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: Medical Malpractice Law NewsNew Hampshire's Malpractice Screening Law and How it Works
By Mary R. Kennedy
"Medical malpractice screening panels were developed in the 1970s in response to complaints that claims were driving up insurance rates, forcing some doctors to give up their practices. Supporters hoped the panels would help contain costs by screening out weak cases and resolving the rest as early and inexpensively as possible.Related links provided by the article include:New Hampshire set up screening panels in 2005 based on a 1987 Maine law."
American Medical Association article
Maine Supreme Judicial Court opinion
2005 NH lawAnother view on the same story offered by Maine's Portland Herald: N.H. law backfires, slows malpractice suits. The law, based on one in Maine aimed at lowering malpractice rates, is having growing pains, supporters say. Break: Social Security Disability Claims Lawyer
Full post as published by Medical Malpractice Law News on October 15, 2007 (boomark / email).
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