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Should Active Duty Military be Allowed to Sue the Military for Malpractice?

January 18, 2019

Walter Daniel had already experienced his worst nightmare. His wife, Lt. Rebekah Daniel, who served as a nurse in the military, had just died of severe post-partum hemorrhage just two hours after giving birth to their first child. She died in the same naval hospital where she worked as an active-duty nurse. But worse, because

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: liability, medical malpractice, medical malpractice lawsuit, military, supreme court, tort

Is There a Medical Malpractice Crisis in the U.S.?

January 27, 2017

The Washington Post recently published an article titled, “Top Republicans say there’s a medical malpractice crisis. Experts say there isn’t.” This is an old, ongoing debate, and depending on who you listen to, we’re either in a crisis that is driving up the cost of medical malpractice insurance, forcing providers to practice defensive medicine, and

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: caps, crisis, defensive medicine, malpractice, medical error, rates, reform, tort

Do Damage Caps Work?

August 5, 2016

In the world of tort reform caps, or statutory limits on non-economic damages in malpractice cases, are one of the oldest and most common approaches. However, these caps are also one of the most controversial methods of reigning in what many see as out of control and unbridled liability awards. We’ve talked about some of

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White Coat Rally for Tort Reform in Missouri

January 21, 2015

In July of 2012 the Missouri State Supreme Court ruled that limits on awards for non-economic damages in medical malpractice lawsuits are unconstitutional. Prior to that ruling Missouri had a cap in place of $350,000, which had been signed into law by the Missouri legislature and, then Governor, Matt Blunt in 2005. Experts believe that

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