Rising economic and social inflation are affecting malpractice damages, new data shows. What’s behind the trend?

A New Jersey physician physician’s malpractice suit against patent lawyers at Latham & Watkins and Akin Gump was rightly ...

More than 58% of specialists have been defendants or co-defendants in a malpractice lawsuit, according to a survey from Medscape. The report, published in October, showed physicians’ experiences of ...

Patients enter a doctor's office or hospital with an implicit trust in the care they will receive. When that trust is profoundly broken due to medical ...

Here are five states where new malpractice legislation has been proposed since Jan. 1, 2025: 1. Florida: State lawmakers have renewed efforts to repeal a 1990 law that restricts families from seeking ...

As a rural orthopedic surgeon who has dedicated my life to caring for the people of New Mexico in the Four Corners, I write to you with a heavy heart ...

Medical malpractice lawsuits are supposed to take place in the area where the charges were filed, but that’s not always the ...

Alton attorney Keith Short explains medical malpractice case timelines, damages caps in Missouri, and the need for skilled ...

Concerns about potential malpractice liability are top of mind for many physicians of all specialties. This is not surprising given recent verdicts in medical malpractice actions that have awarded ...

A Pennsylvania lawmaker looks to end “venue shopping” in medical malpractice cases through a proposed constitutional ...

Hogan's widow, Sky Daily, and son, Nick Bollea, filed a petition in Pinellas County, FL, to extend the statute of limitations ...

More than four months after Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed the idea, the Florida House on Wednesday began a renewed effort to ...