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Nursing Home Case Spotlights West Virginia’s Malpractice Damages Cap

Lawyers for a West Virginia nursing home are preparing to take a case to the state’s Supreme Court on the grounds that a $91.5 million jury award should be reduced under the state’s medical malpractice law. In August, after a …

Berkshire Unit to Acquire Another Malpractice Firm

Berkshire Hathaway’s malpractice insurance unit is acquiring the Princeton Insurance Company to expand its business. Medical Protective Company, which is owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire, announced the deal Wednesday. Medical Protective is buying Princeton from Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company. …

License to Quill: UK Party Wants Tough Media Rules

Britain’s opposition Labour Party is proposing that reporters found guilty of phone hacking or other malpractice should be banned from working in the media. A scandal over the illegal accessing of cell phone voicemail messages has already forced the closure …

Study: Only 1 in 5 Medical Malpractice Cases Pay

Only 1 in 5 malpractice claims against doctors leads to a settlement or other payout, according to the most comprehensive study of these claims in two decades. But while doctors and their insurers may be winning most of these challenges, …

North Carolina House Pushes Malpractice Liability Cap into Law

Victims of medical malpractice will be limited in the amount of money they can collect for pain, suffering and lost body parts. The caps are going into place after North Carolina lawmakers on Monday overrode a veto by Gov. Beverly …

Hulk Hogan’s Lawsuit Knocked Out of Florida Court

A Pinellas County, Florida judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Terry Bollea, better known as Hulk Hogan, in a matter stemming from his son’s 2007 car crash that left passenger, Nick Graziano, with permanent brain damage. Though umbrella coverage was …

Pennsylvania Mother Wins $21.6M in Botched Birth

An Erie County jury says the hospital now known as UPMC Hamot must pay $21.6 million in a malpractice case in which a botched birth left a boy profoundly disabled for life. Wednesday’s verdict includes $19.6 million to provide for …