In a medical malpractice trial in Pittsburgh, the jury found that the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center at Shadyside’s care of the Plaintiff was both medical negligence and that it was the cause of the death of a man. The jury awarded $2.5 million under the Pennsylvania Wrongful Death Act.…
Wyoming Senator Mike Enzi introduced a bill designed to encourage doctors and other medical professionals to volunteer their services to patients who cannot afford or access care. The law would provide grants that states would use in part to assume medical malpractice risk for doctors and ensure patients can recover…
The Baltimore Sun ran a story on Tuesday about the shortage of doctors in Maryland’s rural areas. The problem rural areas have is that doctors cannot earn what they can in more urban areas. Historically, MedChi, the Maryland state medical society, has tried to wrap all of these problems up…
Many doctors in South Florida are reportedly flying with a net: 21% of medical doctors do not have medical malpractice insurance. I have never seen data in Maryland, but I suspect the numbers are lower. My solution is simple: require all doctors practicing medicine in Maryland to have medical malpractice…
Medical Economics has an editorial from a medical malpractice defense lawyer who has defended physicians in malpractice cases for over 32 years. The author expresses the opinion that after having tried over 200 medical malpractice jury trials and won over 90 percent of those cases that if the same cases…