Citizen Action at Work in Colorado
A movement in the Colorado House to dramatically raise the limits on awards in medical liability lawsuits has been temporarily halted, as the House committee hearing the bill delayed action after being flooded with calls and emails from Colorado citizens, including members of Protect Patients Now. Read more here.

Doctors Rally for Reform in New York
About 1,500 doctors in white coats rallied in Albany early this month to protest the growing patient access to care crisis in New York State, many carrying banners that said, "Enough is Enough." Read more here.

Oregon Dodges a Bullet -- Again
Late last month, the Oregon Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the statutory limits on non-economic damages. Read more here.

Personal Injury Lawyers Up the Ante
Last month, Protect Patients Now reported on the case being brought in a Texas court challenging the constitutionality - vis-à-vis the Texas constitution - of that state's law limiting non-economic damages in medical liability lawsuits. Personal injury attorneys have now upped the ante considerably, filing a class action suit in federal court in Marshall, Texas, saying that the law's limits violate the U.S. constitution on four grounds. Read more here.

Thirty-eight Million Dollars
That's the size of a recent medical liability award in Connecticut after the verdict against a Harvard-trained obstetrician. Connecticut obstetricians have already seen their average premium explode from $63,000 in 2000 to $170,000 today. The latest record-setting award is likely to cause medical lawsuit abuse to be on the rise in that state. Read more here.