In a recent post, I explored the constitutionality of medical malpractice damage caps after Florida’s 2nd District Court of Appeal in Charlotte County ruled against limits on non-economic damages in October. Across the state in Broward County, a similar ruling is now under review by the…
According to some of the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on hospital acquired-infections, approximately 650,000 people picked up a bacteria or virus after being admitted to U.S. hospitals in 2011—of those, 75,000 died. That’s substantial enough of a…
It was March 4, 1984 and a young college freshman was admitted to New York Hospital suffering from fever, chills and an unexplained flailing of her arms and legs. While she had a history of drug use and depression, hospital interns gave her a medication…
Last week, Florida’s 2nd District Court of Appeal in Charlotte County declared limits on “noneconomic” damages in medical malpractice suits to be unconstitutional. In their decision, the court cited another appeals court case in Broward County that declared such statutory limitations to be unconstitutional as…
An article in the Baltimore Sun last week covered the concerns of doctors and hospitals in Maryland stemming from two recent medical malpractice awards in that state. As I was reading the...
Consumer Reports released its first ever report of hospital safety ratings. Stating that Hospitals should be places you go to get better, but too often the opposite happens the consumer rating...
During last summer's debate over health care reform we heard a lot about the need for tort reform and to control the costs associated with medical liability. A recent study appearing in Health...
The debate on tort reform has drawn some distinctive lines in the sand at this point. On one side, big business and insurance companies, along with the American Medical Association, argue that caps...
The Washington Post reports that Washington Redskin's defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth is suffering from rhabdomyolysis:
Albert Haynesworth's ongoing tiff with Redskins Coach Mike Shanahan...
The Pop Tort reports today that the insurance industry has finally had to concede a point it has been fighting for some time: medical errors cost the economy and extraordinary amount of...