Why did the PPACA not emphasize malpractice reform as a more important component of health care reform?

The commonly held view that state tort liability litigation can do much good and little harm because it provides added protection to patients and consumers is largely unsupported.

This installment looks at the problems presented by the Vioxx cases for the litigation system as a whole.

The federal preemption of state tort law is an issue in several cases on the Supreme Court’s docket, including February 25 oral arguments in Warner-Lambert v. Kent. The Supreme Court also recently agreed to hear early next term appeals in the cases of Wyeth v. Levine, in which the federal...

The Fairness in Asbestos Injury Recovery (FAIR) Act, S. 852, would establish a $140 billion trust fund to compensate victims of asbestos-related diseases, taking most cases out of the litigation system. Would the establishment of this trust fund solve the threat of unbounded liability for companies that used asbestos, or...

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Two events which took place in the mid-1950s have exerted since then an extraordinary influence over health care. The first event was the development of an effective vaccine against polio, a scientific triumph over a fearsome communicable...

A new book acknowledges that the litigation explosion has harmed America, but it places the blame on right-wing politics.

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On October 9, 2007, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Stoneridge v. Scientific-Atlanta, a case that many are calling the most important securities case in years. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a class action suit...