Walker signs another round of law-related bills
Gov. Scott Walker signed 55 bills Wednesday, including several that could affect legal processes in Wisconsin.
Bill changing doctor notification law passes
A Wisconsin state law covering information doctors are required to tell patients would be expanded under a bill that has passed the state Assembly.
Senate votes to expand informed consent
A Wisconsin state law covering what information doctors are required to tell patients would be expanded under a bill that has passed the Senate.
Informed consent bill passes Senate
The state Senate passed a bill Tuesday governing what information doctors are obliged to provide to patients.
Trial lawyers not happy with ‘informed consent’ amendment
In amending a bill concerning what doctors must tell patients about alternatives to prescribed medical treatments, lawmakers have missed the mark, says the president of Wisconsin’s trial lawyers association.
Assembly passes informed consent bill
The state Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill supported by many in the medical community that would no longer require doctors to give patients as much information about available alternative treatments.
Assembly to take up informed consent bill
Doctors would not be required to give patients as much information about alternative treatments available to them under a bill scheduled for a vote in the state Assembly.
Two tort-reform proposals move ahead, one likely dies (UPDATE)
Two Wisconsin tort reform proposals received approvals from a legislative judiciary committee Thursday and one more or less died.
Proposal changing informed consent law advances (UPDATE)
Doctors would not be required to give patients as much information about alternative treatments available to them under a bill passed by an Assembly committee.
Malpractice stats don’t support fears about informed-consent law (UPDATE)
Lawmakers are arguing a recent Wisconsin Supreme Court decision warrants a change in decades-old law to prevent rises in malpractice suits filed and the practice of “defensive medicine.”
GOP proposal would change informed consent law
Doctors would not be required to give patients as much information about alternative treatments available to them under a Republican-sponsored bill on a fast track in the Legislature.
Torts — medical malpractice — informed consent
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