Kansas Governor Brownback may soon have the chance to sign into law one of if not the most onerous anti-choice, anti-woman bill in the nation, including explicit directives for doctors to lie to women, amnesty from medical malpractice for ... Read more »
GOP pushes limits on medical malpractice liability – msnbc.com
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Republicans in the Oregon Senate say they'll fight Gov. John Kitzhaber's proposed overhaul of the Oregon Health Plan unless it includes limits on medical malpractice claims. Read more »
GOP pushes limits on medical malpractice liability – AP – msnbc.com
Republicans in the Oregon Senate say they'll fight Gov. John Kitzhaber's proposed overhaul of the Oregon Health Plan unless it includes limits on medical malpractice claims. But the governor says there's no time in the Legislature's one-month February ... Read more »
Joseph Belluck, the $60,800 Cuomo man – Crain’s New York Business
He soon became co-chair of the MRT work group on medical malpractice reform. Mr. Belluck had long been a big contributor to the state's Democrats Read more »
Quinn signs law mandating online physician profiles – Chicago Public Radio
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed the Patients' Right to Know Act into law Tuesday, mandating that all physicians who practice in Illinois have online profiles that include any history of criminal activity or medical malpractice suits. Brent Adams ... Read more »
EDITORIAL: Vetoes – The count hits 9, and more candidates ahead – TMCnet
She has vetoed nine bills so far, most recently bills requiring voters to show a photo ID and one limiting medical malpractice awards. We're not sure the voter-ID bill was as sinister as the governor portrayed it, an obstacle to citizens exercising their ... Read more »
Haslam signs bill placing caps on lawsuit payouts – msnbc.com
A measure to place caps on payouts from successful medical malpractice and other civil cases has been signed by the governor. Read more »
Haslam signs bill placing caps on lawsuit payouts – msnbc.com
A measure to place caps on payouts from successful medical malpractice and other civil cases has been signed by the governor. Under the law, a $750,000 cap would be placed on non-economic damages such as pain and suffering, and the cap would be raised to $ ... Read more »
Haslam signs bill placing caps on lawsuit payouts – MySanAntonio
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Lawsuit caps legislation goes to Tennessee governor – Chattanooga Times Free Press
NASHVILLE — Republican Gov. Bill Haslam’s bill to cap awards in medical malpractice and other personal injury cases is headed to the governor for his signature after the House reluctantly agreed to a Senate change in the legislation Read more »