News

  • Former President Clinton Undergoes Heart Procedure - By The Associated Press - NYtimes.com - February 11, 2010

  • Tucker Carlson: The Face of American Anesthesiologists? - By Samuel Metz, MD, Anesthesiology News - February, 2010

  • 13 California hospitals fined for medical errors - By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, LAtimes.com -January 28, 2010

  • Malpractice system survives healthcare overhaul intact - By Tom Hamburger and James Oliphant, LAtimes.com -January 19, 2010

  • Obama's Historic Health-Care Victory - By Robert Dallek, WSJ.com -Dec. 30, 2009

  • AP Poll: Support for curbs on malpractice lawsuits - By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Trevor Tompson The Associated Press, New York Times - November 19, 2009

  • Digital Medical Records' Privacy a Problem - CBSNews, By Dr. Jennifer Ashton - November 19, 2009

  • Senate Health Bill Is Outlined by Reid - WSJ.com, By Greg Hitt and Janet Adamy - November 19, 2009

  • The Drug Industry Cashes In - New York Times Editorial - November 18, 2009

  • Trial Lawyers Fight Back on Medical Malpractice - CBSNews, Posted By Brian Montopoli - November 11, 2009

  • The Case for a Cost Containment Commission - The Atlantic.com, By Philip K. Howard - November 11, 2009

  • Doctors Scrutinize Defensive Medicine, Surgeons Oppose Senate Reform Bill - Kaiser Health News - Marketplace, Health Reform - November 5, 2009
  • Hospitals Cite Worry on Fees in Health Bill - By Anemona Harocollis, New York Times - November 4, 2009

  • Any malpractice reforms should put patients first - By Kevin Pho, USAToday - October 26, 2009
  • Tillinghast Study: U.S. Tort Costs Reach a Record $260 Billion - By Insurance Journal, National News - August 12, 2009

  • Just Medicine - NYTimes, By Philip K. Howard - April 2, 2009

  • Medical Board of California dismisses accusations against Kaiser doctor - LATimes, By Jia-Rui Chong - February 14, 2009

  • Hospitals That Vest Contract Doctors With 'Apparent Authority' May Be Held Liable - New Jersey Law Journal, By Michael Booth - October 30, 2008

  • Stuart Chesky, DO, JD, Ohio KePRO Medical Director, Appointed to Ohio Joint Legislative Study Commission on Most Favored Nation Clauses in Health Care Contracts - Wall Street journal, Market Watch / PRNewswire via COMTEX - October 20, 2008

  • Lack of accountability in malpractice cases - By Paul Mulholland, Irish Medical News - October 20, 2008

  • Jury Awards $400,000 to Deaf Patient for Denial of Interpreter Services - By Mary Pat Gallagher, New Jersey Law Journal - October 17, 2008

  • Doctor can be sued for patient’s lost chance of survival - By David E. Frank, October 17, 2008

  • MedPro cuts medical malpractice rates in Texas - By Tamarind Phinisee, San Antonio Business Journal - October 16, 2008

  • Leading Malpractice Insurer First Professionals Insurance Company, Inc. Unveils Exclusive Coverage Program with The Premium Group, Inc. for the Ohio Osteopathic Association - Business Wire - October 16, 2008

  • Courts examine peer review: Maintaining a proper sense of balance - By Amy Lynn Sorrel, AMNews staff - Sept. 22/29, 2008

  • Drug Label, Maimed Patient and Crucial Test for Justices - By Adam Liptak, New York Times - September 18, 2008

  • State aid for malpractice insurance up in air - By Bill Toland, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - September 16, 2008

  • $11 million verdict in malpractice - By Josh Goldstein, Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Writer - August 19, 2008

  • Widow wins $1.54M malpractice verdict - By Curtis Johnson, The Herald-Dispatch - August 18, 2008

  • Hospital Infections: Preventable and Unacceptable - By Betsy McCaughey, Wall Street Journal - August 14, 2008

  • NYC Medical Malpractice Attorney Wins $4.7 Million in Hospital Neglect Trial Verdict - New York InjuryNews - July 29, 2008

  • The Death Of Esmin Greene At Kings County Hospital Invokes Pleas For Legal Reform From Noted New York City Medical Malpractice Lawyer - New York (PRWEB) July 11, 2008

  • Former Judge Had Duty to Disclose Censure—C.A. - By STEVEN M. ELLIS, Staff Writer - Metropolitan News-Enterprise - July 11, 2008

  • Medical malpractice rates on hold - By Business First of Buffalo - July 01, 2008

  • Doctors Co. Says It Will be Exonerated in Federal Probe - By Trading Markets.com - July 02, 2008

  • Woman, Child Get $19 Million for Botched 'Forceps' Delivery - By FOXNews, Associated Press - July 02, 2008

  • Good News For Medical Device Makers - By Oxford Analytica, Forbes - June 16, 2008

  • The Jury's Still Out: A Critical Look at Malpractice Reform - By William M. Sage, M.D., Margaret Thompson, Cynthia Gorman, Melissa King , Center For American Progress - June 12, 2008

  • Study: Mass. Malpractice Premiums Have Fallen Since 1990 - By Jacob Goldstein , Wallstreet Journal - May 13, 2008

  • Med-mal suit alleges bowel perforated during hysterectomy - By David Yates, S.E. Texas' Legal Journal - May 13, 2008

  • New Initiative Seeks to Standardize And Improve Doctor-Rating Effort - By Heather Won Tesoriero, Wallstreet Journal - April 1, 2008

  • Former Milberg Witness To Plead Guilty to Perjury - By Nathan Koppel, Wallstreet Journal - February 28, 2008

  • John Ritter - A Medical Malpractice Case Still Worth Taking- Editor: Mark Perlmutter & Brooks Schuelke, InjuryBoard.com - February 4, 2008

  • To prevent errors, hospitals could learn from other industries - LATimes Letters, February 4, 2008

  • $6 Million Military Malpractice Case Overturned - Reckless Disregard Must Be the Standard - By Jane Akre, Injury Board National News Desk - January 30, 2008

  • State Supports Medical Malpractice Reform Bill - By Diane Ako, KHNL 8 News - January 25, 2008

  • Ritter's family says he didn't have to die - By Charles Ornstein, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer - January 24, 2008

  • Court: Non-radiologists can't refer for in-office imaging - By Amy Lynn Sorrel, AMNews staff - Dec. 17, 2007

  • Physicians challenge lawyers' meritless liability suits -- and win - By Amy Lynn Sorrel, AMNews staff - Dec. 10, 2007

  • Doctors' words, actions don't always match - Los Angeles Times article - December 10, 2007

  • Illinois judge voids cap on liability awards - By Amy Lynn Sorrel, AMNews staff - Dec. 3, 2007

  • Click here to download JACHO position on medical liability - Strategies for Improving the Medical Liability System and Preventing Patient Injury.

  • Variation in expert medical witness testimony.

  • Click here to download Locality Rule - Physician's Dilemma JAMA.