While some states have given legal malpractice attorneys the green light to disregard workers' compensation liens, New York is not one of them. Attorneys who prosecute and defend bodily injury actions ...

With defensive medicine making up as much as a quarter (26 percent) of overall healthcare spending, a patient compensation system could be one way to reduce defensive medicine and malpractice costs, ...

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A medical malpractice claim stands or falls on proof, sequence, and causation. An unexpected outcome, by itself, rarely ...

A no-fault, patient-compensation system resembling state workers' compensation plans could reduce medical malpractice while ensuring patients receive financial awards, the Morris News Service reported ...

Treat malpractice cases like workman’s comp, bill proposes A proposed new bill in Georgia seeks to take medical malpractice cases out of the court system and treat them more like worker's compensation ...

Attorneys who prosecute and defend bodily injury actions in New York are well aware of Workers' Compensation Law §29(1) and the ever-present impact of the liens that it creates on any potential ...