Posts tagged caps

• Does Texas medical malpractice "reform" attract bad doctors?

  Wayne Parsons | August 03, 2011 5:54 PM | 15 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Texas has always been a state the identifies with outlaws and cowboys. Well in 2011 that reputation has taken an ugly turn. Texas has passed laws that make it nearly impossible to sue doctors and...

• Caps on Damages: how do you measure a year?

  Wayne Parsons | July 28, 2011 7:02 PM | 2 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Welcome to my world. I am a trial lawyer. If you want to talk about jackpot justice or frivolous lawsuits, lottery ticket plaintiffs, or tort reform, you stopped at the right place. Let's talk. I...

• Isn't Tort Reform Only About Frivolous Cases?

  Wayne Parsons | October 25, 2009 2:08 PM | 5 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  If you listen to doctors complain that they need protection from lawsuit abuse and that the real problem in health care reform is defensive medicine and lawsuits driving up the cost of health care,...

• Georgia Supreme Court to hear challenge to 2005 medical malpractice cap law.

  Wayne Parsons | September 16, 2009 10:18 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (9/16, Rankin) reports on the case of a 75-year-old Marietta, Georgia, woman who was permanently disfigured after complications from facial surgery, noting that her...

• Portion of Arkansas tort reform law ruled unconstitutional

  Wayne Parsons | May 07, 2009 8:47 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  On May 7, 2009 the Southeast Texas Record reporter Michelle Massey, Texarkana Bureau, writes that a portion of the tort reform law passed in 2003 by the Arkansas legislature has now been held...

• Doctor Myth #2: They Are NOT Leaving The State Because of Malpractice

  Wayne Parsons | March 30, 2009 11:20 AM | 2 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Doctor flight a myth Jeff Raymond The Edmond Sun March 26, 2009 09:43 pm ­ Doctors fleeing Oklahoma is simply a myth. The number of doctors in our state is increasing rapidly despite...

• Medical Malpractice Legislation In Hawaii - Have the Democrats Finally Abandoned The Public?

  Wayne Parsons | March 24, 2009 10:18 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Jim Krueger, a great Maui attorney and a life long champion for the little guy, has exposed some shameful legislative manipulation by a few doctors in conspiracy with a few Democratic legislators...