MARSHALL, Texas (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has upheld Texas' cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice lawsuits. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap adopted the report and recommendation submitted by Magistrate Judge Charles ... Read more »
Texas Supreme Court in Laredo Visits TAMIU – pro8news
This is the first time the supreme court justices visit Webb County. Students, staff and community members witnessed the Texas Supreme Court at work discussing a medical malpractice case. Read more »
Dallas Fed Says Wall Street ‘Hooked On Monetary Morphine,’ Don’t Expect QE3 – Forbes
Fisher said delivering QE3 would be the equivalent of medical malpractice, while telling Congress and President Obama to get their act together, emulate Texas and Mexico, and spark job creation once again. It is rare to see a Fed President ... Read more »
Arizona Medicaid recipients face new fees – ModernMedicine
The state had proposed deep cuts in the programs to save money. Read more »
Medical Malpractice Efforts Stall; Analysis In Texas Reveals Rural Doctor Gap – Kaiser Health News
Politico reports that President Obama's initiative to institute medical malpractice reforms has stalled, falling prey to politics and tight money. In Texas, tort reform analysis reveals a widening doctor gap between cities and rural areas ... Read more »
Uninsured rates, impact of malpractice award limits in Perry’s Texas – News-Medical.Net
The Hill: Perry Defends Texas Malpractice Limits Supporters of Texas' medical malpractice laws -; including Gov. Rick Perry -; are pushing back against a report that says the laws have made health care worse in the state. The liberal advocacy ... Read more »
Perry attacks Romney, Obama in speech – ABC 4
ATLANTA (AP) — As governor of Texas, Rick Perry says, he has kept taxes low, and kept environmental regulations at bay -- while signing into law some sweeping changes in medical malpractice. In his first domestic policy speech as a Republican ... Read more »
Perry Delivers First Domestic Policy Speech Of Campaign – KWTX
In prepared remarks obtained by The Associated Press, Perry contrasts Romney's plan with the medical malpractice reform he signed as governor of Texas, and he argues that both Romney and Mr. Obama have governed more liberally than he has. Read more »
Rick Perry’s ‘loser pays’ reform – San Francisco Examiner
Perry enacted medical malpractice reform in Texas, slashing payouts from bogus lawsuits. As a result, the doctors who left after being fleeced in the Lone Star state are flooding back by the thousands. Then he signed a “loser pays” law letting ... Read more »
GOP Presidential Hopeful Rick Perry On Health Issues – Kaiser Health News
In analyzing Texas Gov. Rick Perry's health record, medical malpractice reform is one of the issues he appears to be most passionate about Read more »