MADISON (AP) - Medical malpractice claims hit a record low last year in Wisconsin, according to the Director of State Courts.The number of medical malpractice lawsuits fell to 84 last year from 140 in ...

Currently, Wisconsin malpractice law only awards up to $500,000 in noneconomic damages. Senators and residents of Wisconsin are lobbying to change the state's malpractice laws. The national balancing ...

MILWAUKEE — According to a study by John Hopkins Medicine, medical error is the third leading cause of death in the United States right behind heart disease and ...

Three years after her mother died, Sarah Schuh received a shocking call: It wasn't the car accident that had killed her mom, the caller said. She died because of "mess-ups" in the emergency room. The ...

Wisconsin's burgeoning $1.4 billion insurance fund for doctors and state-mandated caps on damages in malpractice cases will go on trial Thursday when the state Supreme Court wrestles with the question ...

“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,” as Ralph Waldo Emerson famously wrote. But what about foolish inconsistencies? Much has been written about the battles that have been going on ...

In the past two decades, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has flip flopped on whether a limit on damages in medical malpractice lawsuits is constitutional. In three cases involving people who suffered ...

Wisconsin has the lowest rate of medical malpractice cases. Wisconsin has the lowest medical malpractice claims in the country, which may be due to caps on noneconomic damages. Wisconsin caps on ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

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