Over 500,000 patients per year in the U.S. undergo an endoscopic procedure to diagnose and treat certain diseases in the liver, pancreas,...

Although the healthcare and insurance industry is fond of saying that anyone can start a lawsuit, this is not true for Minnesota medical...

Each year approximately 1.6 million women in the United States have a breast biopsy. Although there are well-established diagnostic...

On May 10, 2010, Kirk Lloyd, age 17, tried to commit suicide by wrapping himself in a blanket and setting it on fire. When his mother...

Now that the results of medical malpractice "reform" can be objectively measured, it has become increasingly clear that the healthcare...

In 1986, the Minnesota legislature enacted Minn. Stat. 145.682, a law that requires medical malpractice claimants to obtain expert...

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently ruled that cruise ship owners can be held vicariouly liabile for...

Medicare will penalize 12 Minnesota hospitals for having an unacceptably high rate of patients with hospital-acquired infections, bed...

Tort reform advocates argue that fear of lawsuits drive up the cost of emergency room care by prompting doctors to order unnecessary and...

Earlier in 2014, a Milwaukee County jury awarded nearly $25 million to Ascaris Mayo, a 53-year old mother of four who lost all four limbs...