Election & Politics Law – May 23, 2012

by Lawyers.com on 4/5/2012

The medical professionals who let a Florida mother bleed to death after giving birth, as well as those whose negligence led to disabling brain injuries in a Missouri boy, could learn that their errors will cost them much more...more

by Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 2/1/2012

Rick Santorum is not the first politician to be caught in a "Do as I say, not as I did" moment. So when it came out this weekend that Santorum had asked for more damages in his wife's medical malpractice...more

by Lawyers.com on 11/29/2011

In the nearly two years since the Illinois state Supreme Court struck down caps on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice suits, there's been no explosion in medical malpractice suits, payouts nor any evidence that they...more

by Howard Ankin on 11/2/2011

Last year, Illinois lawmakers passed a comprehensive medical care reform bill that imposed a cap in medical malpractice cases. As explained at the PopTort, when that law was overturned as unconstitutional, a number of other...more

by Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 6/15/2011

Physician groups and health insurers often blame excessive malpractice settlements for the high rates that doctors have to pay to obtain malpractice liability insurance. But a recent analysis indicates that regional...more

by Jonathan Rosenfeld - Nursing Home Abuse on 3/3/2011

For some reason there's an ongoing belief amongst some conservative politicians that imposing arbitrary limits on the amount an injured person can recover from a negligent doctor, hospital or pharmaceutical giant is good...more

by Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 1/31/2011

Dear President Obama: On March 1, 2010, the undersigned five survivors of medical negligence and family members had the honor of meeting with the White House Office of Public Engagement about the issue of medical...more

by Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 12/17/2010

One reason the medical industry keeps pushing for lawsuit "reforms" is that if it's harder for patients to sue doctors for malpractice, doctors will then practice less "defensive medicine" and that will save a lot of money...more