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Healthcare/Hospital Law

Jul. 27, 2007

Public-Reporting Laws Likely Will Increase Med-Mal Cases

A pair of new laws requiring hospitals to report errors by physicians and administrators could cause a spike in medical-malpractice claims. But do such reports qualify as admissions of negligence, or are they merely a tool meant to help improve patient care?

By Alexa Hyland
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - Two new laws requiring hospitals to report and make public errors by doctors or administrative staff are expected to cause an increase in medical-malpractice claims and strengthen the hands of plaintiffs' lawyers while presenting new challenges for attorneys who defend hospitals.
      The additions to California's Health and Safet...

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