COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Sympathetic statements by a doctor over a patient's unexpected medical outcome can't be admitted as evidence in medical malpractice cases filed after the date a law intended to ...

The Ohio Department of Insurance’s annual Ohio Medical Professional Liability Closed Claim Report reveals there were fewer medical malpractice claims recorded in Ohio in 2012 than in any other year ...

The financial pinch was felt here, for example, when popular Lorain obstetrician-gynecologist Paul Bartulica closed his practice in 2002 after his premium rocketed from $72,000 a year to $147,000.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio is among the top 10 worst states for medical malpractice in the United States, a recent study found. Ohio-based The Fitch Law Firm analyzed data from the National ...

No doctor wants to be deposed in court on a malpractice case, but these cases do end up in court. Medical residents at OhioHealth Grant Medical Center in Columbus will be better prepared as a result ...

Providers looking to reduce malpractice suits have seen glimmers of hope from communication-and-resolution programs. Now, a ruling from the Ohio Supreme Court paves the way for some physicians to ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A case in the Ohio Supreme Court involving a 94-year-old Marine Corps veteran who lost his eye after cataract surgery is challenging a state law that caps damages for pain and ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new report says the number of medical malpractice claims in Ohio dropped 20 percent from 2005 to 2006. The report released Tuesday by the Ohio Department of Insurance says ...

On April 25 the Ohio Supreme Court took up the constitutionality of the state's statute of repose, according to a news release from the Ohio State Medical Association. [3] This law prohibits a patient ...

Antoon's surgery occurred in January of 2008. The suit before the Supreme Court was filed only this year. The Clinic has argued the case has no merit and should be blocked under the state law that ...

Since Ohio passed and enacted a tort-reform law in 2003, medical malpractice claims have dropped more than 40 percent and payments declined roughly at the same rate, according to a Columbus Dispatch ...