I read with interest Patrick Sullivan's recent CMAJ article1 describing the issues that were discussed at the annual meeting of the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) in August. Sullivan reports, "By last year, legal bills had declined to $83 million." I would like to point out that the CMPA's legal expenses in 1998 were not $83 million but $62 million. I assume that Sullivan was referring to the $83 million that the CMPA paid in awards and settlements on behalf of members in that year.
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