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"Rendell
vetoes bill limiting civil liability"
- Associated Press, March 25, 2006
"Widower irate that doctors go unpunished; Misdiagnosis led to $5.4M award at trial"
- Scranton Times-Tribune, Jan. 24, 2006
"Some lawmakers who backed malpractice reform now wonder if it went too far"
- Macon (Ga.) Telegraph, Feb. 6, 2006
"Signs
of 'crisis' fading" - Jan. 2, 2006,
Philadelphia Inquirer
BALTIMORE
SUN SERIES
Part 1 - Disregarding
the symptoms - Dec. 18, 2005
Part 2 - Doctor
profiles veiled in secrecy - Dec. 19, 2005
Part 3 - When
lawsuits leave out doctors - Dec. 20, 2005
"Lawsuit Abuse Critic Explains Suit; Senator's Wife Sued a Chiropractor for $500,000"
- ABC News, Nov. 10, 2005
"Wash.
doctors concede defeat on malpractice caps" -
Seattle Post Intelligencer, Nov. 9, 2005
"I-330:
Not just no, but hell no"
- Seattle Post Intelligencer opposes caps, Oct. 31, 2005
"Study
Finds Failure to File Malpractice Data" - NY
Times, Oct. 19, 2005
"Top
med-mal insurer to keep rates flat" -
Associated Press, Sept. 27, 2005
"Medical
malpractice costs down in PA" - Pittsburgh
Business Times, Aug. 29, 2005
"Coverage of Big Awards for Plaintiffs Helps Distort View of Legal System"
- LA Times, Aug. 15, 2005
"Bill
falls short on exposing errors" - The Scranton
Times-Tribune, Aug. 8, 2005
"Make
it mandatory to make us safer" - Philadelphia
Inquirer, Aug. 3, 2005
"This
bill is no cure" - Paper calls caps
"snake-oil remedy" - Philadelphia Inquirer,
July 22, 2005
"CMC
to pay $600G in death of 92-year-old woman" -
The Times-Tribune, July 15, 2005
"Don't
blame lawsuits for rising health costs"- MSNBC,
July 12, 2005
"Study
says malpractice payouts aren't rising" NY
Times, July 7, 2005
"State
investigating inflated malpractice insurance
premiums" - WFSB Eyewitness News, New Haven,
Conn., June 9, 2005
"Study:
U.S. malpractice rates not due to jury awards"
- Reuters, June 1, 2005
"Malpractice
Payouts Have Not Soared, Report Says" - LA
Times, June 1, 2005
"Illinois
Malpractice: Doctors, lawyers and myths" - St.
Louis Post Dispatch, May 18, 2005
"Awards
caps unconstitutional, lawyer says" - The Times
Leader, May 17, 2005,
"Report: No Link Between
Insurance Rates and Malpractice Lawsuits" -
Public Citizen, April 19, 2005
"Medical
lawsuits dropping" - The (Scranton) Tribune,
April 14, 2005
"Med-mal
claims stable since '90, study finds" - Orlando
Business Journal, April 4, 2005
"Hospitals
engaging in unethical advertising?" - MSNBC,
March 28, 2005
"Gerry
Spence: Americans Being Lied To About Lawsuit
Crisis" - March 16, 2005
"Malpractice
costs aren't a real crisis" - Tallahassee
Democrat, March 17, 2005
"Malpractice
Situation Not Dire, Study Finds" - Washington
Post, March 10, 2005 Full
Report
"False
Diagnosis" - NY Times, March 10, 2005
"Medical
miscalculation creates doctor shortage" -
USAToday shows doctor shortage unrelated to lawsuits,
March 3, 2005
"Bush's
Next Target: Malpractice Lawyers" - NY Times,
Feb. 27, 2005
"Behind
Those Medical Malpractice Rates" - NY Times
find lawsuits not driving up insurance rates, Feb. 22,
2005
"Judge
blasts defendant in mistrial" - The Scranton
Times, Feb. 7, 2005
"Letter
from Doc's Wife Prompts Mistrial" - The
Tribune, Jan. 20, 2005
"State
Cap on Damages Appeals to President" - The
reality of the Calif. cap. LA Times, Feb. 2, 2005
"Man
pronounced 'dead' found breathing" - Associated
Press, Jan. 27, 2005
"Medical
errors kill 20 patients in Minn. hospitals" -
Associated Press, Jan. 20, 2005
"Woman
alleges surgeon left instrument in her uterus"
- Associated Press, Jan. 19, 2005
"Study
proves current work hours for interns are unsafe"
- American Medical Student Association, Jan. 17, 2005
"Cap
won't solve insurance woes" - Editorial, The
Citizens' Voice, Jan. 16, 2005
"Tort
reform: Instead reduce medical errors" - The
Des Moines Register, Jan. 16, 2005
"Poll:
Award caps not a priority" - The Tribune, Jan.
11, 2005
"No
Need for Federal Controls on Malpractice Awards"
- Tampa Tribune, Jan. 10, 2005
"Eliminate
the Problem" - Winston-Salem Journal, Jan. 10,
2005
"Malpractice
Mythology" - NY Times Editorial, Jan. 9, 2005
"The
Hype Over 'Tort Reform' Over Reality" -
Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial, Jan. 10, 2005
"A
Cure for Malpractice" - Boston Globe Editorial,
Jan. 10, 2005
"Misdirection
on Malpractice" - LA Times Editorial, Jan. 10,
2005
"Liability
reform: Find solutions, not scapegoats" - The
Citizens' Voice, Jan. 9, 2005
"So much
for facts on tort reform" - Roanoke Times, Jan. 9, 2005
"Award
caps not solution to tort reform problem" - Macon Telegraph, Jan.
9, 2005
"Double
Standard" - Akron Beacon Journal Editorial, Jan. 9, 2005
Some
question 'crisis' Bush aims to fix" - Chicago
Sun Times, Jan. 5, 2005
"Notorious
doctor's career could be over soon" - Houston
Chronicle, Dec. 27, 2004
"Bill
would shield some drug firms from punitive damages"
- Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 27, 2004
"Debate
on Malpractice Looms for Senate" - NY Times,
Dec. 20, 2004
"Judge
lifts veil of secrecy on malpractice case"- The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa., Sept. 30,
2004 | Related Editorial -
"Nealon makes right call on
Mcare settlements," The Scranton Times, Oct. 2,
2004
"Bid
to limit awards on medical suits dies" - The Patriot-News,
Harrisburg, Pa., July 3, 2004
Toomey's
far out claim
- In a recent debate with U.S.
Sen. Arlen Specter, GOP challenger Pat Toomey claimed
his parents might have to leave the state because of
the malpractice "crisis." Only
problem is, his parents live in Rhode Island!
"The
Doctor Is In"
- The Sunday Times of Scranton
says doctors haven't left NEPA, as threatened, because of
"crisis."
"Senate
approves malpractice caps" - In a late-night
vote, Pa. Senate approves legislation allowing for caps
in malpractice cases. March 11, 2004. Read
CJA's Statement
Editorials,
Op-Eds & Letters to the Editor
"In
Pa., vital signs are stable" - Philadelphia
Inquirer, Jan. 11, 2006
"Stop
rewarding poor performance" - The
Times-Tribune, Nov. 22, 2005
"Bill deserves backing of physicians’ group"
- The Times-Tribune, Sept. 29, 2005
"Specialty
courts are like fox guarding henhouse" - The
Citizens' Voice, Aug. 31, 2005
"The
Hot Zone: How Going to the Hospital Can Kill You"
- Phila. Daily News, July 15, 2005
"Malpractice
suits not about chance to 'hit the jackpot'" -
The Times Leader, June 8, 2005
"Case
for tort reform full of fabrications" - The
Citizens' Voice, June 5, 2005
"Eliminating
medical errors might reduce costly lawsuits" -
The Times Leader, June 1, 2005
"Higher
malpractice payouts mean too much malpractice"
- The Citizens' Voice, April 21, 2005
"Pa. may be on right track in solving med-mal woes"
- The Citizens' Voice, April 16, 2005
"New
med-mal stats validate reforms" - The
(Scranton) Tribune, April 14, 2005
"GOP interest in Terri Schiavo showed great deal of hypocrisy"
- Citizens' Voice, April 4, 2005
"Bill
would give insurance break to docs who improve
safety" - Citizens' Voice, March 31, 2005
"Republicans
are playing politics with medical malpractice
victim" - Citizens' Voice, March 26, 2005
"Report
reveals cause of high malpractice insurance rates"
- Citizens' Voice, March 25, 2005
"New
study shows preventable medical erors still a
problem" - Citizens' Voice, March 12, 2005
"Doctors
have fallen victim to their own 'crisis' campaign" -
Citizens' Voice, March 7, 2005
"In
haste to cap damages, don't forget real victims"
- Detroit Free Press, Feb. 28, 2005
"For
cruelty, malpractice cap tops all" - Atlanta
Constitution Journal, Feb. 14, 2005
"Tort
reform isn't solution to health-care system's
problems" - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Feb. 5,
2005
"Judge who declared mistrial
stood up for rights of
injured" - Citizens' Voice, Feb. 2, 2005
"Tort
Reform Proposals Would Only Further Harm Victims"
- Times Leader, Jan. 28, 2005
"Physicians,
bring thyself to heel" - Newsday, Dec.
2, 2004
"Tort Reform Weak case for barring courthouse door"
- Philadelphia Inquirer, Sept. 8, 2004
"Medical malpractice reforms are working" -
Citizens' Voice, March 31, 2004
"Med Mal Reforms Start To Work"
- Editorial, Sunday Times, Scranton, March 28, 2004
"Before voting on caps, get all the facts" -
Editorial, Citizens' Voice, March 8, 2004
"Policy
malpractice in state Capitol" - Editorial, Tribune, Scranton, July 2, 2004
"Base
med mal bill on accurate stats" -
The Tribune, Scranton, June 23, 2004
"Tragic evidence that caps aren't the
answer"
- Delaware County Times, Feb. 18, 2004
"Don't
cut off public's access to
the courts: HB 1326 ranks
among worst proposals ever in Pa." - Editorial,
The Citizens'
Voice, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Jan. 25, 2004
"Crisis
Becomes Political Wedge" - Editorial, The Sunday Times,
Scranton, Pa., Jan. 25, 2004
"Get all the facts on alleged 'crisis' before altering
state Constitution" - Letter to the Editor, The
Citizens' Voice, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., June 20, 2004
"Those injured by medical errors have right to air case
before jury" - Letter to the Editor, The Citizens'
Voice, June 16, 2004
"'Doctor
exodus' is a scare tactic; regulate insurance, stop
mistakes" - Letter in The Citizens' Voice,
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., June 1, 2004
"Doctors' claims of mass exodus from Pennsylvania are not
true" - Letter to the Editor, The Citizens' Voice, April 22,
2004
"State figures show more, not fewer, doctors" -
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Feb. 12, 2004
"Cell call came
during surgery" - The
Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa., March 25, 2004
"Doctors Align Against Consumers" -
The Scranton
Times, Feb. 9, 2004
"Legislative malpractice"
- The Tribune,
Scranton, Feb. 5, 2004
"Threats No Cure"
- The Sunday Times, Scranton,
Feb. 1, 2004
"Tort reform proposal will deprive citizens of vital
rights" - Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Jan. 26, 2004
"It's time for a little honesty in the medical industry"
- Times Leader,
Wilkes-Barre, Dec. 23, 2003
"Press
insurers for the truth" - The Tribune,
Scranton, Dec. 17, 2003
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