Surgeon Backs Tort Reform to Decrease Malpractice Awards

ANNAPOLIS – Mark Artusio has performed surgery in Frederick County for 21 years

Garrett County Needs Delivery From Doctors’ Insurance Rates

ANNAPOLIS – Garrett County residents might soon be forced to go elsewhere to give birth

Senate Panel Proposes Medical Malpractice Solutions

ANNAPOLIS – A Senate panel is proposing to cap damages in medical malpractice cases where a patient dies and to freeze awards for pain and suffering in lawsuits against doctors and hospitals

Hope Dwindles for Medical Malpractice Legislative Session by Dec. 1

ANNAPOLIS – Doctors’ insurance payments — which will rise by an average of 33 percent next year — are due Dec

Special Session May Moot Senate Panel’s Liability Reforms

ANNAPOLIS – A Senate task force released its proposal for medical liability insurance reform Wednesday, just hours after Maryland doctors and patients demanded legislators work harder to convene a special session of the General Assembly to resolve the issue

Senate Committee Shuffle Could Impact Medical Malpractice Reform

ANNAPOLIS – A Maryland state senator said he is being removed from his seat on the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee because he disagrees with the Senate president on medical malpractice tort reform

Malpractice Crisis Drives House Dems to Call for Special Session

ANNAPOLIS – The House Democratic caucus Tuesday prepared for a special legislative session on medical malpractice insurance just in case Gov

Some Montgomery County Flu Vaccine Lottery Winners Out of Luck

SILVER SPRING – Sixty winners of Montgomery County’s flu shot lottery missed appointments to get their vaccinations Thursday, the health department said, opening up slots for others among the 20,000 who applied for the immunizations