Louisiana Medical Malpractice

01/02/2026

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A tool for spotting pancreatic cancer in routine CT scans has had promising results, one example of how China is racing to apply A.I. to medicine’s tough problems.

05/28/2025

Don’t let them take your rights away. Contact your representative today. Tell him to vote against this bill. Someday, you are a loved one may be harmed by nursing home negligence. But if this bill goes through, it will be too late. Do something today.

The Louisiana Legislature is considering a bill that would make it harder to hold irresponsible nursing home managers responsible for negligence. Our editorial board urges lawmakers to rejcet the proposal.

03/23/2025

Talking about now much medical malpractice there is and how devastating it can be. Check it out ... and join our cause to change Louisiana's worst-in-the-nation medical malpractice laws.

12/28/2024

Louisiana victims and families injured or killed by medical malpractice have far fewer rights or remedies than victims in any other state.

In the United States, 26 states have medical malpractice caps on damage awards to victims injured or killed by medical malpractice. Louisiana is one of those states.

Of those 26, only six impose caps that limit both economic and non-economic damages, known as a “hard cap”. Louisiana is one of those states.

Only 17 states require medical malpractice claims to be processed through a medical review panel before a lawsuit can be filed. Louisiana is one of those states.

Only 2 states have mandatory trust funds for future medical expenses awarded to medical malpractice victims, meaning victims are not given court awards for their future medical expenses. They are given to a state agency to administer. Louisiana is one of those states.

Only Louisiana and Indiana impose all three – damage cap awards, medical review panels and future trust funds. In Indiana, the healthcare providers liability is capped at $500,000.00 and their PCF is liable for up to $1.8 million in additional damages, excluding future medical expenses.

In Louisiana, since 1975, healthcare providers liability is capped at $100,000.00 and the PCF’s total liability is capped at $500,000.00, excluding future medical expenses.

No state caps a healthcare provider’s liability as low as $100,000.00, as Louisiana does.

Louisiana has the harshest, most restrictive medical malpractice laws in the United States.

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Visit our website and see what you can do about it.

12/27/2024

Learn about Louisiana's harsh medical malpractice compensation system, the most restrictive and antiquated in the nation. Why should the people of Louisiana have less rights to compensation for medical malpractice than anyone else? What can be done? Visit the Patient Patients Rights Advocacy Forum of Louisiana.

Learn who is on the board of the Louisiana Medical Malpractice Victim Compensation Fund and how the system is set up to limit recovery for victims of medical...

12/23/2024

"The judge overseeing the process acknowledged that the final amount is far from adequate in light of the conditions they were made to endure."

After waiting three years, Bob Dean's patients found out how much money they'll receive from their lawsuit. “Their fight has just been beaten out of them."

12/22/2024

A recent Senate report revealed that UnitedHealthcare and CVS denied prior-authorization requests for postacute care for seniors at rates nearly three times higher than their overall denial rates. The report also highlighted the growing role of artificial intelligence in determining whether insurers approve or deny care.

The UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting has sharpened the public’s focus on the role of private insurers, a necessary evil in the U.S. healthcare system.

12/18/2024

Louisiana ranks No. 1 for flu in the U.S., expert says RSV is ‘off the charts’

At Children’s Hospital New Orleans, that has resulted in a full hospital across departments. The hospital has 34 NICU beds and currently 50 babies in need of care.

10/30/2024

Learn about "the float" and how it benefits med mal insurers and their customers. Delay is a major weapon in medical malpractice litigation.

Real Reform Louisiana is a nonprofit organization of Republicans, Democrats and Independents dedicated to lowering Louisianans household costs, driving down car insurance rates, and stopping insurance companies and big corporations from rigging the court system.

04/08/2024

Did you really think they had your back?

A little-known data firm helps health insurers make more when less of an out-of-network claim gets paid. Patients can be on the hook for the difference.

03/07/2024

Read on ... another example of medical malpractice damage caps thwarting the checks and balances our society needs to deter dangerous medical care that could harm any of us.

A jury returned a $3.38 million verdict in a medical malpractice lawsuit, marking the largest verdict of its kind in Wicomico County’s history.

02/23/2024

Tort reform means taking your rights away in return for higher insurance company profits. Always has. Always will.

In regards to the letter titled, "Abuse of legal system is raising Louisiana insurance rates," Sean Kevelighan seeks to begin another campaign of stripping victims of their rights on the