Supreme Court rejects state's claim to JUA fund
The Citizen, Laconia, NH - Jan 29, 2010
...Fitzgerald said that within 10 days the state can ask for a "re-argument, but then it's over," explaining that the New Hampshire Supreme Court "decided this solely on state constitutional grounds," which means the matter cannot be brought to the U.S. Supreme Court...

Multimillion dollar ruling saps budget
Concord Monitor, NH - Jan 29, 2010
...In a 3-2 decision that took 47 pages, the court found that by taking the money the state unconstitutionally interfered with a contract between the Joint Underwriting Association, which administers the fund, and the fund's policyholders...

Supreme Court ruling widens revenue gap
Nashua Telegraph, Hudson, NH - Jan 29, 2010
...In a strongly worded dissent, Justices Linda Dalianis and James Duggan wrote the JUA was creature of the state and the justices should have deferred to the Legislature’s discretion to withdraw any amount over what was needed to keep the JUA solvent...

Editorial: The JUA raid: What's the next scheme?
Union Leader, Manchester, NH - Jan 29, 2010
...Last year, Gov. John Lynch and the Democratic majority in Concord attempted to confiscate $110 million from the Joint Underwriting Association, a private medical malpractice insurance fund, to fill a hole in the state budget. Not surprisingly, the state Supreme Court ruled the seizure of those funds unconstitutional yesterday...

Another reach across the aisle
Baltimore Sun, MD - Jan 29, 2010
...For example, the administration bowed to a powerful Democratic special interest, the trial-lawyer lobby, and refused to make significant changes in medical liability as part of its health care overhaul plan. The Congressional Budget Office estimated that a Republican proposal to limit medical malpractice costs would save taxpayers $54 billion over 10 years...

Republicans say they met Obama challenge for better health plan
BusinessWeek - Jan 29, 2010
...It would limit medical-liability lawsuits by setting up state panels to review cases and make judgments...

Maryland high court upholds medical liability cap
American Medical News, Chicago, IL - Jan 28, 2010
An attempt to undo Maryland's liability cap failed before the state's highest court in a ruling physicians say preserved not only the law but also access to care...