NEWS

Malpractice insurers record healthy gains after tort reform
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2006/08/14/story6.html?b=1155528000%5e1329632
Austin Business Journal 8/11/06

Malpractice reforms put doctors and patients in a healthier state
http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2006/07/10/focus2.html
Houston Business Journal 7/11/06

Cardiologists to exit Frankford Health
http://philadelphia.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2006/05/22/story2.html
Philadelphia Business Journal 5/19/06

Pacific Research Institute Releases First Objective State-By-State Ranking of the
Best and Worst Tort Systems in America
http://www.pacificresearch.org/press/rel/2006/pr06-05-11.html
Pacific Research Institue (PRI) Press Release 5/11/06

Malpractice insurance rate hikes slowing
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2006/05/15/story5.html
Atlanta Business Chronicle 5/12/06

Four in 10 Malpractice Cases are Groundless
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060510/ap_on_he_me/medical_malpractice
Associated Press – 5/10/06

Fewer babies put maternity wards on critical list
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/pp/06120/686017.stm
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 4/30/06

ARCHIVE

LINKS

Pacific Research Institute - U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2006 Report
http://www.pacificresearch.org/ 

American Medical Association – Liability Reform
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/7861.html 

American Tort Reform Association
http://www.atra.org/ 

Project on Medical Liability in Pennsylvania
http://medliabilitypa.org

“The Death of Mammography”
http://www.rjacksonrn.com

Documentation Tips for Reducing Malpractice Risk
http://www.aafp.org/fpm/20000300/29docu.html
An article by Peter G. Teichman, MD, MPA 

10 Ways to reduce medical malpractice exposure - Doctors, Lawyers and Lawsuits
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0843/is_2_28/ai_84236558/print
An article by Vicente Franklin Colon, MD, the founder, first director, and now director emeritus of the Bethesda Family Practice Residency Program in Cincinnati, Ohio.

2005 Stella Awards
http://www.stellaawards.com/2005.html
Winners of the Annual "Stella Awards," named after 81 year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled hot coffee on herself and successfully sued a McDonald's for damages.