Ex Practitioner Data Bank Exec No Fan of “Tort Reform”
Robert Oshel, a former associate director of the Division of the Practitioner Data Banks at the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, spoke out recently in the Baltimore Sun. (H/T to Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog.) In response to the concerns of physicians worried about increasing malpractice insurance rates, Mr. Oshel wrote, “The solution to high [...]
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 [...]