State asks for JUA rehearing
Concord Monitor, NH - Feb 10, 2010
State officials have asked the state Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling denying the state access to $110 million from a medical malpractice fund...

Virginia passes bill to limit legal claims on one firm
Washington Post, DC - Feb 10, 2010
...The proposal -- one of the few that Howell put his considerable power behind -- would limit liability for Philadelphia-based Crown Cork & Seal, which employs 300 workers at plants in Virginia...

Obama, GOP seek accord
Wall Street Journal, New York, NY - Feb 10, 2010
...The president said he would consider new limits on medical-malpractice lawsuits, something he has opened the door to before. But he suggested this policy would have only a minimal impact on the rising cost of care and would have to be coupled with other changes...

Editorial: Both parties must reform health care
The Des Moines Register, IA - Feb 10, 2010
...Tort reform to cap damages in medical malpractice cases may reduce what doctors pay for malpractice insurance, but it doesn't get more people insured or prevent health insurance companies from denying coverage to people with certain health conditions...

Editorial: Three easy, sensible reforms
The Republican-American, Waterbury, CT - Feb 10, 2010
...And it could reduce health-care costs further by reining in the trial lawyers through a loser-pays system for medical-malpractice lawsuits and the establishment of independent panels to determine the merits of cases before malpractice suits may proceed...

Editorial: Court shouldn't 'fix' what isn't broken
Herald-Review, Decatur, IL - Feb 10, 2010
...The troubling aspect of the Supreme Court's decision is that it discourages the General Assembly from trying again to cap noneconomic damages. The majority in the court has made it clear it will reject such a plan.That will make it more difficult to address any exodus by doctors when malpractice premiums rise again.

Justices chose trial lawyers over patients, ICJL says
Madison/St.Clair Record, Edwardsville, IL - Feb 9, 2010
The four Illinois Supreme Court Justices who voted to overturn the state's caps on damages law last week chose trial lawyers over patients, according to the Illinois Civil Justice League (ICJL)...