Background Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is among the most common orthopaedic procedures, with its incidence doubling over the past decade. To date, no studies have analyzed litigation after ACL reconstruction. Purpose To characterize the causes of malpractice litigation after ACL reconstruction. Study Design Cross-sectional study. Methods A retrospective review of malpr...

PURPOSE Malpractice premiums have increased by up to 57% for urologists in the last 3 years, for which the reasons are not clearly reported. We sought to better understand factors contributing to the current medical malpractice crisis in urology. MATERIALS AND METHODS Working with the Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company of New York State we evaluated malpractice claims in urology that ...

Ontario initiated a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) oral rabies vaccination (ORV) programme in 1989. This study utilized a benefit-cost analysis to determine if this ORV programme was economically worthwhile. Between 1979 and 1989, prior to ORV baiting, the average annual human post-exposure treatments, positive red fox rabies diagnostic tests and indemnity payments for livestock lost to rabies were 22...

OBJECTIVE To identify common causes of legal action, injuries, claims, and decisions related to medical professional liability claims stemming from cutaneous laser surgery. DESIGN Search of online public legal documents using a national database. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Frequency and nature of cases, including year of litigation, location and certification of provider, injury sustained, cause...

Objective: Identify clinical opportunities to intervene to prevent a malpractice event and determine the proportion of malpractice claims potentially preventable by clinical decision support (CDS). Materials and Methods: Cross-sectional review of closed malpractice claims over seven years from one malpractice insurance company and seven hospitals in the Boston area. For each event, clinical opp...

BACKGROUND "High-liability risk specialties" tend to be the focus of medical malpractice system research and debate, but concerns and fears are not limited to this group. The objective of this study was to examine whether "high-liability risk" medical specialties have a different experience with the malpractice system than "low-liability risk" specialties. METHODS We reviewed claims data from...

We use data from the Kansas Farm Management Association to estimate impact of crop insurance liability and indemnities on farm debt. Subsidized may increase farms' financial risk through a mechanism known as “risk balancing.” Previous findings in support balancing suffer bias due unobservable characteristics simultaneity debt decisions. Employing simultaneous equations model with fixed effects,...

PURPOSE To review malpractice claims associated with retained lens fragments during cataract surgery to identify ways to improve patient outcomes. METHODS Retrospective, noncomparative, consecutive case series. Closed claims data related to cataract surgeries complicated by retained lens fragments (1989 through 2009) from an ophthalmic insurance carrier were reviewed. Factors associated with ...

Background: We reviewed medico‐legal cases related to extremity sarcoma malpractice in order to recognize those factors most commonly instigating sarcoma litigation. Methods: Over one million legal cases available in a national legal database were searched for malpractice verdicts and settlements involving extremity sarcoma spanning 1980–2012. We categorized verdict/settlement resolutions by st...