November 16, 2004

Malpractice costs level off

“Malpractice attorney Marc L. Breakstone attributed the drop in settlements partly to President Bush’s highly publicized efforts to cap malpractice awards, suggesting that his many speeches criticizing excessive malpractice payments may have tilted juries against people who claim they were injured by medical mistakes.”



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  1. The candidates on tort reform
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  3. Supervising residents
  4. How to bankrupt malpractice lawyers
  5. More on why health courts make sense
  6. My USA Today column on why medical malpractice reform is needed
  7. Mark Herrmann: Regulation by lightning bolt


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