The EMTALA Strikes Back: An Independent Hospital Duty to Comply with Federal Law, or a Duty Transferable to Physicians via Indemnification Clauses? In what could have significant implications to physician groups providing services to hospital emergency departments...
The New Medical Professional Liability Insurance Crisis: Healthcare Corporate Malfeasance Whether by mandate or prudent business practice, virtually every physician in the US carries medical professional liability (MPL) insurance. Though some physicians ignore...
Informed Consent vs. Medical Negligence The Iowa Supreme Court recently decided that it is a factual question under the informed consent doctrine as to whether surgeons need to disclose their experience to patients prior to performing surgeries. The Court...
Cross-Examining Watson: How to Sue a Robot An Appellate Court in NJ recently revisited the affidavit of merit statute, yet again, but this time with a twist. One question before the Court in Skounakis v. Sotillo was whether a physician was qualified to give an...
Transferring to other Medical Professional Liability Insurance policies: What are the Tail implications? As featured by Fairfield County Medical Association The medical professional liability (MPL) market has entered a dynamic cycle in which premiums are rising...
