Monthly Archives: June 2011

It’s Legal to Say “I’m Sorry”

Michigan has now joined the majority of states that have enacted an “I’m sorry” law for medical malpractice cases. The statute (MCL 600.2155, effective 4/11/11) declares that statements made by health care providers to express “sympathy, compassion, commiseration, or a general sense of benevolence relating to the pain, suffering, or death of an individual,” to […]