COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Sympathetic statements by a doctor over a patient's unexpected medical outcome can't be admitted as evidence in medical malpractice cases filed after the date a law intended to ...

The Ohio Department of Insurance’s annual Ohio Medical Professional Liability Closed Claim Report reveals there were fewer medical malpractice claims recorded in Ohio in 2012 than in any other year ...

Mercy Health and several medical professionals named in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a Warren woman are asking a ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio is among the top 10 worst states for medical malpractice in the United States, a recent study found. Ohio-based The Fitch Law Firm analyzed data from the National ...

The financial pinch was felt here, for example, when popular Lorain obstetrician-gynecologist Paul Bartulica closed his practice in 2002 after his premium rocketed from $72,000 a year to $147,000.

No doctor wants to be deposed in court on a malpractice case, but these cases do end up in court. Medical residents at OhioHealth Grant Medical Center in Columbus will be better prepared as a result ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A case in the Ohio Supreme Court involving a 94-year-old Marine Corps veteran who lost his eye after cataract surgery is challenging a state law that caps damages for pain and ...

Medical malpractice premiums in Ohio have continued to fall for the fourth straight year, a trend which both state regulators and insurers attribute to a mix of policy changes, liability limits and ...

On April 25 the Ohio Supreme Court took up the constitutionality of the state's statute of repose, according to a news release from the Ohio State Medical Association. [3] This law prohibits a patient ...

Famed astronaut Neil Armstrong’s family reportedly received $6 million from an Ohio hospital following allegations that medical errors led to his August 2012 death. After a successful cardiac bypass ...

Antoon's surgery occurred in January of 2008. The suit before the Supreme Court was filed only this year. The Clinic has argued the case has no merit and should be blocked under the state law that ...