Recent Posts in insurance reform Category
Posted on Dec 21, 2011 By Scott I. Palumbo, Esq.
Tea Party and Trial Lawyers - Strange Bedfellows One wouldn't think trial lawyers and the Tea Party have much in common. But, they do. Both believe that the United States' Constitution's ...
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Posted on Oct 18, 2011 By Phoenix Personal Injury Lawyer
The consumer protection group Public Citizen has just issued a report that confirms that tort reform benefits nobody but insurance companies. New Public Citizen Report: Texas’ Health Care System ...
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Posted on Jun 29, 2011 By Scott I. Palumbo, Esq.
HBO recently aired a wonderful documentary by Susan Saladoff entitled Hot Coffee, which outlines the truth behind the infamous "McDonald's hot coffee case" and how insurance companies, ...
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Posted on Mar 9, 2011 By Palumbo Wolfe
The following article was published in Washington Monthly , March/April 2011. It is a great piece regarding the need to do more to protect patient safety First Do No Harm Last year there wasn't a ...
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Posted on Mar 7, 2011 By Anthony "Tony" Palumbo, Esq.
Palumbo Wolfe & Palumbo, PC founding partner, Tony Palumbo, was recently asked to speak to the physicians at the Western Surgical Association about medical negligence lawsuits. Mr. Palumbo took ...
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Posted on Jan 15, 2011 By Scott I. Palumbo, Esq.
Medical negligence lawsuits are few and far between, hardly contributing to health care costs. However, 98,000 patients are killed annually by preventable medical errors . That's like two 737s ...
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Posted on Jan 12, 2011 By Scott I. Palumbo, Esq.
How often have you heard someone say that "medical malpractice claims are driving good doctors out of business, thus we need medical liability reform," or something to that effect. Well, the facts ...
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