Archive for March, 2008

Medical protective malpractice

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

For 2003 and 2004, the discounts are estimated at 14 to 16% for hospitals and high-risk physicians and 5% for all others.
Doctors complain loudly and vehemently that they are being forced out of practice by high premiums.

Plaintiffs aren’t the only parties that have to bear these costs.

The authority is funded through surcharges on medical facility […]

Military medical malpractice

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

All my suffering might have been worthwhile, on some cosmic scale, if the law had accomplished its stated purpose.
Proposed tort “reforms”, on the other hand, wouldn’t apply equally to all doctors.
I can’t imagine they would knowingly diagnose melanoma and send him on his way.
Filers of claims must submit only an expert report and no longer […]

Mississippi medical malpractice

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Obesity isn’t the only disease to have its definition expanded dramatically.
The state’s population of doctors – and of most types of specialists – is the highest it has been in at least a decade.
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Other provisions in this new law allow a defendant to ask the court to conduct a hearing […]

New york state medical malpractice

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

M]any of the reported provider actions were not substantiated or did not affect access to health care on a widespread basis.
As discussed further below, the majority of providers comprise a very small percentage of total market share.
The participation percentage is the amount of risk that the member insurer agrees to accept on every policy written […]

Report medical malpractice

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

If he’s gentlemanly enough to do so, readers will be able to draw their own conclusions as to whether my comments were inappropriate.
Capping non-economic damages will show loss savings of 1.
A claimant must prove that the treatment or lack of treatment deviated, with willful or wanton negligence, from the degree of care and skill that […]

Types of medical malpractice

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

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This allowed the situation to worsen, resulting in the progression of his infection into his brain causingdevastating brain damage.
Llion verdict — iron worker who was injured due to unsafe working conditions
$64.

A defendant […]

Statute of limitations on medical malpractice

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

Many have refused to accept any new patients; many have begun limiting the scope of their medical practice; and many others have elected to retire.
His hepatitis is being treated, but erupts unpredictably, causing him to suffer flulike symptoms including nausea, vomiting and aching that leaves him bedridden, he said.
And if the patient is footing the […]