Barbara Haynes, a circuit court judge who ruled in favor of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in a malpractice lawsuit, is now under fire for not disclosing that she sits on the ...

The complaint says a woman was forced to wait hours in the hospital’s emergency room while suffering from severe chest pain, ...

In the last decade, medical malpractice case payouts, especially the most serious claims, have fallen dramatically. The number of cases is stable at approximately 1,400 to 1,500 per year, while the ...

A report released yesterday by Aon found that 73 percent of health systems surveyed plan to self-insure to cover malpractice risks for their hospitals and physicians. Aon prepared the report, “2011 ...

WILLMAR -- A $23 million jury verdict in a malpractice case has contributed to bumping up Rice Memorial Hospital's professional liability insurance premiums by more than 50 percent. The city-owned ...

Sen. Martin Hickey (D-Albuquerque), left, and Rep. Marianna Anaya (D-Albuquerque) told Source recently they have already ...

A cash-strapped Brooklyn hospital will stop delivering babies, aiming to regain its financial footing and reduce its escalating medical malpractice costs. Long Island College Hospital, in the Cobble ...

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - Attorneys representing both living and deceased patients of an Oregon hospital filed a $303 million lawsuit against the facility on Tuesday after a nurse was accused of replacing ...