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Volume 350:1798 April 22, 2004 Number 17
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Medical Malpractice

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by Studdert, D. M.
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To the Editor: As a medical-malpractice defense attorney and former practicing anesthesiologist, I read with interest the report on malpractice by Studdert et al. (Jan. 15 issue).1 The authors note that "because they must absorb the costs of managing litigation, . . . plaintiffs' attorneys have an incentive to make careful decisions about which cases to take." Unfortunately, this is not always what I see in practice.

Some plaintiffs' lawyers simply file a complaint, essentially a form on which they fill in the blanks with a few pertinent facts. The burden then shifts to the defendant to provide a defense. . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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