LegalNewsline, Chicago, IL - Jan 12, 2010
...The Washington-based group announced its 2010 legislative agenda as it nears a major victory on Capitol Hill. This year, the trial bar was able to keep tort reform out of the proposed federal health care overhaul being crafted by Congress...
Trial bar tries to end 'forced arbitration'
The Hill, Washington, DC - Jan 11, 2010
...A bigger win for the trial bar relates to something that hasn’t happened. Democrats did not include substantive restrictions on medical malpractice awards, although the Congressional Budget Office found limits would save as much as $54 billion over a decade...
Editorial: Medical malpractice "reform" is about gaming the system
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO - Jan 11, 2010
...In Klotz v. Shapiro, the court is weighing a challenge to legislation enacted in 2005 that imposes some of the toughest procedural and legal restrictions in the nation on medical negligence lawsuits...
Opinion - Rebecca Logan: Backroom health deal hurts contractors
Anchorage Daily News, AK - Jan 11, 2010
...Health care reform that is fair to everyone should include medical malpractice reform that will lower the cost of health insurance for everyone...
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