A story in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution discusses a plan by Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia to enforce a loser pays system in medical negligence...
Rahul K. Parikh, M.D. is a brave man. In an article he has penned for the online magazine Salon, Dr. Parikh takes on his colleagues, peers and the American Medical Association and challenges the...
So-called caps on non-economic damages have been making a lot of news these days as part of the health care reform debate. The idea is to limit non-economic damages--or damages for pain and...
During his speech to the a joint session of Congress tonight, President Obama discussed a perceived need for medical malpractice reform:
Finally, many in this chamber - particularly on the...
The Washington Post ran a story today about a young girl who contracted a rare infection that could have had catastrophic results had not been diagnosed when it was. The story discussed how it was...
We've heard a lot about doctors practicing defensive medicine in an effort to avoid frivolous lawsuits. Of course, there is no evidence to suggest that so-called defensive medicine actually exists,...
We often hear that the reason doctors have to pay so much in medical malpractice insurance premiums is because of runaway juries and soaring malpractice awards. But a recent study by the New York...
Joan Orie Melvin has what she calls a record with regard to my judicial philosophy. She proudly defines herself by saying:
I am a strict constructionist. I believe in judicial restraint. The job...
A recent story in the Virginia-Pilot details the corner that Virginia health care consumers have been painted in:
A decade after a legislative panel found that Virginia allowed dangerous doctors...
We are constantly inundated with the news that medical malpractice reform, and particularly caps on damages, are necessary to keep medical malpractice insurance premiums low. The argument is that...