Health Care & Hospital Law
Aug. 25, 2010
Are There Too Many Medical Malpractice Claims or Not Enough?
With 65 percent of claims dropped, dismissed or withdrawn, a recent survey says the system is broken. In fact, the data proves that the system works because only cases with merit proceed.
Bruce G. Fagel
Law Offices of Bruce G. Fagel & AssociatesPhone: (310) 516-9035
Email: brucefagel@fagellaw.com
Whittier College School of Law
Bruce G. Fagel is licensed to practice medicine and is founder of the Law Offices of Bruce G. Fagel & Associates. He served as a consultant on medical malpractice law to the California Judicial Counsel Committee, which wrote the new CACI jury instructions. He can be reached at brucefagel@fagellaw.com
On Aug. 4, 2010, the American Medical Association (AMA) issued a survey of U.S. physicians along with a press release stating that their survey of 5,825 physicians showed "an average of 95 medical liability claims filed for every 100 physicians, almost one per physician." The survey also referred to data from the Physician Insurers Association of America (a group of physician owned or operated liability carriers) that showed 65 percent of claims were dropped, dismissed, or withdrawn, 25....
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