New Study Shows Courts Not Clogged With Frivolous Medical Malpractice Lawsuits (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) New research published in the May 11 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine establishes that almost every medical malpractice suit filed in the United States has a meritorious basis and rejects claims that the civil justice system is inundated with frivolous lawsuits. [News Source]

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Kaiser’s Troubled Northern California Kidney Transplant Center (Press Release Network) Today a wrongful death lawsuit along with two individual personal injury actions was filed against Kaiser Permanente in Alameda County Superior Court. The lawsuit alleges that due to numerous bureaucratic problems with Kaiser's troubled Northern California kidney transplant center, the plaintiffs were not placed on the national kidney transplant list and did not receive kidneys that became [News Source]

Study: Four Out of 10 Medical Malpractice Cases are Groundless (Insurance Journal) About 40 percent of the medical malpractice cases filed in the United States are groundless, according to a Harvard analysis of the hotly debated issue that pits trial lawyers against doctors, with la [News Source]

Senate Defeats Bills That Would Have Capped Noneconomic Damages In Medical Malpractice Cases (Medical News Today) The Senate on Monday voted to block two bills that would have capped noneconomic damages in medical malpractice lawsuits, the AP/Las Vegas Sun reports (Kellman, AP/Las Vegas Sun, 5/8). One bill (S 22), sponsored by Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.), would have capped total noneconomic damages in malpractice lawsuits at $750,000 and would have capped noneconomic damages for individual health care [News Source]

Study: 40% Of Medical Malpractice Case Groundless (CBS 4 Boston) A Harvard University study finds that 40 percent of the medical malpractice cases filed in the U.S. are groundless. More Health News [News Source]

Many medical malpractice suits groundless, study of insurers finds (Arizona Daily Star) About 40 percent of the medical malpractice cases filed in the United States are groundless, according to a Harvard analysis of the hotly debated issue, which pits trial lawyers against doctors with lawmakers in the middle. [News Source]

Study: Four out of 10 Medical Malpractice Cases Are Groundless (Law.com) About 40 percent of the medical malpractice cases filed in the United States are groundless, according to a Harvard analysis of the hotly debated issue that pits trial lawyers against doctors, with lawmakers in the middle. [News Source]