Although Texas legislators and voters last year approved broad limits on medical malpractice lawsuits, the benefits may be slower to materialize than hoped. The medical liability insurance “market is still reeling from an avalanche of suits filed in anticipation that lawmakers would cap noneconomic damages. … The equivalent of four years of medical liability lawsuits were dumped on Harris County courts in the first nine months of [last] year — prior to the effective date of the medical liability limits. This pattern of flooding the courts was repeated statewide. All of the cases have to be defended, and all are governed under the old law, which imposes no cap.” (Bruce Ehni & Jon Opelt (Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse Houston), “Rush to courthouse delays benefits of Prop. 12”, Houston Chronicle, Dec. 30)
Texas lawyers raced to beat damages limit
Although Texas legislators and voters last year approved broad limits on medical malpractice lawsuits, the benefits may be slower to materialize than hoped. The medical liability insurance “market is still reeling from an avalanche of suits filed in anticipation that lawmakers would cap noneconomic damages. … The equivalent of four years of medical liability lawsuits […]
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Texas Tort Reform, part 162
Overlawyered: Update: Texas lawyers raced to beat damages limit … The equivalent of four years of medical liability lawsuits were dumped on Harris County courts in the first nine months of [last] year — prior to the effective date of the medical lia…
What is “frivolous”? (and some corrections for the record)
Dr. Chusid’s latest post merits some corrections. Because I don’t wish to bore the casual reader with minutiae over which study and what insurance executive said what, I put these after the jump at the bottom of the post. The…
What is “frivolous”? (and some corrections for the record)
Dr. Chusid’s latest post merits some corrections. Because I don’t wish to bore the casual reader with minutiae over which study and what insurance executive said what, I put these on a different page than the main debate page. The…
Some corrections
This entry is essentially nit-picking, because I thought Dr. Chusid’s latest post merits some corrections. The casual reader that may not care about minutiae over which study and what insurance executive said what, should skip to my next post, a…
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Vioxx attorneys and lawyers typically represent clients (plaintiffs) who have been injured either financially or physically due to the fault of another.
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Vioxx attorneys and lawyers typically represent clients (plaintiffs) who have been injured either financially or physically due to the fault of another.