Kat,

One thing that might be a solution to the malpractice situation is
review boards for malpractice claims, rather than liability caps.  Since
the article you cited says that 40% of malpractice claims are unfounded,
that means that around 60% _do_ have merit.  In the example I cited in
response to your original post, the machinist and the middle school
student who were injured through negligence would then have recourse
beyond a $250,000 - $750,000 cap.

Kendall 

An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
progress depends on the unreasonable man.

-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950


-----Original Message-----
From: Kathleen Salkin [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 4:35 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [C-PALSY] Study on Malpractice Suits Finds Many are Without
Merit

A Harvard University study finds that up to 40% of all malpractice  
suits are groundless:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12723303/

This bolsters my opinion that we badly need liability caps in the  
US.  There are many towns in NC that don't have doctors to deliver  
babies because they have to pay such high malpractice insurance  
premiums.  I think we need restraints of damage awards.

Now I'm off to go back to work.  Ugh!

Kat

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