Consumers for Civil Justice - Medical Malpractice Victims: Your Rights are in Danger

Medical Malpractice Victims: Your Rights are in Danger

Grassroots Action Center

Insurance companies, the American Medical Association and other powerful interests say that our health care system is in crisis because of a rising tide of medical malpractice claims. Their solution is to put a "cap" on the amount innocent victims of medical malpractice can recover for their injuries. In fact, "caps" are not the answer and lawsuits are not the problem.

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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.