Eager to save money, Prospect Medical promised to “self-insure” malpractice claims brought against its doctors and hospitals.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dec. 27—By the time neurosurgeon Mark Erasmus lost his New Mexico medical license in 2024, he had racked up $19 million in medical ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Former Timbers goalkeeper Jake Gleeson is suing a team doctor for more than $25 million, alleging medical malpractice tied to a surgery he says cost him his career. Last week ...

The Doctors Company, the nation's largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer, today released "Pediatric Claims: April Malpractice Risk Review," the newest edition in a monthly series of ...

It can be tempting to comment negatively on the work of a colleague, especially if you feel that the original diagnosis or treatment is not indicated or is wrong. Although you have an obligation to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After years of controversy, the latest overhaul of New Mexico's medical malpractice laws took just 28 days this legislative ...

Presbyterian Healthcare Services is sponsoring a campaign to advocate for medical malpractice changes this year, including television ads and a website called “Keep NM Doctors.” The push this year to ...

A Dane County judge has upheld a $250,000 malpractice cap for University of Wisconsin-Madison doctors. The case involves a Verona woman who won a $1.8 million jury award in her husband’s death. The ...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has declared the high price and limited availability of medical malpractice insurance to be an emergency. He wants the Legislature, which convenes this week, to limit punitive ...

Trial lawyer Ben Davis’s recent column, “the real root of NM’s doctor shortage,” attempted to deny the role that New Mexico’s medical malpractice environment is playing in driving the state’s ...

A recent opinion piece misrepresents New Mexico’s malpractice laws and unfairly blames lawyers for our state’s physician shortage (“Fix malpractice laws in state to retain doctors,” My View, Sept. 17) ...