| Obstetric Malpractice |
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| Patient Compensation Funds |
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| In response to the increased cost and reduced availability of medical malpractice insurance, about one-third of the states have created Patient Compensation Funds (PCF), which are malpractice liability funding mechanisms. Under PCF statutes, the liability of healthcare providers and institutions is limited to a specified amount, and the state establishes funds to compensate success malpractice plaintiffs for damages in excess of that specified amount. The provider or institution buys basic malpractice limits of coverage from a private insurer and further coverage through the PCF. More... |
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| Vicarious Liability of Hospitals for Physicians' Negligence |
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| Acupuncture Malpractice |
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| Liability of Ambulance Attendants and Emergency Medical Technicians |
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| Many times the first contact that a sick or injured individual has with a hospital is when an ambulance arrives at his home, the attendant and the emergency medical technician work over him, and he is loaded into the ambulance for the trip to the hospital. Now assume that the patient is in even worse shape when he gets to the hospital, and the reason for the decline in his condition appears to be the conduct of the emergency health care provider. Does the patient have a cause of action for medical malpractice against the health care providers or their employers, and if so, do the health care providers have any defenses against the action? More... |
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