States With The Fewest Medical Malpractice Claims In 2010
Yesterday’s blog posting listed the states in the United States with the most (over 100) paid medical malpractice claims for 2010. Today we name the states with fewer than 100 paid medical malpractice...
View ArticleNew Hampshire Midwife Settles Medical Malpractice Claims
A Concord, New Hampshire midwife, who had voluntarily given up her New Hampshire state license in June, 2010, settled a medical malpractice case filed against her that alleged that her medical...
View Article“Early Offer” Laws: An Attack On Medical Malpractice Victims
One of the many attacks by the medical profession, their medical malpractice insurance companies, and their lobbyists on the rights of medical malpractice victims is known as ”early offer” laws. “Early...
View ArticleNew Hampshire Medical Malpractice “Early Offer” Bill Vetoed
On June 20, 2012, New Hampshire’s Governor John Lynch vetoed the nation’s first “early offer” bill that would have made medical malpractice victims responsible to pay the legal fees of defendant health...
View ArticleNew Hampshire Med Tech Charged In Hep C Outbreak
A traveling contract medical techician (“med tech”) had his career abruptly ended after being accused of causing a hepatitis C outbreak involving 31 patients over the period of a few months in a New...
View ArticleUpdate Concerning Man Charged In New Hampshire Hepatitis C Outbreak
In an update to our blog posting on July 22, 2012 entitled, “New Hampshire Med Tech Charged In Hep C Outbreak,” it has been revealed that the man allegedly responsible for causing a hepatitis C...
View ArticleWhat Is Medical Malpractice? (Delaware, New Hampshire, Vermont)
What is medical malpractice? Here are the “official” definitions of medical malpractice from Delaware, New Hampshire, and Vermont: Delaware Insurance Code Insurance CHAPTER 68. HEALTH CARE MEDICAL...
View ArticleNew Hampshire Supreme Court Upholds/Overturns Part Of Medical Malpractice Law
On October 30, 2012, the Supreme Court of New Hampshire (“Supreme Court”) issued an opinion in an appeal regarding New Hampshire’s medical malpractice law. In particular, the Supreme Court was asked to...
View ArticleNew Hampshire Medical Malpractice Jury Rejects Unanimous Medical Malpractice...
Earlier this month, a New Hampshire medical malpractice jury rejected the unanimous decision of a New Hampshire medical malpractice panel that had found in favor of a cardiologist and his cardiology...
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