man in coma 23 years
AL.com, UAB Health Services Foundation, the university's private doctors' group, settled in 1986 a malpractice lawsuit brought by the Adkins family. ...


Kin sue Brigham over woman's childbirth death
Boston Herald, ...``She had a beautiful little daughter who will never know her mother,'' said attorney Jeffrey Denner, who is handling Rouse's medical malpractice lawsuit. ...




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