Legal malpractice is the prime area of law which determines whether attorneys have represented their clients in a reasonable fashion. In general, tort damages are those that reasonably compensate a ...

As the Obama administration faces the reality that some sort of compromise with Senate Republicans will be necessary to pass health care reform, personal injury lawyers have launched a campaign of ...

At a time when healthcare leaders are debating physician burnout, administrative burden, healthcare spending, and patient ...

Over the past 20 years, House Republicans repeatedly have passed malpractice tort reform that caps noneconomic damages at $250,000, only to be stymied by Senate Democrats who view such measures as an ...

The guy who said he is Professional Liability Insurance Underwriter, specializing in Physician Malpractice said, "There was a period in 2004 and 2005 where there were only 4 Neurosurgeons practicing ...

The soaring rate of inflation has focused the attention of most Americans on higher prices for essentials such as food and gasoline, but increases in health care costs may not be far behind unless ...

Since Ohio passed and enacted a tort-reform law in 2003, medical malpractice claims have dropped more than 40 percent and payments declined roughly at the same rate, according to a Columbus Dispatch ...

A new study of medical malpractice litigation in Mississippi suggests caps on pain and suffering awards and other reforms had a dramatic impact on lawsuits against doctors in that state. The study in ...

It’s probably reasonable to assume — at least from the defense standpoint — that the success rate of a statute of limitations (SOL) defense to a legal malpractice claim is virtually zero. This may be ...

Charles Krauthammer suggested fixing the medical tort system ["Kill the bills. Do health reform right," op-ed http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article ...

Physicians contend that the threat of malpractice lawsuits forces them to practice defensive medicine, which in turn raises the cost of health care. This argument underlies efforts to change ...

Re “Bush Seeks to Limit Malpractice Suits,” July 25: Jamie Court, executive director of the California-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, is dead wrong in opposing President Bush in ...