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As provincial governments across Canada tweak their regulation of malpractice lawsuits …

Canadian tort law, as it applies to medical malpractice, appears relatively settled from a
systems perspective; there is no" burning platform" driving major tort reform in this area of …

The National Practitioner's Data Bank, until very recently, has been the sole unified
database for reporting medical malpractice settlements nationwide by medical …

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1. Some writers prefer to place" crisis" in quotes, suggesting that the problem is a bit
overstated. Certainly there is no shortage of overblown rhetoric in the continuing debate …

Although Canada and the US are two separate worlds when medical malpractice is
considered, actuaries across North America are looking into their crystal balls in an attempt …

Medical malpractice litigation is complex, lengthy, and thus costly. 2 The cost of this type of
litigation contributes, in various ways, to the soaring cost of health care in the United States …

Medical groups had lobbied for the passage of House Bill 1802. Although physicians
nationwide are feeling the squeeze of rising malpractice premiums, Pennsylvania has some …

In 2008, the Tennessee General Assembly passed legislation designed to reduce the
number of lawsuits filed against medical professionals by requiring any medical malpractice …

Time is a luxury. That is especially true in the realm of medical malpractice claims. The
Federal Tort Claims Act gives us just six months to pay, settle or deny administrative claims …