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A recent issue of Lawyers' Weekly has an article that discusses the trend of some doctors requiring patients to contractually limit their rights to bring medical malpractice claims before the doctors will provide medical service.  The agreements at issue would require patients to agree to arbitrate their claims and agree to limit...

In the June 1, 2007 issue of Reader's Digest, Night Shift Nightmare discusses the well known phenomenon that more hospital medical malpractice occurs over night and on the weekends.  From the article: There are many reasons to feel anxious when entering a hospital. In April, a HealthGrades study showed that...

Dallas attorney John Browning, who represents doctors and hospitals in medical malpractice cases, wrote an insightful opinion piece in his local paper earlier this week.  His article, Is The Sky Really Falling?, addresses the alleged medical malpractice crises. Mr. Browning’s piece includes this conclusion: If President Bush had listened to...

In reviewing medical malpractice cases, we’re not really surprised by the rate of malpractice. But we are surprised by the number of medical providers that routinely bill patients and insurance companies for the care that went wrong and, even more appalling, for the care needed to correct the initial mistakes....

Study after study shows the frequency of medical errors.  However, a recent study by the Institute of Medicine brought to light the alarming rate of medication errors.  According to the study, medication errors affect more than 1.5 million Americans annually, killing thousands.  The rate of error was particularly surprising in...

In medical malpractice news, an increase in Texas doctors is the front page news of this morning's New York Times.  Backers of tort reform point to this as evidence that the limits on medical malpractice awards are doing their job.  But that analysis may be too simple for several reasons. ...