The Janesville Gazette, WI (Associated Press) - Jan 20, 2010
...The bill approved Tuesday allows parents to sue for pain and suffering damages if their adult-aged children die as a result of medical negligence. Similarly, adult-aged children could sue for damages when their parents are victims of malpractice under the bill...
Florida hospitals must tell patients of lawsuit limits
Insurance Journal, CA - Jan 20, 2010
...The justices last week ruled hospitals that fail to do so can then be sued even if a patient's doctor provided a notice required by a law designed to reduce malpractice cases against obstetricians...
Missouri Supreme Court hears challenge to malpractice limits
Insurance Journal, CA - Jan 19, 2010
Missouri's top judges questioned Jan. 14 whether a 2005 law limiting medical malpractice lawsuits is being wrongly applied to people retroactively and is discriminating against the spouses of those injured...
Medical malpractice suits drop sharply in Tennessee
The Clinical Advisor, New York, NY - Jan 19, 2010
...In the year that the new bill has been in place, the number of medical malpractice suits filed in Tennessee has dropped by 60%. However, this drop in cases has not yet been reflected in the cost of malpractice insurance for health professional...
Annual report highlights six "judicial hellholes"
The Clinical Advisor, New York, NY - Jan 19, 2010
...South Florida, known for medical malpractice claims, tobacco lawsuits and large monetary verdicts, this jurisdiction has some of the highest medical malpractice rates in the country...
Tort reform hangs in the balance in Georgia
The Clinical Advisor, New York, NY - Jan 19, 2010
Lawyers and legislators are anxiously awaiting decisions on two cases in Georgia that may affect the state's tort reforms...
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