Insurance
The high stakes of an insurance claim
San Diego Union-Tribune The object of Pfeffer's ire is State Farm Insurance. The former Rohr Industries buyer said the cost of his…
Mar 30, 2003Consumer Watchdog
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Insurance
No need to cap medical malpractice awards
Fort Collins Coloradoan With medical insurance costs amounting to only 3.2 percent of the average physicians expenses and with only 2 percent…
Mar 29, 2003
Healthcare
Limiting malpractice awards needs exception
The Journal News (New York) Bipartisan efforts in Congress to cap portions of jury awards in medical malpractice suits hit a snag…
Mar 28, 2003FERC Admits Energy Ripoff But Davis Wants Consumers To Pay
FTCR Says Davis Should Reverse Support for Utility Bailouts, Get Money Back to Consumers Now that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has…
Mar 26, 2003A Lifetime of Pain and Suffering: $250,000 One Year as Head of The Doctors Company: $2,213,025
Who Hit the Jackpot? FTCR today released a document revealing that the top two executives of malpractice insurer the Doctors Company were…
Mar 25, 2003
Healthcare
To cap or not to cap;
Medical community lobbies for limits on noneconomic damagesModern Healthcare The dual-track effort is a "cynical," back-door attempt to win support at any…
Mar 24, 2003
Energy
State Considers Establishing a Gasoline Bank;
A fuel reserve is one of several ideas proposed to curb large price swings when crude oil supplies run short or refineries…
Mar 24, 2003
Insurance
LAZARUS AT LARGE: Counting up the costs of combat
The San Francisco Chronicle "The money for the war will ultimately have to come from somewhere," said Doug Heller, a spokesman for…
Mar 23, 2003
Healthcare
Patients to be able to check doctors on Web;
Washington, Idaho putting malpractice records onlineSpokesman Review (Spokane, WA) Both states will soon unveil online databases that will include civil judgments from…
Mar 21, 2003
Privacy
Blind in One Eye Because of Medical Negligence, Man Has No Legal Recourse
Bill Mitchell - San Diego, California
Mar 19, 2003Medical Malpractice Insurers Pay Higher Dividends to California Doctors After Proposition 103
Insurance Lobbyists Mislead Congress on Dividend Issue
Mar 19, 2003
Insurance
Oregon Doctors Push Legislators for Malpractice-Insurance Relief
The Register Guard (Eugene, OR) Doctors blame their rising insurance costs on greedy attorneys who, unhindered by a cap, are seeking bigger…
Mar 19, 2003
Healthcare
HMO Negligence Takes Life of Medicare Patient, Malpractice Cap Prevents Family From Redress In Court
Ruth MacInnes - San Diego, California
Mar 18, 2003
Energy
Southern California Motorists See No Relief Coming at Gas Pumps
Daily News of Los Angeles "When gas prices go up, it affects every company involved in a nonvirtual business," said Jamie Court,…
Mar 16, 2003
Healthcare
Quest For Answers; Renewed scrutiny of suspected medical errors
Newsday (New York, NY) Studies say medical errors are endemic. Between 44,000 and 98,000 Americans die in hospitals each year as a…
Mar 16, 2003
Healthcare
Malpractice caps need to be studied
Spokane Spokesman Review The Legislature needs to conduct a comprehensive study of the issue before altering the state constitution and diminishing the…
Mar 16, 2003
Healthcare
MONEY & MEDICINE; For Patients, Unpleasant Surprises in Arbitration
The New York Times More and more health care providers are pushing for binding arbitration -- in which an arbitrator or panel…
Mar 16, 2003
Healthcare
Husband Died Due To Hospital’s Gross Negligence, Wife Left Without Representation
Raymond Williams - Sacramento, California
Mar 15, 2003