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• Limiting Attorney's Fees Will Deny Justice to Malpractice Victims

  David Lowe | March 15, 2006 9:01 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  They are at it again: The Republican legislators and their insurance industry puppeteers have passed a bill designed to impede victims of medical malpractice from seeking compensation for their injuries. The bill would limit the attorneys fees that can be charged to victims of medical malpractice, leaving untouched (of course) the amount that doctors and hospitals can pay to their attorneys to...

• National Patient Safety Awareness Week--

  David Lowe | March 09, 2006 8:15 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  With 98,000 deaths annually due to medical error and negligence in U.S. hospitals, the old saw, "An Ounce of Prevention is Worth A Pound of Cure" remains the best prescription for avoiding injury. Hospitals are complex systems, and doctors and nurses are busy people. Patients who take an active role in risk avoidance will do well for themselves in this environment.The American Trial Lawyers...