News to End the Week
Setting the Record on the “Malpractice Crisis” Straight in Maryland. Today’s Baltimore Sun contains an eye-opening opinion piece that calls for victims of medical malpractice to be treated fairly. According to the AP News, some doctors are returning to the tradition of making house calls, but are now carrying more than their small black “doctor’s bag.” British [...]
Swearing In of NY’s New Chief Judge Has Obama/Roberts Moment
The Albany Times Union reports that when Justice Carmen Ciparick, the interim Chief Judge of New York’s Court of Appeals, began the process of swearing in Jonathan Lippman as Chief Judge, she may have let her disappointment at not getting the job herself show. Apparently, when she instructed Mr. Lippman to raise his hand for [...]
Alabama Med Mal Insurer In Great Financial Health
As I discussed in my Feburary 21st posting on the financial well being of North Carolina’s largest medical malpractice insurerer, there are states in which the med mal insurerers are not teetering on the brinks of financial disaster. Today, you can add Alabama to that list. According to The Birmingham News, that state’s largest insurer, ProAssurance Corp., is surpassing Wall [...]