Category Archives: Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Insurance

Number of Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Claims Continues to Drop

According to a new report from the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, the number of reported Pennsylvania medical malpractice claims in 2011 is at least 40 percent lower from the state’s high water mark of 2000 to 2002. This is … Continue reading

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Venue Shopping Behind Philadelphia’s High Medical Malpractice Insurance Rates

side note: The link below will direct you to the American Tort Reform Foundation’s 2012 list of Judicial Hellholes, which documents in annual reports various abuses within the civil justice system. Philadelphia was ranked No. 1 on this year’s Judicial … Continue reading

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ATRA Releases Annual List of Juducial Hellholes, Motivates Medical Malpractice Reform

side note: This week, the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) released its annual Judicial Hellholes Report. Since 2002, the Judicial Hellholes Report has documented in annually published reports various abuses within the civil justice system, focusing primarily on jurisdictions where … Continue reading

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Admitted Drug Dealer Sues Doctor Who Prescribed Painkillers for Medical Malpractice

side note: This is an extreme example of a topic that I’ve done plenty of writing about. As the nation’s abuse of prescription painkillers continues to grow, it is more than likely to result in a growing number of physicians … Continue reading

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Pennsylvania Passes Fair Share Act to Bring Down Medical Malpractice Insurance Costs

side note: This is big news for Pennsylvania. Long a hostile medical liability climate, the state’s new governor made good on his promise to address Pennsylvania’s tort laws. What effect will the “Fair Share Act” have on medical malpractice insurance … Continue reading

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Pennsylvania Gov. Corbett Signs ‘Fair Share Act,’ Ends Practice of Joint-And-Several Liability

side note: Always a complicated market for medical malpractice insurance, Pennsylvania Gov. Corbett ends joint-and-several liability with the signing of the Fair Share Act..   Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett recently signed into law Senate Bill 1131, better known as the … Continue reading

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Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Cases Down

Side Note: The state of Pennsylvania is currently reaping the benefits of some terrific medical malpractice tort reform that went into effect in 2002. The Pennsylvania medical malpractice reform, aimed at reducing the number of frivolous lawsuits that make it … Continue reading

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Pennsylvania Governor Rendell Vetoes Bill that would Modify MCare

Side note: The Governor of Pennsylvania, Edward G. Rendell, recently vetoed Senate Bill 1280. Bill 1280 would modify Act 13 of 2002, the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error Act, or MCare, by freezing primary medical malpractice insurance limits … Continue reading

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Report Ranks States on Need for Medical Malpractice Reform

side note: The U.S. Index of Health Ownership, published by PRI, will not be updated in full for 2010, but there is a 2010 U.S. Tort Liability Index. The Tort Index includes 42 variables divided into inputs and outputs. The … Continue reading

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Tip #1 on how to lower your medical malpractice insurance costs

As we slowly wind down the week, I thought I’d spend a few minutes going over a tip that doctors and other health care professionals can use to help lower their medical liability insurance rates. This will be the first … Continue reading

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