A $9 million medical malpractice verdict in the case of an oil-field worker with a broken neck is thought to be the largest in Wyoming history. The Casper Star-Tribune reports Sunday that the award against Campbell County Memorial Hospital in …
New York courts specializing in the state’s 4,000 medical malpractice cases filed each year have begun expanding following the success of a Bronx judge in settling cases early. The approach, shown to cut court backlogs and save money, has been …
A Kanawha County judge has affirmed most of a $91.5 million damage award against a Charleston nursing home in a lawsuit that claimed it failed to properly feed and care for an elderly woman who died hours after leaving the …
The Indiana Court of Appeals has upheld the first malpractice judgment against a former northwestern Indiana nose surgeon captured in Italy after five years on the run. The Post-Tribune reports the court ruled Wednesday against Merrillville doctor Mark Weinberger. Former …
Hospitals and hospital groups should seek clarity from their malpractice insurers on the loading applied to premiums to account for claims inflation, according to Lloyd’s insurer Beazley. Specialist insurer Beazley is advising that applying an across-the-board annual percentage loading to …
State officials have agreed to pay nearly $400,000 to settle two medical malpractice lawsuits stemming from treatments at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in 2004. The State Appeals Board on Monday approved a $300,000 settlement in the case of …
The parties involved in a medical malpractice suit brought by the family of a Massachusetts woman who died at Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia, N.H. have agreed to attempt to negotiate an out-of-court settlement through mediation. Lawyers for both …
The top court in the U.S. state of Georgia on Monday allowed the family of a man who stabbed his mother to death in a psychotic rage to file a medical malpractice lawsuit against his psychiatrist, settling a long-running debate …
A doctor was awarded $3.4 million after jurors found that a Texas-based medical malpractice insurer committed unfair and deceptive practices when it wrongly denied insurance coverage after the doctor was sued by a former patient. In the verdict, issued Aug. …
Gov. Scott Walker says the state of Wisconsin has repaid a medical malpractice fund $233 million after a raid in 2007 done to help balance the budget. Walker announced the payment Tuesday in Green Bay. The state reached an agreement …