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 ...

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 ...

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.

Mercy Health and several medical professionals named in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a Warren woman are asking a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Medical malpractice premiums in Ohio have continued to fall for the fourth straight year, a trend which both state regulators and insurers attribute to a mix of policy changes, liability limits and ...

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 ...