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With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has slowed down medical malpractice lawsuits; however, certain medical practices attract more malpractice lawsuits than other practices. Recently, the 2021 Medscape Malpractice Report identified the specialties most likely to be sued for malpractice. The report was generated from a survey of over 4,350 doctors in nearly 30 More
The highly anticipated midterm elections in November 2022 will have even more impact in the state of California, as residents will vote to increase the caps on medical malpractice lawsuits, a law that was signed into law nearly 40 years ago by then-governor Jerry Brown in 1975. The law caps medical malpractice lawsuit awards to More
As society returns to normal after two years of pandemic-induced quarantine, the return to civil lawsuits in medical malpractice cases has experts wondering about the impact of a new type of jury, one which has heightened awareness of medical conditions and patient responsibilities of health care providers and medical practices. Conventional wisdom states that juries More
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Caps on monetary judgements from medical malpractice lawsuits may seem like random state laws with no correlation to each other. However, upon further examination, there are regional and industry trends that make these regulations more related than random. Cap Consciousness As of November 2021, there are 29 states that currently have enacted tort reform laws More
As COVID-19 cases continue heading toward a third calendar year, and diagnosis and treatments continue to evolve, the expectations of a high volume of malpractice cases has not come to fruition due to enhanced protection from state attorney generals and governors, along with previous protection from the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act. The More
Technology platforms and operational services for clients are embedded in almost all businesses, and the issues that can develop are quite well known, from cyberattacks to service outages and everything in between. When most people think about technology insurance, they think of cybersecurity insurance that protects their software and technology infrastructure from ransomware attacks and More
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A late summer decision by the Arizona Supreme Court has drastically changed the way the state perceives medical malpractice cases when they ruled that all medical malpractice lawsuits which involve unclear cases of injury or death cannot proceed without relevant sufficient expert witness testimony delivery guidance for jurors. The original case was nearly a decade More
As the Covid Delta variant represents the latest form of the evolution in the COVID pandemic, the status of how states are handling COVID malpractice cases are evolving, as well. COVID Medical Malpractice Lawsuits? Once thought to be a possible litigation trend when the covid pandemic first began, the litigious part of the pandemic has More
As pricing inflation in 2021 enters all spheres of the American economy, from consumer goods to real estate and everything in between, many in the insurance industry are asking, “How is this going to affect pricing with professional liability insurance?” The answer isn’t that simple, as a wide range of liability policies have already been More
In one of the most visible and possible influential medical malpractice rulings this year, the New Mexico Supreme Court maintained legislation on medical liability caps, which increased the limit from $600,000 to $750,000 as the new individual cap on non-economic damages. “I do not know if it will have national repercussions since it is a More
Recent in-depth analysis by the American Medical Association has found that there has been a steady and significant increase in medical liability insurance premiums, as 30% of premiums in a survey of liability insurers reported a price increase. This was the highest percentage since 2005, and the second year in a row there has been More
