Medical malpractice can be a nightmare for both patients and doctors. A large new study takes a close look at claims to get an idea where most of these cases are coming from. For the study, published ...

Study finds most doctors will face at least one malpractice claim during career. Aug. 18, 2011— -- Almost every physician in the U.S. will face a malpractice claim during his or her career, ...

Most doctors are rarely if ever accused of malpractice. But of those who are, there are a small number of serial offenders. According to a paper published Wednesday in the New England Journal of ...

The rate of paid medical malpractice claims in the United States has declined significantly, dropping nearly 56 percent between 1992 and 2014, researchers report. At the same time, the average payout ...

August 17, 2011 (UPDATED August 23, 2011) — The risk of facing a malpractice claim in any given year ranges from 2.6% for psychiatrists to 19.1% for neurosurgeons, but over a medical lifetime, most ...

A new study shines light on medical errors and malpractice cases in pediatric care. The types of malpractice claims involving children change over time, with infants under age 1 experiencing the ...

Malpractice claims against nurses have increased in recent years, according to a new report published by the Nurses Service Organization (NSO). The report examined nurse claims from CNA that closed ...

Medical malpractice aid arrives in Northeast Philadelphia and Bustleton as The Weitz Firm launches free consultations to help ...

Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, is the target of a malpractice claim by a Special Forces soldier whose throat cancer went undiagnosed. (Army) Troops who win medical ...

Schuster Law has announced expanded legal services for individuals pursuing medical malpractice claims in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The firm’s attorneys represent patients and families seeking ...

Just 1 percent of doctors are linked to nearly one-third of all paid malpractice claims, an analysis by researchers at Stanford finds. And the physicians who account for an outsize share of the claims ...

A New Jersey appeals court has dismissed a legal malpractice lawsuit filed against the Office of the Public Defender by a man who served 12 years in prison before his sexual assault conviction was ...