Wednesday, November 17, 2004
law.com - open malpractice awards
This link concerns a New Jersey web site that posts doctors' malpractice awards. It is said to be having a "chilling" effect on settlements.
Sounds good to me. Doctors are becoming disinclined to make settlements since they will be posted and instead are fighting them in court. It is the nature of the imperfect system that a perhaps deserving party may not get a settlement but it will also tend to lessen the shakedown leveraged by the costs of a legal battle. And it has the added benefit of giving patients the ability to make informed choices in their selection of a physician.
¶ 11/17/2004 04:43:00 PM
Sounds good to me. Doctors are becoming disinclined to make settlements since they will be posted and instead are fighting them in court. It is the nature of the imperfect system that a perhaps deserving party may not get a settlement but it will also tend to lessen the shakedown leveraged by the costs of a legal battle. And it has the added benefit of giving patients the ability to make informed choices in their selection of a physician.
¶ 11/17/2004 04:43:00 PM
