Medical Malpractice

• Senator Leahy Submits Legislation For Insurance Reform -

  Wayne Parsons | October 16, 2009 12:20 PM | 4 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  In spite of all the hem-hawing and confusion surrounding American health care reform, one senator is taking initiative. Senator Patrick Leahy, of Vermont, has recently introduced the Health...

• Tort Reform and Unintended Consequences

  Bret Hanna | October 15, 2009 8:15 PM | 10 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Medical care providers are people and people make mistakes - that's it, plain and simple, and the facts can't be disputed. An editorial which appeared this week in the Salt Lake Tribune offers the...

• Medical Negligence Law Equals Accountability, Tort Reform Equals Insurance Greed

  David Mittleman | October 15, 2009 4:14 PM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI

  There's some smoke and mirrors going on at the Congressional Budget Office and it's designed to take away your rights as a patient and to diminish the value of the 7th Amendment. We're in the middle...

• Making Your Hospital Visit Safer

  Sandy Grinnell | October 15, 2009 10:55 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Sometimes the first step to recovery is protecting yourself during your hospital visit. Medical and human error during standard daily care and medical procedures are very real dangers and patients...

• Jon Stewart: CNN Should Check it Facts on Tort Reform and Other Issues

  Mark Bello | October 14, 2009 5:10 PM | 0 CommentsVoices

  Jon Stewart took on CNN yesterday on the issue of fact checking. Apparently, the cable news network leaves things there just a bit too often for Jon. One of the topics of discussion was the amount...

• Salt Lake Tribune Tells the Truth About Tort Reform

  Mark Bello | October 14, 2009 3:09 PM | 4 CommentsVoices

  With all due respect to a fine city and state, Salt Lake City, Utah would never be on anyone's top ten list of the most injury victim friendly cities in the country. This is, traditionally,...

• Insurance Reform Because Of Insurance Abuse

  Wayne Parsons | October 14, 2009 1:22 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  The insurance industry has more money than any other force in American politics and their right wing conservative media forces, led by Limbaugh and O'Reilly are geared up to blitz the public with...

• The New Health Care Bill Will Cost You 100 Billion Dollars A Minute

  Mike Bryant | October 13, 2009 10:22 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Not really. But, thought I would start with that headline and see how many tort deform tweets start calling it true. It's basically what the Health Insurance companies did with their phony report. I...

• Postscript: Wrongful Death Results from Routine Liposuction Surgery

  Mark Bello | October 13, 2009 6:48 PM | 0 CommentsVoices

  This is a postscript of an October 5, 2009 blog penned by attorney and InjuryBoard member David Mittleman. I am sad to report that the family of Rohie Kah, 37-year-old mother of three who was left...

• Tort Reform Lies and Illusions

  John Hopkins | October 13, 2009 12:08 PM | 2 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  Is it okay with you if I limit your right to voice your opinion about the government? Good with you if you can not own a gun? You probably would appreciate me censoring what gets published in...