The AMA reports that medical liability premiums have increased nationwide for the seventh consecutive year.

Medical malpractice looms large in the minds of doctors in the US. New data from Kitchel law tells the story of how much ...

After being pushed and prodded by two years of television ads, two initiative campaigns and two well-funded organizations — first doctors, then lawyers — most voters apparently now think the ...

If doctors blame lawyers for their rising malpractice insurance premiums, who should lawyers blame? Professional liability insurance rates for attorneys at large firms may rise 35 percent to as much ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Bobby L. Hickman is a longtime business and financial journalist who brings decades of ...

nationally. Chandra particularly attacks the doctors' argument that higher malpractice payments, which can result from having no cap, directly lead to higher liability insurance rates. "The ...