For more than 40 years throughout the United States, various health care and insurance industries, backed by big business, have worked hard to push what they call “tort reform,” particularly in the ...
It is absolutely necessary for the long-term health and future growth of the industry to roll back tort reform. Specifically, industry must focus on tort liability for manufacturers of materials and ...
Researchers found the incidence and cost of medical malpractice lawsuits at an academic medical center in Texas decreased significantly after the implementation of tort reform in the state, according ...
LITTLE ROCK (Talk Business) - — Supporters of an amendment that would authorize casinos in Boone, Miller and Washington counties submitted 92,120 signatures Friday (July 8), while supporters of a ...
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 ...
CHICAGO, Aug. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- With the approach of the second anniversary of medical tort reform later this month, Medicus Insurance Company today officially launched its professional medical ...
The Hawaii state House passed a bill that would cap awards given in medical malpractice suits, according to a report in the Pacific Business News. The aim of House Bill 1784 is to lower high medical ...
The Missouri House of Representatives passed medical tort reform Wednesday that would cap "pain and suffering" damages recovered in court at $350,000. The vote was 94-61. Medical tort reform is an ...
A recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal has clarified the scope of the tort of “intrusion upon seclusion” first recognized by the same court in Jones v. Tsige in 2012. In Hopkins v. Kay, a ...
Employers often fail to appreciate the ramifications of industrial hygiene data and medical records. Even non-detect records must be maintained ...