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MEDICAL: 238,337 potentially preventable deaths of US Medicare patients during three year period shows where the real problem lies in the tort reford crisis? Is the AMA, KMA, and Chamber of Commerce listening? I think not.

By Michael Stevens

I once heard it said the best remedy for "tort reform" was for the doctors to quit killing patients.  The following story from Day on Torts referencing a study posted at seems to make the point, again.  Of course, the American Medical Associal, the Kentucky Medical Association, and the U.S. and Kentucky Chamber of Commerce still believe the answer is capping the recovery and denying claimants their right to a jury trial so that medical malpractice insurance can remain afforda read more

Full post as published by Kentucky Law Blog on April 21, 2008 (boomark / email).