Researchers detail what happened in Illinois and Georgia after their state courts knocked down limits on noneconomic damages in med-mal cases.

nationally. Chandra particularly attacks the doctors' argument that higher malpractice payments, which can result from having no cap, directly lead to higher liability insurance rates. "The ...

Malpractice insurers are looking glum. Right now, competition is driving down medical malpractice insurance rates. Their business is cyclical. While it has been doing well for the past few years, with ...

High costs for medical malpractice insurance are driving physicians to order more tests and do more documentation of health care, and have driven some from practicing certain specialties altogether.

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Dr. Ronald Guy of Broken Arrow was one of several physicians appearing before state Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher on Tuesday to protest an 82.8 percent medical malpractice ...

Doctors have complained for years about the malpractice insurance rates in New York State. Rates have grown so high, some doctors have migrated away from their private practices into medical groups, ...

Judging by 3 representative specialties, physicians in 2013 are once again experiencing relief on malpractice insurance premiums. Collective rates for obstetrician-gynecologists, internists, and ...

DES MOINES -- A group of state lawmakers met Wednesday hoping to find solutions to rising costs for medical malpractice insurance that are driving some doctors in specialties such as obstetrics out of ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois' first shot at lowering malpractice insurance rates for thousands of doctors is drawing criticism from key players, but its chief architect promises it will provide ...

Connecticut’s 29 acute-care hospitals experienced a 16 percent decrease in medical malpractice insurance costs from 2009 to 2012, but according to hospital officials within the state, the reduction in ...