A Victim of Medical Malpractice Reform?

Medical Malpractice Reform: Historical Approaches, Alternative ...

Thus, patients might reasonably expect medical malpractice law to serve as a deterrent to the improper practice of medicine and to compensate—through a ...

An Introduction to Medical Malpractice in the United States - PMC

The injured patient must show that the physician acted negligently in rendering care, and that such negligence resulted in injury. To do so, four legal elements ...

Medical Malpractice Patients Are Forgotten Victims Of Tort Reform

Harold was left unable to stand, sit or move without pain, and his sister needed to move from another state to assist him with daily tasks. He ...

The Folly of Medical Malpractice Reform - Alliance for Justice

Medical malpractice is not rare. In his book, The Medical Malpractice Myth, Penn Law Professor Tom Baker shows that most victims of medical ...

A Victim of Medical Malpractice Reform? - The Washington Post

Judicial Proceedings is the committee that would handle any changes in medical malpractice laws, which are being pushed by Gov. Robert L.

How Federal Tort Reform Could Hurt Atlanta Medical Malpractice ...

In more than 30 states throughout the country, victims of medical malpractice are limited in how much compensation they can obtain for ...

Evaluating the Medical Malpractice System and Options for Reform

The U.S. medical malpractice liability system has two principal objectives: to compensate patients who are injured through the negligence of healthcare ...

Study reveals medical malpractice “tort reform” is ineffective

For patients injured because of medical negligence, however, caps can be a significant setback in recovery. The CBO noted that if the U.S. Congress enacted ...

Medical Malpractice "Reform": Maintaining The Fiction

There was also a large public relation push from groups like the American Tort Reform Association, which blamed lawsuits for not only rising insurance rates but ...

Arguments For and Against Medical Malpractice Reform

Medical professionals are the most vocal proponents of malpractice reform. They argue that our litigious society promotes frivolous lawsuits, ...

"Medical Malpractice Reform" by Mark Monaco

These flaws include a failure to compensate most victims of medical accidents, a failure to compensate promptly, and a failure to compensate without undue ...

The Hidden Victims of Tort Reform: Women, Children, and the Elderly

Bush called for enacting caps on medical malpractice damages, and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, a physician, has declared this one of his legislative ...

"Medical Malpractice Litigation and Tort Reform: It's the Incentives, S ...

... tort system does a poor job of distinguishing real victims from phony ones, claiming that it no more discourages malpractice than a police officer would ...

Health Care and Medical Malpractice Reform: The Necessity of ...

Abstract: All victims of medical malpractice should have access to the courts for the compensation that they are entitled to under our laws, ...

Does Medical Malpractice Reform Prevent Errors or Limit Patient ...

Politicians also overlook the substantial financial and human costs that victims of medical malpractice endure, choosing instead to pass laws to restrict ...

The Jury's Still Out: A Critical Look at Malpractice Reform

Only the degree of injury predicted outcome. In addition, the current practice of patient suing doctor does not address medical errors due to ...

What is Tort Reform and How Does it Affect My Negligence Claim?

Recent reforms allow for time constraints on the amount of time that a victim has to file and recover for medical negligence, procedural ...

Neither Goose Nor Gander: Why Tort Reform Fails All - The Florida Bar

In the medical malpractice space, tort reform aims to reduce the number of liability payouts to injured patients from physicians and health-care ...

How Medical Malpractice Tort Reform Affects Your Medical Practice

Medical malpractice tort reform has been enacted in some states to protect medical professionals from waves of frivolous lawsuits.

From Medical Malpractice to Quality Assurance

Every decade or so, the United States is seized with a fervor to reform medical malpractice. Unfortunately, this zest is typically motivated by ...