http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticeattorneyblog.com/ Published By Miller & Zois en-us 2008-11-17T11:09:56-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticeattorneyblog.com/2008/11/medical_malpractice_premiums_in_pennsylvania.html Interview with Mike Michael Kubik, vice president of marketing ProMutual Group, a Boston-based malpractice insurer that sells medical malpractice insurance throughout New England, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania to 18,000 doctors, clinics and hospitals. Interview summary: these are good times for... Medical Malpractice News Ronald V. Miller, Jr. 2008-11-17T11:09:56-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticeattorneyblog.com/2008/11/illinois_and_maryaland_cap_on.html The Illinois Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday from malpractice lawyers in three cases challenging the Illinois limit on caps in medical malpractice cases. Earlier this year, a trial court ruled that the law violates the separation clause of the... Medical Malpractice News Ronald V. Miller, Jr. 2008-11-14T15:54:53-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticeattorneyblog.com/2008/11/specialist_v_primary_care_doct.html Interesting blog post I found via KevinMD on the discussions between specialists and primary care doctors over the disparity in income between the two. Specialist make more money and they should is the gist of the post. But the disparity... Medical Malpractice News Ronald V. Miller, Jr. 2008-11-13T12:05:49-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticeattorneyblog.com/2008/11/hospital_malpractice_infections.html Hospital infections are becoming more of an issue both within hospitals and in the media in recent years. The Center for Disease Control in Atlanta makes clear the reason: infections at hospitals cause 90,000 deaths in the U.S. every year.... Hospital Malpractice Ronald V. Miller, Jr. 2008-11-11T11:59:29-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticeattorneyblog.com/2008/11/the_impact_of_the_medical_malp.html The Edmond Sun in Oklahoma provides an editorial from Jeff Raymond about medical malpractice tort reform in Texas. The editorial notes that prior to malpractice tort reform that included a $250,000 cap on noneconomic damages, 152 Texas counties had no... Ronald V. Miller, Jr. 2008-11-06T09:17:14-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticeattorneyblog.com/2008/10/the_medical_malpractice_proble.html If you are interested in taking a honest look at the medical malpractice problem in Maryland and around the country, Philip G. Peters, Jr' s 2007 Michigan Law Review Article "Doctors and Juries" is a must read. The article concludes... Malpractice Tort Reform Ronald V. Miller, Jr. 2008-10-31T14:19:53-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticeattorneyblog.com/2008/10/average_jury_verdicit_in_cance.html A recent Jury Verdict Research study looking at cancer injuries involving negligence found that the average compensatory award is $4,147,526 (median is $2,052,500). Most of these cancer cases involve medical malpractice lawsuits for the failure to diagnose cancer. One medical... Maryland Malpractice Cases Ronald V. Miller, Jr. 2008-10-31T11:36:02-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticeattorneyblog.com/2008/10/health_care_costs_of_medical_m.html Medical malpractice costs comprise less than 1 of overall health costs. In 2002, medical related costs rose amost 10% to $1.5 trillion. Yet malpractice premiums expeditures were only $9.6 billion – making malpractice costs about .62 percent of national health... Malpractice Tort Reform Ronald V. Miller, Jr. 2008-10-29T16:21:36-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticeattorneyblog.com/2008/10/workers_compensation_patient_a.html A Sand Diego jury has awarded $3.7 million to a man who sued a doctor for failing to diagnose the iron-overload disease hemochromatosis. Plaintiff went to his workers' compensation doctor who found increased ferritin in his blood, an indication of... Maryland Malpractice Cases Ronald V. Miller, Jr. 2008-10-28T12:28:44-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticeattorneyblog.com/2008/10/doctor_looks_for_medical_malpr.html This CNN.com article is a little old, but it is an interesting story of one doctor's struggle to find a medical malpractice lawyer to bring a medical malpractice lawsuit against her doctor. No one talks about this tragedy: victims who... Ronald V. Miller, Jr. 2008-10-23T11:17:58-05:00