Medical malpractice can be a nightmare for both patients and doctors. A large new study takes a close look at claims to get an idea where most of these cases are coming from. For the study, published ...

Study finds most doctors will face at least one malpractice claim during career. Aug. 18, 2011— -- Almost every physician in the U.S. will face a malpractice claim during his or her career, ...

Most doctors are rarely if ever accused of malpractice. But of those who are, there are a small number of serial offenders. According to a paper published Wednesday in the New England Journal of ...

The rate of paid medical malpractice claims in the United States has declined significantly, dropping nearly 56 percent between 1992 and 2014, researchers report. At the same time, the average payout ...

August 17, 2011 (UPDATED August 23, 2011) — The risk of facing a malpractice claim in any given year ranges from 2.6% for psychiatrists to 19.1% for neurosurgeons, but over a medical lifetime, most ...

A new study shines light on medical errors and malpractice cases in pediatric care. The types of malpractice claims involving children change over time, with infants under age 1 experiencing the ...

Malpractice claims against nurses have increased in recent years, according to a new report published by the Nurses Service Organization (NSO). The report examined nurse claims from CNA that closed ...

Just 1 percent of doctors are linked to nearly one-third of all paid malpractice claims, an analysis by researchers at Stanford finds. And the physicians who account for an outsize share of the claims ...

Soldiers assigned to Viper Company, 1-26 Infantry, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), with the East Africa Response Force (EARF), prepare for night vision training at Grand Bara, Djibouti, Dec. 14 ...

The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that a legal malpractice lawsuit against the Office of the Public Defender was properly dismissed for failure to comply with the provisions of the Tort Claims ...