Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New Mexico’s lawyer-centered medical malpractice system, with no statutory caps on attorney’s fees or punitive damages and the ...

Six former patients or their families have accused Charlotte-area surgeon Dr. Timothy Ryan Heider of wrongful death or malpractice in lawsuits over the past 15 years, with four settled out of court ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Former Timbers goalkeeper Jake Gleeson is suing a team doctor for more than $25 million, alleging medical malpractice tied to a surgery he says cost him his career. Last week ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After years of controversy, the latest overhaul of New Mexico's medical malpractice laws took just 28 days this legislative ...

Trial lawyer Ben Davis’s recent column, “the real root of NM’s doctor shortage,” attempted to deny the role that New Mexico’s medical malpractice environment is playing in driving the state’s ...

A Dane County judge has upheld a $250,000 malpractice cap for University of Wisconsin-Madison doctors. The case involves a Verona woman who won a $1.8 million jury award in her husband’s death. The ...

A recent opinion piece misrepresents New Mexico’s malpractice laws and unfairly blames lawyers for our state’s physician shortage (“Fix malpractice laws in state to retain doctors,” My View, Sept. 17) ...

It can be tempting to comment negatively on the work of a colleague, especially if you feel that the original diagnosis or treatment is not indicated or is wrong. Although you have an obligation to ...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has declared the high price and limited availability of medical malpractice insurance to be an emergency. He wants the Legislature, which convenes this week, to limit punitive ...