Delays and costs are growing in malpractice courts

Article Abstract:

The Defense Research Institute surveyed lawyers involved in civil litigation, including medical malpractice suits, and found that case disposition has slowed in the 1980s, and transaction costs are higher than necessary. Plaintiff lawyers accused defense lawyers of dragging out cases to maximize earnings. Defense lawyers accused plaintiff lawyers of extending cases to wear down defendants. Increased costs may be due to the adversarial nature of the legal system, and to increased use of expensive experts.

Analysis, Attorneys, Lawyers, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Costs (Law), Legal fees, Civil procedure

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Looking for liability reform

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The American Medical Assn and other medical groups are lobbying Congress to attach reforms in medical malpractice liability laws to bills that propose changes in product liability. Sen Mitch McConnell and Spencer Abraham have introduced the Lawsuit Reform Act which include limits for continency fees and penalties for filing unnecessary lawsuits. Republicans are working on the Common Sense Legal Reform Act, part of their Contract with America, for product liability reform.

Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors, Offices & clinics of medical doctors, Physicians & Surgeons, Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists), Health Personnel Regulation, Physicians, Social policy, United States. Congress, Medical malpractice, Medical personnel, Medical law

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Enterprise liability out

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The American Medical Assn (AMA) is elated over the success of lobbying efforts against the Clinton administration's enterprise liability plan. Although administration officials have not confirmed that the proposal has been abandoned, AMA executives believe enterprise liability will only appear as a voluntary, federally sponsored demonstration project. The AMA favors tort reforms to limit lawyers' contingency fees and put a cap on awards for damages.

Employer liability, Political activity, Political aspects, American Medical Association, Health care reform

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