{"id":531,"date":"2012-08-17T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury-robertkreisman.lawblogger.net\/2012\/08\/17\/some_new_york_hospitals_halt_malpractice_insurance_eliminate_obstetrics_departments\/"},"modified":"2019-10-17T10:51:53","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T10:51:53","slug":"some_new_york_hospitals_halt_malpractice_insurance_eliminate_obstetrics_departments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/some_new_york_hospitals_halt_malpractice_insurance_eliminate_obstetrics_departments\/","title":{"rendered":"Some New York Hospitals Cancel Malpractice Insurance; Administrators Say Coverage is Simply Too Expensive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several of New York City&#8217;s financially strapped hospitals have canceled their malpractice insurance because the insurance costs are simply too high. Executives of these hospitals, most of which are in poor neighborhoods, say their financial circumstances and high premiums make it impractical to pay millions of dollars a year for insurance.<\/p>\n<p>This trend was reported in a recent edition of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/07\/16\/nyregion\/some-hospitals-in-new-york-lack-a-malpractice-safety-net.html?_r=1&amp;pagewanted=all\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In an Illinois medical malpractice action against a county or state owned hospital, if a jury finds in favor of a patient, the award is paid by the state when the hospital is state-owned. When the facility is a county-funded institution, like Stroger Hospital, there is a statute, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/legislation\/ilcs\/ilcs3.asp?ActID=2062&amp;ChapterID=58\">Local Governmental and Government Employees Tort Immunity Act, 745 ILCS 10\/1-101, et seq. (Illinois Tort Immunity Act)<\/a>, which essentially allows the possibility of recovery against a Cook County hospital only if the hospital is found to be negligent in the treatment of a patient, but not liable if the hospital chooses not to order tests or it was negligent because it misdiagnosed a patient. <a href=\"http:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/illinois\/court-of-appeals-first-appellate-district\/2001\/1003731.html\">Michigan Avenue National Bank v. Cook County, 191 Ill. 2d 493 <\/a>(2000) is the leading case interpreting the Illinois statute on immunity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/some_new_york_hospitals_halt_malpractice_insurance_eliminate_obstetrics_departments\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Some New York Hospitals Cancel Malpractice Insurance; Administrators Say Coverage is Simply Too Expensive\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several of New York City&#8217;s financially strapped hospitals have canceled their malpractice insurance because the insurance costs are simply too high. Executives of these hospitals, most of which are in poor neighborhoods, say their financial circumstances and high premiums make it impractical to pay millions of dollars a year for insurance. 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