Sun Gazette, Williamsport, PA - Jan 7, 2010
...Carney was asked to consider tort reform measures as a means of cutting insurance costs as is done in Texas and Mississippi. He said such moves have not helped those two states reduce their number of malpractice suits filed by patients...
Schwarzenegger makes tort reform a top priority
LegalNewsline, Chicago, IL - Jan 6, 2010
...In a position paper released Wednesday, Schwarzenegger said he plans to ask the state Legislature to address frivolous lawsuits and said he plans to seek a series of changes to the rules governing class-action and product liability lawsuits. He also wants a cap on punitive damage awards...
Opinion - J.G. Preston: If malpractice insurance rates are driving MDs out of business, why are there more doctors?
California Progress Report, San Mateo, CA - Jan 6, 2010
...Are doctors are being driven out of the business? And is that a phenomenon limited to states that don’t have caps on damage awards?...
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