A judge may soon finalize a $2.9 million medical malpractice award against two Doctors in California, after a single Father filed a negligence lawsuit resulting from his wife dying from ovarian cancer.
A jury found that Dr. Young S. Kim, a primary care physician and Dr. Carline Louis-Jacques, an obstetrician failed to properly diagnose and treat [...]
Consumer Affairs
Kaiser Permanente faces a class action lawsuit in California filed by personal injury victim rear-ended in traffic accident. Former patient says that insurance company failed to refund co-payment after victim collected under personal injury award. Plaintiff in the case suffers small, individual damages, but class action status of lawsuit could possibly affect thousands of [...]
PennLive.com, PA
Skyrocketing insurance premiums sparked by rampant medical malpractice lawsuit abuse has been the driving force behind the majority of these closures. Yet, Governor Rendell recently declared that Pennsylvania’s malpractice lawsuit abuse crisis is over. …
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Fox44 News, Vermont
The New Hampshire Medical Society says the state has no right to take a $110 million surplus from a state fund that underwrites malpractice insurance and use it for other purposes in the state budget.
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