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By Neil Vidmar. 318 pp. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 1995. $34.50. ISBN 0-472-10639-2.

This book deals only with juries in medical-malpractice cases, not with the tort-litigation system, although the jury has a central role in that system. The author challenges the view that juries are irrational, biased against physicians and hospitals, overgenerous to plaintiffs, and ready to go for the deep pockets of insurance companies.

The book is based on the author's study of 895 North Carolina lawsuits, representing 95 percent of those filed from July 1, 1984, through June 30, 1987. Of these cases, about half were settled before trial, and 40 percent were dropped. Only 118 reached the trial stage. Three . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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