Medical malpractice lawsuits have dropped in state – Scranton Times-Tribune

Medical malpractice lawsuits in Pennsylvania have dropped by more than 40 percent for four consecutive years compared to the two years before two rules were changed by the state Supreme Court in 2003. Statewide and in most of Northeast ... Read more »

Miss. SC overturns sanctions against med-mal plaintiff – Legal News Line

JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled last week that a trial court erred in dismissing a man's second medical malpractice claim against a doctor and hospital. Plaintiff Richard Compere appealed the Hinds County Circuit Court ... Read more »

Miss. SC overturns sanctions against med-mal plaintiff – Legal News Line

JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled last week that a trial court erred in dismissing a man's second medical malpractice claim against a doctor and hospital. Plaintiff Richard Compere appealed the Hinds County Circuit Court ... Read more »

Nursing Home Case Spotlights West Virginia’s Malpractice Damages Cap – Insurance Journal

Lawyers for a West Virginia nursing home are preparing to take a case to the state’s Supreme Court on the grounds that a $91.5 million jury award should be reduced under the state’s medical malpractice law. In August, after a two week trial ... Read more »