Amid unprecedentedly high verdicts recently awarded in Nebraska and other Midwest states, two bills were introduced this month in the Nebraska Legislature to amend sections of the Nebraska Hospital-Medical Liability Act (“Act”).  Under this Act, damages against qualified healthcare providers for medical malpractice claims are capped at $2.25 million.  To be a qualified provider under the Act, healthcare providers must be insured in the amount of $500,000 for each occurrence [...]

Understanding the statute of limitations for any case is an essential first step.  However, determining whether a claim was timely filed is not always clear in medical malpractice cases.  This is especially true when the patient continues receiving treatment after the alleged negligence. Under the Nebraska Hospital-Medical Liability Act, a patient must bring a medical malpractice lawsuit within two years of the allegedly wrongful act, or if such wrongful act [...]