Sentences with phrase «reform medical malpractice laws»

In 2003, Texas passed a constitutional amendment reforming medical malpractice law and placing punitive damages caps (like pain and suffering) on med - mal lawsuits.

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The group's new ties to the Senate leader are sure to draw similar concern, especially from those who back reforming the state's medical - malpractice laws.

First up, Insurance Journal reports on «A Recipe for Balanced Tort Reform,» a new book in which two law professors propose an «early offers» program for quickly settling medical malpractice and product liability lawsuits.

T. Berg, «Medical Malpractice Reform Analysis,» Michigan Medical Law Report, Fall 2007, Vol.

Taking a medical malpractice case to court may result in reforming the training and behavior of the medical professionals whom the law requires to provide adequate healthcare.

Supporters of the law believed that medical malpractice tort reform would bring more doctors to the state and lower the overall cost of health care.

Illinois State Bar Association, Law Ed Series, Medical Malpractice Reform, Physician Profiling (April 2006)

It is also helpful to understand tort reform laws in Texas, and how that may hinder your ability to successfully pursue a medical malpractice case in some situations.

Malpractice Reforms Offer Faster More Open Process for Injured Patients,» discussed the impact of the recent Massachusetts law calling for communication, apology and resolution (CARe) in cases of medical negligence.

In the first comprehensive appellate decision interpreting Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 1042.3 - 1042.6, Pennsylvania's tort reform measure intended to increase the threshold of merit for professional liability actions, the Pennsylvania Superior Court reversed the ruling of the trial court and remanded for the entry of judgment as a matter of law in favor of John's client, a physician, based upon the plaintiff's failure to file a certificate of merit in support of his medical malpractice claim.

False Claims Act Lawsuit Alleging Medicaid Fraud Against Indiana Nursing Home Dismissed for Lack of Jurisdiction, Indiana Injury Lawyer Blog, December 14, 2012 Attorney Paul Kruse Responds to Editorial on Tort Reform for Medical Malpractice Lawsuits, Indiana Injury Lawyer Blog, November 7, 2009 New Medicare Laws Impact Personal Injury Cases, Indiana Injury Lawyer Blog, July 26, 2009 Photo credit: svilen001 on stock.xchng.

About a week ago, The Legal Intelligencer made an heroic effort to unpack insurance data to see the effect of the changes in medical malpractice liability law from a decade ago, but ran into a serious problem: those very same medical insurance companies that cry the loudest about the need for tort reform also refuse to make public the data that would tell us the most about the malpractice system.

Attorney Paul Kruse Responds to Editorial on Tort Reform for Medical Malpractice Lawsuits, Indiana Injury Lawyer Blog, November 7, 2009 New Medicare Laws Impact Personal Injury Cases, Indiana Injury Lawyer Blog, July 26, 2009 Photo credit: «Lyndon Johnson signing Medicare bill, with Harry Truman, July 30, 1965» by White House Press Office [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.