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  • Lawsuits Improve Health Care


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    The NY Times reported on a new report that indicates that lawsuits improve the quality of health care because providers learn from their mistakes. "New evidence, however, contradicts the conventional wisdom that malpractice litigation compromises the patient safety movements call for transparency. In fact, the ...
    3 days ago

  • Tort Reform Does Nothing to Improve Care


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    Consumer advocate and nursing home expert Brian Lee wrote a guest column for Floridas Herald Tribune on the new tort reform measures to protect the nursing home industry.  Below are some excerpts. In his recent guest column, "Nursing home articles disputed," the nursing home industrys lead lobbyist and ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Editorial


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    Attorney John Hawkins who was a former legislator in SC recently wrote an editorial explaining how "tort reform" creates injustices in our legal system.  Below are excerpts but see the full editorial at Spartanburg Herald. "The Cleveland Park train wreck case is a painful reminder of why so-called “tort ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Florida Bill


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    The Miami Herald also had an article on the new tort reform measures in Florida.  "Despite the emotional testimony from the families of nursing home patients who suffered abuses, the bill cleared its last stop on Monday — with a 12-3 vote by the Senate Rules Committee — and is headed to the Senate floor." Ken ...
    3 weeks ago

  • Raising the Bar for Punitive Damages


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    The Tampa Tribune reported on the new Florida tort reform measures that protect corporate owners and operators of nursing homes for neglect and abuse.  It requires the victims to show "conclusive evidence" of abuse before proceeding with a claim for punitive damages, raising the legal requirement that traditionally ...
    3 weeks ago

  • The Fallacy of Loser Pays in Tort Litigation


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    Last week at Overlawyered I had a little back and forth with its publisher, Walter Olson , on the concept of a loser-pays system. For those not familiar with the idea, this specifies that the loser of a lawsuit pays the legal fees of the winner. This is in contrast to the “American Rule” that says, generally, ...
    3 weeks ago

  • QD: News Every Day--Diagnostic errors the most common, costly of malpractice claims


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    Diagnostic errors were the most common, costly and dangerous of medical mistakes among malpractice claims, and not surgical and OB/GYN claims, a study found. Researchers analyzed more than 350,000 paid, closed malpractice claims from the National Practitioner Data Bank from 1986 to 2010. Results appeared online at ...
    4 weeks ago

  • Republicans hate Lawsuits and Trial Lawyers, except when Bars can make a little cash suing kids and/or parents for underage drinking.


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    First: Warning to businesses thinking about coming to Wisconsin, youd better be Republican approved! Secondly, Republican are huge hypocrites. When Republicans took power, they immediately put in place a draconian tort reform bills that basically gutted and stopped consumers from suing businesses or service ...
    4 weeks ago

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