Medical malpractice reform is needed in many different states, but an effort currently underway on this issue in Congress is misguided. Legislatures in places like Texas that passed measures intended to reform the court processes used to make ... Read more »
Wrongful Birth: Medical Malpractice or Procedural Occurrence? – Patch
This week, the court of public opinion weighed in on a controversial decision in a wrongful birth case, which was delivered by a Portland, OR jury that awarded the parents of a girl who was born with Down’s syndrome the sum of $2.9 million. The parents ... Read more »
Supreme Court says clock has run out on medical malpractice case – Las Vegas Sun
The Nevada Supreme Court has refused to reconsider its dismissal of a medical malpractice suit against the Las Vegas Pain Institute and Dr. Godwin Maduka Read more »
Maine Medical Malpractice Ruling Could Affect Misdiagnosis Cases – MPBN
This month the Maine Supreme Court issued a ruling in a medical malpractice lawsuit that some say has big implications for a narrow class of cases involving patient misdiagnosis and treatment. For the first time, the Court has agreed to allow a patient to ... Read more »
Hellmer to sit with state High Court on Monday – Salina Journal
Hellmer will sit with the court to hear oral arguments in petitions for review of Court of Appeals decisions in medical malpractice cases from Sedgwick County and then participate in the high court deliberations and opinion drafting. Read more »
Hellmer to hear cases with Supreme Court Monday – Salina Journal
Hellmer will sit with the court to hear oral arguments in petitions for review of Court of Appeals decisions in medical malpractice cases from Sedgwick County and then participate in the high court deliberations and opinion drafting. Hellmer was appointed ... Read more »
Salina Judge to Sit With Supremem Court – KSALlink.com
Chief Judge Hellmer will sit with the Court to hear oral arguments in two petitions for review of Court of Appeals decisions in medical malpractice cases from Sedgwick County and then participate in the high court deliberations and opinion drafting. Read more »
Law to bring back Illinois doctor database – KFVS12
The state was forced to halt the feature when the Illinois Supreme Court struck down a medical malpractice reform law in its entirety. The doctor profile tool went dark when the court found the law unconstitutional. The comeback of the searchable database ... Read more »
Law to bring back Illinois doctor database – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The state was forced to halt the feature when the Illinois Supreme Court struck down a medical malpractice reform law in its entirety. The doctor profile tool went dark when the court found the law unconstitutional. The comeback of the searchable database ... Read more »
Federal Efforts at Tort Reform – PR-USA.net
Last year, the Illinois Supreme Court rejected damage caps in medical malpractice cases. Read more »