The Georgia Supreme Court eliminated a key portion of an act passed by the Georgia Legislature in 2003 that changed the law of venue in medical malpractice cases. The Georgia Constitution includes a provision about venue in multi-torfeasor cases; the Court found that a portion of the tort reform statute…
Today the health care industry in Tennessee launches its assault on the rights of malpractice victims. More tomorrow.
Read this article to learn how tort reform has affected medical malpractice claims in Missouri.
The manufacturers and others supporting a federal asbestos bill want it bad – so bad that they think it is appropriate to engage in conduct like this. The sponsors of this site obviously do not let truth get in the way of their position. For example, they make this point…
Here is the text of the Governor’s State of the State Address. You will note that the Governor did not call for restrictions on the right of patients to hold doctors and hospitals responsible for their negligence. This is a good sign. You can be assured that this was not…
Many people – lawyers and non-lawyers – don’t worry about laws restricting the rights of victims of medical malpractice. Consumers tend to think that bad things happen to others and lawyers who do not do medical malpractice work are just glad that their practice isn’t being attacked. Well, look at…
I graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law, and I can tell you that the home state of Jesse Helms does not share the political philosophy of, say, Seattle. So, imagine my surprise when I read this article from Business North Carolina. I will save the details…
Here is a proposed resolution that has been introduced in the General Assembly by Senator Finney, Republican from Maryville: SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 523 By Finney A RESOLUTION relative to medical malpractice reform. WHEREAS, a fair and efficient legal system free of frivolous and abusive litigation is necessary for a vibrant…
When we think of “tort reform” we usually think of insurance and corporate lobbyists trying to convince legislators to limit the ability of people to sue wrongdoers for personal injuries or wrongful death. But the fight is much broader than that, as evidenced by this press release from the National…
The medical liability insurers, hospitals and doctors are coming at Tennessee consumers this year in the Legislature – a full frontal assault in a effort to limit responsibility for negligence. I have argued for years that the “reformers” use faulty numbers – and they do. The reformers have figured out…