The Medical Malpractice Insurance Industry-A Study in Stupidity
Aon Risk Solutions reports that costs stemming from medical malpractice claims will rise. But you have to wonder why it is practically alone in the wilderness performing this Chicken Little play, while most other national insurers have acknowledged that such costs are not only down, but continue to decrease. Even in New York, there was [...]
Lojack For Surgeons, and Happy Medical Liability Executives
Florida’s medical malpractice liability insurers have been profiting for the past 6 years. New liability companies apparently can’t wait to write medical malpractice “products” there. Here is the News Press’s take on how robust Florida’s market for medical liability insurance has become. And as Alan Belsky points out in in his firm’s blawg, Maryland Malpractice [...]
Update and Additional Twist on Story of FL Judge’s Retained Sponge
Since posting the story about the unfortunate Florida judge, I have come to learn that contrary to what I initially reported, the hospital has reached a settlement with the judge. The judge is now suing the surgeons and the radiologist involved. The article with the more comprehensive information appeared in the Miami Herald. Ashby Jones, [...]