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- CJD - Falling Claims and Rising Premiums in the Medical Malpractice Insurance Industry
- ATLA - Caps on Medical Malpractice Damages Unconstitutional, Wisconsin Supreme Court
- Summary - Falling Claims and Rising Premiums in the Medical Malpractice Insurance Industry
- Number of Federal Tort Trials Fell by Almost 80 Percent from 1985 through 2003
Did You Know?
- Total payments for malpractice judgments have fallen 24.5 percent, from $299.6 million in 2000 to $226.2 million in 2004.
- The median payment resulting from a judgment appears to have risen, from $230,000 in 2000 to $265,000 in 2004.
- The total number of judgments against physicians dropped 31.9 percent between 2000 and 2004, from 670 to 456.
- The number of malpractice judgments against physicians, adjusted for population growth, has fallen 34.6 percent since 2000.
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