Posts tagged tort reform

• Texas medical injuries mount as malpractice laws protect negligent doctors and hospitals.

  Wayne Parsons | August 13, 2011 2:50 PM | 22 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Today I report the sad saga of Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas. As reported by Jamie Stengle of the Associated Press in Forbes, Feds: Parkland conditions a 'threat' to patients a Texas...

• 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...

• Who popularized the term "frivolous lawsuit"? Could it be the insurance industry?

  Wayne Parsons | June 17, 2011 3:36 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I hear that John Stossel is a Libertarian and to my mind that means he should be in favor of liberty and justice for all. As I often remind myself and my friends, justice is the most...

• The Shocking and Scandalous Myths and Facts About H. R. 5

  Wayne Parsons | February 09, 2011 12:32 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  House Resolution 5 (H.R. 5) seeks to strip patients of their rights to hold doctors and hospitals accountable for avoidable injury. With the Institute of Medicine reporting that 98,000 patients die...

• The U.S. Chamber Spreads Lies About Lawsuit Abuse, Tort Reform, Frivolous Lawsuits and Trial Lawyers

  Wayne Parsons | November 30, 2010 4:03 AM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Do you belong to the chamber of commerce in your local town? I do. I am a small businessman as are most trial lawyers. Trial lawyers represent people in civil cases who are injured by the negligence...

• 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,...

• Most See That Legal Reforms Are The Wrong Idea

  Wayne Parsons | October 19, 2009 3:00 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In an op-ed in the Houston Chronicle (10/16), N. Alex Winslow, executive director of Texas Watch, wrote, Lately we have heard a lot...about Texas-style, anti-patient laws as a solution to our...

• Insurance Reform Because Of Insurance Abuse

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

  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...

• CBO Report On Tort Reform And Health Care Flawed

  Wayne Parsons | October 12, 2009 4:42 PM | 14 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Orin Hatch may have gotten the headline that his powerful insurance industry CFO's wanted but the headline isn't supported by the data in the latest CBO report on tort reform and health care....