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Related News Insurance Reform Group Criticizes Medical Malpractice Insurance Industry   Insurance premiums and claims for doctors both have dropped significantly in recent years, while the medical malpractice insurance industry is enjoying "remarkable profits" in light of the global ... Malpractice suit settled for undisclosed amount   ST. LOUIS COUNTY -- A former doctor who admitted he was abusing prescription drugs agreed to settle the medical malpractice lawsuit against him in St. Louis County court this week. Major Study Of Malpractice Insurance Finds No Basis To Limit Liability Of Unsafe Health Care Providers   A major new study released today by Americans for Insurance Reform finds that premiums and claims for doctors both have dropped significantly in recent years while the medical malpractice insurance industry is enjoying remarkable profits in light of the global economic collapse. N.J. Court Tosses $71.8 Million Med-Mal Award, Saying Defense Deprived of Fair Trial   The New Jersey Supreme Court has overturned a $71.8 million medical malpractice award to the family of a brain-damaged infant, finding the trial judge's serious errors during jury selection and disparate treatment of counsel made the trial hopelessly unfair. The court unanimously held that Judge Francine Schott's voir dire process failed to screen for bias against the defendants and that her ... WWII Veteran Wins Malpractice Suit Against Hospital in Mississippi   A judge has awarded $749,000 to the estate of a World War II veteran who lost much of his vision during a surgery at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility in Jackson, ... Saying 'sorry' pays off for U. of Michigan doctors   When a treatment goes wrong at a U.S. hospital, fear of a lawsuit usually means "never daring to say you're sorry." Howard Engle dies at 89; lifelong smoker filed landmark suit against tobacco companies   His class-action lawsuit in Florida yielded a $145-billion judgment for other smokers and himself. It was the largest punitive damages award in U.S. history. Dr. Howard Engle, a Florida pediatrician and lifelong smoker whose tobacco lawsuit resulted in the largest punitive damage award in U.S. history, died Wednesday at his home in Miami Beach. He was 89. Hospital seeks gag order on ad soliciting patients   A Springdale hospital is seeking a gag order to stop an attorney from running newspaper advertisements seeking patients of a doctor who recently settled his part of a malpractice lawsuit. Counsel for Northwest Medical Center filed a motion for a gag order in Washington County last week seeking to stop the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and the Northwest Arkansas Times from continuing to publish an ... Appeal vowed in malpractice fund case   DARYL CARLSON/CITIZEN PHOTO David Leslie argues in Belknap County Superior Court before Judge Kathleen McGuire Monday, that the state has the right to access $110 million from the New Hampshire Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association to help balance the state budget. 'It's always there:' Living with the possibility of CJD   Days after undergoing spinal cord surgery in 2004, Tracy Price learned from Emory University Hospital in Atlanta that instruments used during the procedure may have infected her with a rare, fatal brain disorder.

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