Month: March 2017

Republican legislators in the US House of Representatives have taken two steps closer to their long-standing goal of restricting the civil justice system, the Washington Post reports. On Thursday, February 9, 2017, the House narrowly passed two new acts that could have a major impact on victims of medical malpractice, along with patients harmed by dangerous prescription …

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Lawmakers on both the state and federal level are moving quickly to clamp down on medical malpractice claims, putting their weight behind controversial “tort reform” measures that would place further restrictions on the rights of injured patients. Kentucky Moves To Approve Medical Malpractice Review Panels In Kentucky, the State’s House of Representatives narrowly passed a bill …

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